University’s Event Promoting Transgender ‘Littles’ Claims Children ‘Know What Feels Good to Them’ – Opinion

On March 31st — International Transgender Day Of Visibility — Washington University in St. Louis hosted an event called “Advocacy & Allyship: Supporting Transgender Youth.”

Here’s how it was advertised online:

Adolescence can be a time of tenderness and profound self-discovery. It is difficult enough to come into one’s own. Many transgender teens face added challenges from their peers and adult friends, as well as the policies and practices at the institutions where they are involved and attempts to remove rights through anti-trans legislation. …

[J]Join us to discuss the experiences and needs of transgender youth. We will share information and offer suggestions for ways that each one of us can make society more welcoming and inclusive.

The program was moderated by Kelly Storck, author of Gender Identity Workbook: For Children

Per her book’s webpage, it was “written for all the amazing gender-diverse children who are exploring, expressing or experiencing a gender differently than expected based on their assigned sex.”

Its “37 simple, fun activities” will help children, among other things, “understand their unique gender.”

According to Campus Reform, Kelly at the event condemned deprivation.

“There are systemic efforts underway across our country right now to deprive trans youth of their rights and ability to compete in sports, to access medical and mental health care, and to fully and authentically participate in their schools and communities.”

This purportedly refers to Texas Governor. Greg Abbots’s order to label sex-change operations and hormone therapy for youngsters as “child abuse,” Kelly commented thusly:

“Some of these laws threaten the families and medical providers who care for trans kids with child abuse charges which would result in caregivers potentially losing custody of their children, and medical providers losing their licenses.”

Among the panelists — all of whose preferred pronouns were listed — was Jess Jones (they/them), of Jess Jones Education & Consulting.

Jess — a self-described “white, queer, non-binary, neurodivergent, transgender human” — suggested teachers make known their social politics on the job:

“Have, like, a Pride flag in your classroom, or any folks could add their pronoun to their email signature, or wear, like, a little pin that has your pronoun.”

Myles, a young child from the Philippines, was one of our guests. He told us about an earlier revelation.

“When I was around two years old, I just told my mom straight up, ‘I don’t feel like a girl.’ And obviously, I didn’t. I didn’t know what trans was then. It’s kind of the same feeling that’s stayed.”

Such made sense to Jess, who asserted that small children — deemed “littles” — begin developing their gender identity “around the age of two.”

Therefore, kids should be allowed to “just explore,” “play with boys toys, or girls toys, and just…do what they’re gonna do.” In the process, they might discover they’re cisgender, transgender, or nonbinary.

Judging from Campus Reform’s coverage, surely Jess had the day’s most memorable quote:

Jones additionally proposed creating policy based on young people’s “ability to define for themselves who they are,” stating that adults need to listen to students because children “know what feels good to them.”

Championing “what feels good” to children seems particularly bold amid a national debate over sexual grooming.

The implications — which I won’t detail here — are obvious.

Regarding children “exploring” which gender feels right: As I’ve noted before, those leading the transgender charge are no longer addressing crises of identity.

There have been three things that people can identify themselves by throughout human history: a race and a sexual preference. Suddenly, we’re being told to pick a card — one that will designate us in an all-new way. We’re being informed we should take on extra layers of identity.

Back to Kelly’s book, one online review comes from a 14-year-old named Trinity:

“I really liked all of this book. My favorite thing about the book was seeing how trans people have contributed to our progress throughout history. I really loved that many of them looked like me, a black trans girl, and gave me more hope and confidence that I, too, can make history and the world an even better place.”

Kelly told the crowd we mustn’t assume to have walked in others’ shoes:

“The hardships of a trans and non-binary experience are even more sobering for transgender individuals of color. It was hard work, but we were able to find a lot of wonderful people. But I want to acknowledge that despite our efforts, we do not have the perspective of a black or indigenous trans person today.”

Surely that’s in store for next year’s Supporting Transgender Youth day.

-ALEX

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