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Gillian Branstetter

Gillian Branstetter
@GBBranstetter

Sep 22, 2022
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A group of Louisiana public school students were told they were going to a career fair, but were instead taken to a church service where girls were told to forgive rapists and reject transgender identities and boys competed in push-up contests for money. theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/ne…

One mother of a transgender boy attended as a chaperone and watched as her child was denied the chance to leave and other students were instructed to pour water onto his head.
Her transgender child, who identifies as “he,” tried to walk out as the “girl talk” started and was initially barred from leaving, the mother said. Bryant said she also heard that other transgender students were bullied Tuesday.

“Other students poured water on top of transgender students' heads without any repercussions by any of the adults present,” Bryant wrote.
"A teacher says the girls were told to be proper and practice abstinence. The boys reportedly did not get the same treatment—instead we were told they did push-up competitions." wbrz.com/news/east-bato…
The way this story is just every stream of misogyny and Christian nationalism and transphobia and toxic masculinity rolled into a single anecdote
Gillian Branstetter

Gillian Branstetter

@GBBranstetter
Comms Strategy @ACLU // Opinions are my own // She/Her
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