I'd even use the word 'furious,'" she says. Some children, she alleged, would only communicate in barks and hisses. The source of the claim was a parent at a Midland County School Board meeting who said she had "heard" that this had occurred in one local school, but she did not provide evidence. How were you or your family members conceived?!

Change), You are commenting using your Twitter account. This was the case fora Jan. 21 Facebook post that wasviewed over 8,600 timesand a tweet shared over 5,000 times. Change), You are commenting using your Facebook account. Be a serious parent or parents. She declined to connect NBC News with any parents or teachers shes spoken with. Xin cm n qu v quan tm n cng ty chng ti. I pointed out last week that we not only have men who identify as women (and vice versa), but we have whites who identify as blacks and human beings who identify as animals, including cats, dogs, parrots, and even mythical dragons. Umeken t tr s ti Osaka v hai nh my ti Toyama trung tm ca ngnh cng nghip dc phm.

Im staying calm, but Im not happy about it, and its happened on your watch, and I dont understand it., Heres the video: (It should start at the relevant section, but if it doesnt, Hansen speaks at the 32:44 mark). a typical day of subbing! Any cats involved? After deciding to "fact check" whether the video has indeed spread online, she found it on several outlets including Citizen Free Press, News Punch and "Tucker Carlson's newsletter" (Newsweek has not been able to independently verify the latter claim). Like our page to get updates throughout the day on our latest debunks, Fact Check-Photographs do not show a U.S. student who wanted to identify as a cat, Fact check: No, a Michigan public school did not provide litter boxes for students identifying as cats, Fact check: Wisconsin school district debunks claim that it has a 'furry protocol', 20-Year-Old Woman Claims She Is A Cat Born In The Wrong Body, Born in the wrong species // Fdt i feil art, 'I was born in the wrong species': Woman who says she's a CAT trapped in a human body hisses at dogs, hates water and claims she can even see better at night. Outsiders is not alone is spreading the story from the Courier Mail, Daily Mail Australia has also published a version of the tale. NORTH KINGSTOWN, R.I. (WLNE) Town Councilwoman Mary Brimer said has been fielding allegations that students who identify as cats have been given litter boxes in the bathroom. The schools superintendent, Michael Sharrow, was forced to do damage control with a public statement, telling parents its a source of disappointment that I felt the necessity to communicate this message to you., There is no truth whatsoever to this false statement/accusation, Sharrow wrote. Front Royal, VA 22630, 157 Catharine St N, Unit 2 she asks, incredulous. I dont go out wearing tail, gloves, ears, or fursuit heads on any normal day, she said in an email. North Khng ch Nht Bn, Umeken c ton th gii cng nhn trong vic n lc s dng cc thnh phn tt nht t thin nhin, pht trin thnh cc sn phm chm sc sc khe cht lng kt hp gia k thut hin i v tinh thn ngh nhn Nht Bn. TheOutsiders program on Sky News has shared the story of a Brisbane school allegedly having an outbreak of students who identify as cats and foxes. #substituteteacher #substitueteachers #genxkid #genxtiktokers #over50andfabulous. Click here to sign up for our fact-check text chat. The school districts saythese claims are untrue. , There are no litter boxes placed in any of our boards schools, nor would a request like that be supported, if there was [such a request]., maybe even just touching base with a parent, the situation may seem shocking or absurd to many, as the LGBT agenda continues to gain influence, Canadas public schools are egging children on to declare themselves non-binary. If youre on the right, youre might argue that some schools have gone so overboard with political correctness, its not a stretch to imagine privileges conferred on the allegedly cat-identified. Our fact-check work is supported in part by a grant from Facebook. The spread of rumors about litter boxes has grown alongside other extreme and baseless rhetoric accusing LGBTQ people and educators of grooming children through lessons and policies on gender and sexuality. MEADE COUNTY, Ky. The Meade County School district is dealing with an unusual situation: a group of high school students is attending school acting like and The fandom is centered around an interest in anthropomorphism, or human characteristics given to animals, according to Sharon Roberts, co-founder of a furry research group called Furscience. Roughly three in four are under the age of 25, the group writes. Khch hng ca chng ti bao gm nhng hiu thuc ln, ca hng M & B, ca hng chi, chui nh sch cng cc ca hng chuyn v dng v chi tr em. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. I have been assured by the board, as well as the Catholic board, that there are no litter boxes in any of our schools, the board member told LifeSiteNews. USA TODAY has previously debunked other false claims that school districts accommodated children who behave like animals by providing litterboxes or allowing them to lick their "paws" in class. Lisa Hansen asked other parents to join her to do some investigating into the policy, Im all for creativity and imagination, but when someone lives in a fantasy world and expects other people to go along with it, I have a problem with that, Hansen told the Midland school board. Im all for creativity and imagination, but when someone lives in a fantasy world and expects other people to go along with it, I have a problem with that, added Hansen, who defined furry as someone who identifies as a cat or a dog, whatever.. The claim: A Michigan school put litter boxes in bathrooms for students who identify as cats A video of a central Michigan school board meeting went national in mid Rogan did not name the school, and his publicist did not respond to a request for comment. Or find facts worthy?

BREAKING: Multiple people killed and injured after tornado tears through Missouri, At a luncheon for Republican women in Mesa County, Colorado, last week, Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., warned that educators are putting litter boxes in schools for people who identify as cats.. Our fact-check work is supported in part by a grant from Facebook. He is going on 16 years old this year, and has been with us a long time. since when do cats attend public school? Meshawn Maddock,theco-chair of the state Republican Party, shared the unsubstantiated comment on Facebook. Find out more here. Andy Cross / Denver Post via Getty Images. A reaction from another user calling for schools to stop admitting furries to schools brought in over 1 million views. The students are minors so their names are not being released and it is unknown if they identify as male felines or female felines. Webjudith light health; california state parks staff directory; how does it's a disaster end; grand forks public schools salary schedule Last yearSky News commentator Leisa Goddardshared that shed heard of a school where it was occurring, saying there were cat identifying students across a range of ages.

NBC News agreed to keep their last names private due to their fear of harassment. If we do encounter a verifiable story about a school district doing that, Ill absolutely write about it. Libs of TikTok noted as much in a subsequent tweet, but questioned why no one said so at the school board meeting, where some people applauded after Hansen spoke. I feel that that is something that needs support., READ: Canadas public schools are egging children on to declare themselves non-binary. "Teacher fired for not playing along with a student who identifies as a cat.

Thanks for contacting us. Claim: In January 2022, California substitute teacher Bridget Maas was fired or faced censure because she refused to accept a student's expressing their feline alter ego. Either she was paid to lie by the democrats about this TRUE movement by the democrat back kids movement to get special privledges ) like LBGTQ and BLM followers .. Hi John: Im a guy and I make no money from this site other than through ads, which I only enabled a month ago. False rumors about litter boxes in classrooms have gained momentum in recent months. Her campaign declined to answer questions about Ganahls claims, but in one interview with a local Fox affiliate, she suggested theres a lot of this going on in Jefferson County. They call themselves furries.. This claim as well as many others are simply false and are causing unnecessary stress to students and staff, Norbert Carpenter, the director of schools, said in the post. Advertisers are advised that all advertising copy is their responsibility under the Trade Practices Act. The photos show a young woman wearing costume cat ears. And estimates suggest there are already hundreds of thousands across America. Sharon Roberts, associate professor of social development studies at the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada, told ABC the subculture is becoming increasingly popular because of its safe and non-judgemental community. If youre on the left, you might think parents who arent sophisticated news consumers are so paranoid about school curricula, theyd believe just about anything. Again, it goes back to my goal to get more information and find a way we can support these kids, he said. These students could actually be engaging in a fantastic prank here, said Morrow, who is also the federal political editor at Sydneys Daily Telegraph. And during a legislative hearing last month in Tennessee, two Republican state lawmakers discussed the growing crisis of public schools providing litter boxes for children who identify as cats, and claimed its happening across the state. Perhaps sessions with a psychologist or a behavioral psychologist, or maybe even just touching base with a parent, Kaiser told LifeSiteNews. Based on our research, we rate FALSE the claimthat a Michigan school put litter boxes in bathrooms for students who identify as cats. USA TODAY, Jan. 30,Fact check: No, a Michigan public school did not provide litter boxes for students identifying as cats Are you kidding me?" 1997-2023 LifeSiteNews.com. Some social media users are sharing a photo they claim shows a student who identifies as a cat. The school district called that blogs story completely inaccurate and not something it would permit.

go to the park or an animal shelter and maybe youll be adopted! Furscience, the public face of a team of researchers who study the subculture. I feel very strongly that we need to reach out and offer them support They may not want it, but I think that its our responsibility to reach out and make sure that they have support.. Excuse me?' However, in speaking to LifeSiteNews, Kaiser said that for privacy reasons and at the advice of the boards chair, he could not confirm whether any of the districts schools requested a litter box. While the situation may seem shocking or absurd to many, as the LGBT agenda continues to gain influence with recent reports suggesting Canadian schools have been pushing non-binary identification on students identifying oneself as an animal is no longerunprecedented. Happy birthday to Nano, and hopefully hell have many more! In a follow-up video the teacher admitted she made up the story to create awareness of what kids are going through at school. She didnt elaborate, so its not clear if she was criticizing school policies for allowing students to identify as different genders or arguing that kids needs arent accommodated.

NBC News spoke to three school-age furries who have posted on TikTok about the experience of being a furry at school. "At the December 20 Board of Education meeting, a community member addressed the Board of Education. On Sunday Sky News presenter Daisy Cousens shared the Courier Mails story on the Outsiders program and played footage of one of the debunked claims from the USA however the Outsiders team failed to disclose the claims in the clip have already been debunked. "They're usually imbued with positive attributes, and they're often idealised versions of the self," she said. Really. "At a recent school board meeting, it was revealed that a Michigan school placed a LITTER BOXES in the bathroom for students that identify as cats," user Jovan Pulitzer captioned the video in the Facebook post. The school districts say these IE 11 is not supported. OUTinPerth is news website focusing on diversity in sexuality and gender.

The Michigan incident started when a mom of kids at the Midland School District, about 130 miles northwest of Detroit, spoke at a school board meeting about a rumor which she took as fact alleging the school was accommodating furries by providing litter boxes in unisex bathrooms. The story was picked up by several widely-read sites, included in Tucker Carlsons daily newsletter, and reshared on prominent Twitter accounts in addition to going viral on Facebook. According to the Herald Sun, the girl identifies as a cat and the private school she attends allows her to be non-verbal and act feline, so long as it doesn't become a distraction to other students. Ship with Russian Z appears in Narragansett Bay, Providence College blames police for player arrested, Video: PC Friar shooting guard in police custody. I like bringing them because its a way to show my creative outlet and something to talk to my friends about. Some wear head-to-toe outfits, while others wear the mask. January 26, 2022 12:44pm. No wonder they get confused, self conscious, low self esteem, and a lot more negative issues. "Unbelievable.". The The hilarious thing here is the authorities are just saying, oh well this is perfectly fine, if you want to identify as a cat and have a tail sticking out your uniform. Within a few months, similar rumors began to spread in the U.S., where they quickly became culture war fodder. "I get to the third row and I hear this 'meow!' The story from Brisbane is there are cat identifying students and theyre being allowed to alter their uniforms for their tails. There have never been litter boxes within MPS schools.. Proof would be a letter home to parents, a notice on a district website, a copy of a school policy, that sort of thing. Here's some good news though: students in this Kentucky school district have created a petition to stop this practice (acting like cats) and over 1,000 signatures have been collected so far. One post calling for school districts to take action has been shared more than 31,000 times. "Sau mt thi gian 2 thng s dng sn phm th mnh thy da ca mnh chuyn bin r rt nht l nhng np nhn C Nguyn Th Thy Hngchia s: "Beta Glucan, mnh thy n ging nh l ng hnh, n cho mnh c ci trong n ung ci Ch Trn Vn Tnchia s: "a con gi ca ti n ln mng coi, n pht hin thuc Beta Glucan l ti bt u ung Trn Vn Vinh: "Ti ung thuc ny ti cm thy rt tt. Not So, Says School Official, Midland Public Schools December 2021 Board of Education Meeting, Students identifying as furries using litter boxes? He later told a local newspaper he didnt verify the claim was true, and he did not respond to a request for comment from NBC News. Do your research. Furries are part of an established subculture that has existed for decades.

USA TODAY reached out to the Facebook user who shared the post for comment. Whos doing it? And this little girl in the very front row says, You have to meow back at him; he identifies as a cat. Are you kidding me?, The student stormed out of the classroom when she laughed at him, she said, and the schools administration fired her: They said We no longer need your services if you cant identify with all the children in the classroom.'. Occams Razor would indicate she was just chasing clicks. "What the research has shown is that these self-created identities have incredible benefits to the person in all kinds of ways. Co-host James Morrow suggested that the alleged cat-students might be taking part in a deliberate trolling prank in response to the current education curriculum. The behaviour is often linked to a "furries" subculture being adopted by many teens, where many furries feel a deep connection to a particular animal that they take on their "fursona", according to Gerbasi et al. As he stated in his message, the board meeting took place on Dec. 20, 2021, and did not circulate widely until mid-January. Kaiser said that while a few members of the community have reached out to him to express their concern about the reports of children identifying as animals, so far the issue is not widely known. A harmless TV show is not evil. I dont think its normal, Kaiser told LifeSiteNews. Despite Hubbard'sclaim that the person picturedis non-verbal, the woman can be heardspeakingin a 2016 Norweigan mediainterviewabout her identity. Newsweek has reached out to the content creator for comment but has not heard back as of Tuesday. Kaiser said that although he is not entirely sure what this support would entail, he has some ideas. There are websites that claim there is a catgender movement, but that is a different thing. Seriously, an asteroid can hit plant anytime now. You want to communicate by meowing? At the school sit-down, concerned parent Lisa Hansen said she was really disturbed after reportedly learning from a student that at least one of our schools in our town, in one of the unisex bathrooms, a litter box for the kids that identify as cats. Some politicians issued warnings about children acting as cats during debates regarding school policies related to transgender and nonbinary youth. Ive actually made new friends at school because of it, Dayna said in an email. Whats most provocative about this hoax is how it turns on two key wedge issues for conservatives: educational accommodations and gender nonconformity, said Joan Donovan, research director of the Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy at Harvard University and co-author of Meme Wars: The Untold Story of the Online Battles Upending Democracy in America.. But as of right now, I have not been able to verify a single one of the claims.

Some say litter boxes are located in transgender bathrooms in schools. Michigan superintendent debunks rumor. While many in the Republican Party are taking a more cautious stance, Greene is doubling down on her support of Trump. The woman says she was born the wrong species. My psychologist told me I can grow out of it, but I doubt it, she told an interviewer. There are an estimated 250,000 people in the US who identify as furries, a subculture whose members enjoy dressing up as cartoonish animals, sometimes as a sexual fetish but more often as a fun escape. Tam International phn phi cc sn phm cht lng cao trong lnh vc Chm sc Sc khe Lm p v chi tr em. You may unsubscribe at any time. A TikTok user, whose account name is @crazynamebridgetmichael, explains in the video.

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In an email sent to parents, staff and community members on Jan. 20, Midland Public SchoolsSuperintendent Michael Sharrowdenied the claim that "litter boxes were provided within MPS student restrooms for those who identify themselves as 'furries.'" At least 20 Republican politicians have claimed that schools are making accommodations for students who identify as cats. "Let me be clear there is no truth whatsoever tothis false statement/accusation!

Add my name and email address to the LSN mailing list. Hansen noted the rumor warranted "more investigation" and did not make a claim about who had installed the litter boxes. This thing has gotten out of control with politicians just wanting to have a talking point, said John McDonald, former director of campus safety at Jefferson County schools, whos now a school security consultant. Theyre just having fun pushing how far they can go and push the woke idiots who run they school. The week before, on Sept. 29, Minnesota GOP gubernatorial nominee Scott Jensen asked during a campaign stop, Why do we have litter boxes in some of the school districts so kids can pee in them, because they identify as a furry?.

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