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South Western’s elected school board is making some strange decisions.

For the last two years, they’ve fixated on which bathrooms LGBTQ+ kids use. In 2023, officials in this Hanover-area district played musical chairs with school bathrooms in a misguided attempt to appease the loudest bigots among them — ending up with five different types of bathrooms.

After a low-turnout school board election in which several far-right members joined their ranks, they hired a Christian law firm, decided to begin banning books and reopened the bathroom issue. Board President Matthew Gelazela, who was elevated to his post after previously serving as the board’s most vocal bomb-thrower, pointed to Red Lion’s discriminatory policies as something to aspire to.

Now, upon the advice of that law firm — the Harrisburg-based Independence Law Center — the board approved spending $8,700 to cut windows so passersby can look into the so-called “gender-identity” student bathrooms.

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[-] forrcaho@lemmy.world 236 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

You've always got to show up for those school board elections now. Every. Single. Time.

[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 126 points 2 months ago

Or live in Houston and the governor can just strip your School Board of power, then install an unelected bureaucrat to loot the school treasury.

[-] stringere@sh.itjust.works 27 points 2 months ago

Tread on me, daddy.

[-] neclimdul@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago

Yeah we're the freest state in the union as long as your chosen freedom conforms with the Republican agenda.

[-] floofloof@lemmy.ca 182 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

These are the people who continually call everyone on the left "groomers" and taking an unhealthy interest in kids? The same people cutting peepholes into school bathrooms?

[-] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 82 points 2 months ago

Anyone who shows up to a school board meeting to complain about bathrooms should automatically have the police sent to look at their hard drive. If you're that concerned about the bathroom habits of young children, the cops really need to look at your internet history and the contents of your hard drive.

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[-] Ghyste@sh.itjust.works 29 points 2 months ago

Every accusation is an admission. Never forget it.

[-] Wrench@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago

Yep, the people whose entire personality is combating the "woke liberal left".

You know, the people they portray is foaming at the mouth woke crusaders. When in actuality, 95% of left voters consist of people who don't give a shit about all this besides listening to the oppressed minorities problems and proposed solutions, and showing the smallest amount of empathy.

"Oh damn, I didn't realize you dealt with that shit. Yeah, ok, gender neutral bathrooms are cool. Whatever you need, doesn’t bother me."

Right: "screeeeeeeee!!!"

[-] kescusay@lemmy.world 108 points 2 months ago

"Guys, guys... If we just hurt these kids enough, it will force them back into the closet and we'll get to pretend LGBTQ+ kids don't exist!" - These assholes, probably

[-] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 59 points 2 months ago

That's the plan. Ostracize to literal death and pretend it's an unfortunate side-effect that following a god (more specifically, their god) will fix.

[-] metaStatic@kbin.earth 13 points 2 months ago

I've said it before and I'll say it again, it's not the substance of the issue that matters at all, it's the taboo. Accepting these kids diminishes their kink, they're not being naughty if it's socially acceptable and wheres the fun in that.

[-] xmunk@sh.itjust.works 92 points 2 months ago

These are really fucking weird and dangerous people.

[-] circuitfarmer 72 points 2 months ago

Whoever approved this is clearly very weird.

[-] turtletracks@lemmy.zip 53 points 2 months ago

Yeah, is this not like blatantly pedophilic? Very weird

[-] circuitfarmer 15 points 2 months ago

pedophilic

And yet, I don't see any evidence of drag queen or gay involvement.

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[-] damnedfurry@lemmy.world 66 points 2 months ago

the windows help “[add] privacy in the toilet facility”

?????

[-] betterdeadthanreddit@lemmy.world 33 points 2 months ago

I don't think these school board members have enough privacy in their homes.

[-] floofloof@lemmy.ca 19 points 2 months ago

War is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength, Republican bullshit is still Republican bullshit.

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[-] ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one 60 points 2 months ago

Now, upon the advice of that law firm — the Harrisburg-based Independence Law Center — the board approved spending $8,700 to cut windows so passersby can look into the so-called “gender-identity” student bathrooms.

Anyone want to take a bet that someone at the law firm or on the school board, really loves to sexual assault children?

[-] ThePantser@lemmy.world 48 points 2 months ago

Do all these weirdos have gendered bathrooms in their homes? Just install single person non gendered bathrooms or floor to ceiling stalls and non connected sinks and be done with it.

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[-] Bluefalcon@discuss.tchncs.de 46 points 2 months ago

From a local station.

"Our students should not consider the space outside of our stalls as private within the multiuser restrooms. Our current policy states 'In any facility in a District school that is for use based on Gender Identity, in which a person may be in a state of undress in the presence of others, school personnel shall provide private changing areas for use.' Areas between our stalls and sinks in multiuser restrooms are not private changing areas under that policy.

Just fucking WOW. I guess we should check their assholes next.

https://www.wgal.com/article/parents-upset-over-window-installation-south-westerns-gender-inclusive-bathrooms/62492963

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[-] blazeknave@lemmy.world 42 points 2 months ago

Yeah... Protect me from those creeps watching my kid in the bathroom.. wait..

[-] BallsandBayonets@lemmings.world 40 points 2 months ago

You only need two types of bathrooms. One for standing while peeing and the other for sitting. That's the only way bathrooms need to be divided.

[-] Dkarma@lemmy.world 31 points 2 months ago

I noticed neither of your stated options has windows.

[-] Xanis@lemmy.world 22 points 2 months ago

Well no...that would be weird.

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[-] A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world 40 points 2 months ago

man from the child molester party wants windows in childrens bathrooms for totally not molester reasons.

[-] waterSticksToMyBalls@lemmy.world 39 points 2 months ago

This seems to be a pretty blatant violation of IBC chapter 21 1210.3

[-] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 14 points 2 months ago

Dang I didn’t realize root beer has so many rules.

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[-] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 38 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

starting to think the anti trans crusaders are just paedophiles looking to legitimise paedophilia.

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[-] Sarmyth@lemmy.world 33 points 2 months ago

Perverts and child abusers, the lot.

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[-] anon6789@lemmy.world 33 points 2 months ago

In case anyone else was wondering how they came up with 5 types of bathroom:

bathrooms for males assigned as male at birth, females assigned as female at birth, males based on gender identity, females based on gender identity, and private, single-use bathrooms for all students to use.

Source

[-] metaStatic@kbin.earth 17 points 2 months ago

the fact they have the space for all of that means they have the space to eliminate communal bathrooms altogether

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[-] Etterra@lemmy.world 32 points 2 months ago

I can't believe this isn't illegal. What the thru idk fuck.

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[-] ngwoo@lemmy.world 31 points 2 months ago

Conservative Christians increase their involvement and within a year the children's bathroom has a viewport for pedophiles installed.

[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 31 points 2 months ago

Ah, this takes me back to my own high school days back in the 90s where none of the boys' toilet stalls had doors on them. I assume as some sort of anti-masturbation tactic. I've got nervous bathroom issues already so I basically held it in until I got home most of the time.

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[-] 2ugly2live@lemmy.world 29 points 2 months ago

They go on and on about how they don't want the dangerous transgenders in the bathroom, but now anyone can peek in to confirm... What, exactly? It's not like the windows are in the stalls, so just for them assume someone gender? "You look too feminine, no boys room for you. Sorry, too masculine, no ladies room." What's next, strip searches? Wtf is it with them and the bathroom...

[-] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 16 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

What’s next, strip searches?

Hardly "what's next". This has been a fixation by conservatives since since the Obama Administration

Aimee Toms was washing her hands in the women’s bathroom at Walmart in Danbury Friday when a stranger approached her and said, “You’re disgusting!” and “You don’t belong here!”

After momentary confusion, she realized that the woman next to her thought — because of her pixie-style haircut and baseball cap — that she was transgender.

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[-] Cryophilia@lemmy.world 24 points 2 months ago

After a low-turnout school board election in which several far-right members joined their ranks, they hired a Christian law firm, decided to begin banning books and reopened the bathroom issue.

Fucking VOTE you dumb sons of bitches!

[-] WoahWoah@lemmy.world 24 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

This won't help much, hard to tell much just by someone's face. What we need here is a window specifically for viewing the children's genitalia. And then we need a dedicated monitor to watch all the children use the bathroom.

John, the repressed religious fundamentalist, has already volunteered. We've designed a room where he can monitor the genitalia from the holes we've cut, and we've also installed cameras inside the urinals and toilets with a feed that goes to the monitoring room, in case anyone tries to defeat our system.

The monitoring room has no windows or cameras in it, and the door locks from the inside, so, I think we've finally solved the problem. Consider the liberals owned!

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[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 22 points 2 months ago

Seriously though, what the actual goddamned fuck.

[-] Dkarma@lemmy.world 19 points 2 months ago

Gorilla glue and posters. Repeat Ad nauseum.

[-] 800XL@lemmy.world 17 points 2 months ago

That's weird as hell.

[-] Juice@midwest.social 16 points 2 months ago

The only way to stop a bad guy with a window in your child's bathroom to watch them pee, is a good guy with a window in your child's bathroom to watch them pee

[-] ryven@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Sorry isn't "gender identity" the most common public restroom type in America, and also the opposite of the one they're concerned about? They aren't putting windows in the boys' room or the girls' room, which are segregated by gender. These are the gender neutral restrooms that they want to peek into (or really, discourage anyone from using). Up is down with these people.

Edit: Wait, I just looked at the picture again. The caption says gender neutral, but the actual signage on the restroom says "Boys" and then below that "Gender Inclusive" and I'm not sure how those two things go together.

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[-] Grass@sh.itjust.works 13 points 2 months ago

so they can watch kids defecate? what is wrong with these inbred fuckups?

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