A handful of parents informed CBS 6 Albany that Shaker Middle School students, apart of the North Colonie Central School District, were shown a video to them that promoted the use of puberty blockers and transgender youth, and that these transgender children should seek counsel as they enter puberty.
The narrator in the video also noted an endocrinologist could prescribe puberty blockers to “stop your body from changing.”
We were shocked when we found out that this was being presented to them without our knowledge, and the fact that it was medical information that was being relayed to them with no physician, no doctor present, and these are prescription drugs that are life-altering.
Said Christina Sangiacomo, one of the concerned parents
But Nathaniel Gray, Executive Director of the Pride Center of the Capital Region, says these discussions are necessary.
I understand that these are parents who are trying to do what they think is best for their child – my response is, in a very simple way, LGBTQ people exist. I am almost 40 and LGBTQ as a gay man, but I was also 5. I was also 7 the first time somebody called me the F-word.
‘Gray says he was also suicidal the first two years of high school, and that the majority of LGBTQ+ youth feel that way at some point in their lives. Gray says discussing the topics in school can lessen those feelings as well as bullying,’ CBS added.
North Colonie Central School District issues a statement to the CBS 6 team:
This is an important topic. North Colonie is a welcoming and affirming community and we are committed to serving the needs of each and every child and family.
We know that there are 7th grade and younger students and their families who are experiencing depression, anxiety, fear, and thoughts of self-harm because of the isolation and loneliness, and lack of affirmation they feel. This particular assignment was part of a 7th grade health unit on puberty and physical and emotional changes that may be experienced during the period of puberty, a topic that is part of the New York State Health standards. A certified health teacher provides instruction and information that is designed not only to educate students, but to ensure that all students feel included and affirmed.
As an educational institution, we continuously review all of our curriculum to ensure that we are utilizing the best resources and materials available. The health department has curriculum work scheduled for this summer, and they will be reviewing these resources and others to ensure that we are using the most updated materials that are aligned with state standards and reflective of the needs of students.
The district’s website provides a link to the NYS Health Learning Standards, providing a document that offers more details on the curriculum.
AUTHOR COMMENTARY
The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.
Proverbs 29:15
It’s always a “shock” to these hypocrites, isn’t it? These negligent parents throw their children into these federal penitentiaries called “public schools,” and then they are befuddled when they finally listen to their child’s complaints and shows them their homework; to then devote all this time, energy, and money to challenge the schools, only to continue to send their children to these places, and then wonder why their children come out as raging atheists and perverts.
[7] Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock? [8] Say I these things as a man? or saith not the law the same also? [9] For it is written in the law of Moses, Thou shalt not muzzle the mouth of the ox that treadeth out the corn. Doth God take care for oxen? [10] Or saith he it altogether for our sakes? For our sakes, no doubt, this is written: that he that ploweth should plow in hope; and that he that thresheth in hope should be partaker of his hope. (1 Corinthians 9:7-10).
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