Schools Using ‘Transition Closets’ to Hide Children’s Transgender Identity From Parents – Opinion

Here we go again. Each week seems to bring another example of how progressives love sexualizing children. In this instance, educators are using “Transition Closets” as a means of helping students dealing with gender dysphoria to conceal the issue from their parents. The practice allows them to socially transition to the opposite sex without their parents’ knowledge.

According to The Post Millennial:

The Transition Closet announced with glee the new chapter with Fremont High School, writing that “We are extremely excited to begin our journey in working with Fremont Highschool [sic] of Oakland California, alongside our favorite teacher of TikTok @justaqueerteacher,” as was first reported by Twitter account Teacher Exposed. The teacher’s video was also shared.

According to the organization’s Facebook page, the Transition Closet “is a free closet for people going through all types of transitions.”

The issue caused controversy when a Twitter account called “Teachers Exposed” posted a Tik Tok video in which an unnamed teacher explained how he helps students hide their identity from their parents. He stated:

“The goal of the transition closet is for our students to wear the clothes that their parents approve of, come to school and then swap out into the clothes that fit who they truly are.”

“The goal of the transition closet is for our students to wear the clothes that their parents approve of, come to school and then swap out into the clothes that fit who they truly are.” pic.twitter.com/Ba4EN8OfNw

— Teachers Exposed 🛡⚔️ (@Teacher_Exposed) February 15, 2022

Thomas Martin Edwards (Spanish teacher in the Oakland Unified school District, founder of Queer Teacher Fellowship) also spoke up, likening the situation to Superman.

“And I use the idea that this is like Superman changing in a phone booth. However, this idea is much more than that. Because Superman isn’t Clark Kent. Clark Kent disguises himself as Clark Kent. Clark Kent transforms into Superman when he goes to the telephone booth. He is actually Kal-El, and he is just Clark Kent. So this gives our trans students the opportunity to be the superheroes that we know they are.”

The Post Millennial detailed some of the content on the group’s Facebook page:

Arkansas LGBTQ+ Advancement Fund recently awarded a grant to the Transition Closet. The videos teach girls how to properly bind their breasts, making them appear masculine. The grant will be used “To provide gender-affirming clothing and accessories for transgender and non-binary Arkansans.” The Transition Closet thanked The Big Binder Project, which provides free chest binders to girls seeking to hide their breasts.

In discussing the plan for the installation of The Transition Closet at Fremont High School with Alexander Brodie Switzer, of VALID by Brodie, a group that works toward “establishing Transition Closets world-wide,” Martin-Edwards said:

“My principal just approved our district’s first Transition Closet. We’ll be working with the organization The Transition Closet to provide clothes for transgender, non-binary and gender exploring youth, who maybe don’t have the access or the safety to get those clothes in their personal lives. They’ll be able to come to school and change into the clothes that make them feel more at home and more like themselves. And I just think that’s lovely.”

Transition Closets seem to be mainly on campus at the moment. But, it is possible that they are more common in K-12 schools. It could be that the secretive nature and location of this project means it’s not being seen by other schools.

At this point, it is impossible for the hard left to continue gaslighting parents about what is happening in their children’s schools. It is clear that K-12 schools are being infected with their ideologies, ranging from elements of Critical Race Theory (CRT), to progressive views about gender and sexuality. People are rebuking this effort. However, will this be enough?