Lessons That Became Real
I was just talking with a small group of friends about same sex attraction and transgender, mostly in preteens and teenagers. One of my friends teaches 5th and 6th graders at the middle school. She was saying that the school is beginning to have a small problem with girls wearing a pride flag and not respecting teachers who ask them to take it off. I should clarify that these girls are asked to take it off not because of it being a pride flag but because students aren't allowed to carry around and/or wear blankets and anything similar to it. My friend, who I'll call Anne, said that this group of 6 -7 girls are girls who would be considered misfits or who really don't fit in with any other group. They weren't friends before until one girl got them together and told them all about how they could make their own group- a pride group. They try to hold hands whenever they can (students aren't suppose to hold hands as a general school rule). Anne was talking to these girls...