Way back in the early ’90s when this editor was in grad school, there were posters all over the walls claiming that one in every ten people is homosexual. That number always seemed high, and it turns out the 10 percent number came from a study all the way back in the 1940s by Alfred Kinsey which used some rather unconventional methods (such as surveying prison populations). So what’s the real number? Well, one high school in Seattle claims that 80 percent of its students identify as LGBTQ+, non-binary, or transgender. (We suspect the “Q,” for questioning, is doing a lot of heavy lifting.) Abigal Shrier’s book title suggested there was a “craze” among teen girls to be transgender, which got her book pulled from Target for a bit.
Here’s Nova High School:
Nova High School in Seattle describes its pedagogical approach as "decentering whiteness, patriarchy, [and] hetero- and cis-normativity." 80 percent of its students identify as "LGBTQ+, non-binary, and transgender." The school does not issue grades. pic.twitter.com/CTgTd32bYT
— Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ (@realchrisrufo) May 16, 2022
“Through these cycles, we deconstruct systems of power and privilege and rebuild ourselves, our school, and our communities with different ways of being. By decentering whiteness, patriarchy, hetero- and cis-normativity, and able bodies, and by embracing neurodiversity, we are revisioning education communities as spaces where students’ needs are met, growth is the metric that matters, and behavior is understood as a form of communication.”
It's an interesting convergence of a few trends: it's an alternative high school that's had the hippie "self-governing" ethos since 1970; it's all-in on social justice ideology as its moral and pedagogical system; and it's a predominantly white LGBTQ/trans/nonbinary population.
— Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ (@realchrisrufo) May 16, 2022
I'm curious as to whether there's another high school in the US with a higher rate of LGBTQ-identifying students. It's at 80 percent, according to the district. Although, given the curriculum and pedagogy, it could be more of a political identifier than a sexual identifier.
— Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ (@realchrisrufo) May 16, 2022
There probably will be now, as there seems to be some sort of competition. Libs of TikTok featured a fourth-grade teacher who said that 20 of her 32 students came out to her as LGBTQIA+.
It’s a social fad to be in the “in crowd”. Like being “goth” in the 80s.
— Alex Shepard 🇺🇸 (@Sinnersaint39) May 16, 2022
Social contagion fueled by social media and the educational/indoctrination system 🥴
— EMG326 (@emg326idaho) May 16, 2022
Graduated from NOVA '85. It was a welcoming place for all kinds back then, w no grooming or steering. But in recent years the FB alumni page has gone full LGBT++++ for all things. It was hard to follow along w the group think.
— Matt Doran (@HazeDoran) May 16, 2022
https://twitter.com/ConspiracyBot28/status/1526332425822842880
The school's report to the Washington State Superintendent's office shows 229. Despite having absolutely no objective standards, that same reports indicates only 54% of the students graduated on time
— just another guy named Jeff (@LostDawg206) May 16, 2022
Perhaps there is something in the water, like frogs.
— Ultra Covfefe Fan 🇺🇸 ⛈ (@FanCovfefe) May 16, 2022
The Magic City Acceptance Academy? Sounds like Hogwarts.
— All Your $$$ Are Belong To 🇺🇦 (@BenignApathy) May 16, 2022
How many matriculate to a four year college vs how many become baristas living at mommy and daddy’s home on Mercer Island?
— Luv My Pups (@patleav) May 16, 2022
Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
Related:
Report: Fourth-grade teacher says 20 of her 32 students have come out to her as LGBTQIA+ https://t.co/UN60J6vc0P
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) March 28, 2022
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