The US attorney general is fretting about a ‘pandemic’ of gender transitions in schools | Arwa Mahdawi
Todd Blanche’s remarks are part of a totally-not-invented moral panic that stretches the limits of the imagination Being a public school teacher in the US these days is tough. You’ve got to pay for a lot of your own supplies, deal with smartphone-addicted children, and perform gender reassignment surgeries in your lunch break. Luckily our intrepid attorney general, Todd Blanche, is on the case.…
Todd Blanche, the US attorney general, has expressed concern over a supposed "pandemic" of gender transitions occurring in schools across the United States. In an interview with Fox News, Blanche argued that no parent would want their child to be referred to by a different name by their school. He claimed that his office has partnered with the Department of Education to address this "trend" and "pandemic" in certain school districts.
Blanche's main concern appears to be with name changes, rather than surgical interventions, which some politicians have suggested are secretly performed on children in schools. In a campaign speech in 2024, former President Donald Trump warned about the potential for children returning from school with "brutal operations" they had undergone. The situation has become a source of moral panic, with Attorney General Blanche endeavoring to combat what he perceives as this alleged epidemic.
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