Student safety
For all or for some?
Pronouns really upset this guy. If pronouns are your number one issue as a voter, then maybe Chinmay is your guy.
But here’s the thing. Our district has inclusion policies designed to build safe learning environments for ALL students. If you read his web site, student safety is his number one issue.
So what are we to make of his vehement opposition to a district inclusion policy that thoughtfully outlines exactly how staff should handle the very delicate and personal issue of a student’s identity?
In some social media posts, when pressed on his position regarding support for our LGBTQ+ kids, he stresses that he does not support discrimination, but wants policy based on science. Implying that the current policy is not.
Every single student in our district has a right to go to school in a safe environment, in schools full of kids and staff who show up as their truest selves. That means you might meet someone you disagree with. In a safe learning environment, we might actually foster better understanding in our communities.
What he said
“By inserting complex identity questions into the minds of 11 and 12-year-olds—many of whom already struggle with trauma, instability, or unmet needs—the district is normalizing the idea that gender confusion might be the root of their pain. That path increasingly leads to premature self-diagnoses, medicalization, and irreversible consequences, fracturing families in the process.”
—Chinmay Nagarkar
We at therealchinmay.com don’t believe that the district is brainwashing children. Chinmay’s decision to frame our district policy in this way is bad for our community.
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