LETTER: The First Amendment under attack in Chester County – Daily Local News
More than 120 individuals signed up to attend an educational and informative forum entitled Innocence Under Siege, which was organized and funded by No Left Turn in Education (NLTE).
Our children are under siege being universally bombarded to embrace the concept of gender fluidity and to explore changing their gender identities. The purpose of the event was to expose the harm that results when MINORS, whose brains are not yet fully developed, act on this destructive social contagion that is being created and promoted in mainstream and social medias, at the highest levels of our national government, and especially in our schools.
When the location of the event leaked to the public, the hotel received threats that were formidable enough for the local police to urge that it be cancelled. Less than a day before the forum was scheduled to begin, the police told the Sheraton manager and the NLTE organizer that the hotel has been receiving threats and there has been discussion about shutting down the event on social mediaif 100-200 people show up at the protest we cant protect you, and we cant prevent them from entering the hotel. In an abundance of caution and a concern for everyones safety, NLTE agreed to cancel the event at that location.
Although it seemed that the intolerant miscreants had succeeded in their goal to silence speech with which they disagreed, their malicious attempts were a dismal failure. The organizers found a new venue almost immediately; Innocence Under Siege went on exactly as planned and was a rousing success.
The idea for this type of forum originated in 2022 when a district resident asked the West Chester Area School District if they would consider co-hosting an event, funded by NLTE, that would educate students as to the detrimental consequences of gender transitions in MINORS. The purpose was to counteract the numerous documented instances of gender ideology indoctrinations that have occurred over the years at various grade levels in WCASD, including the most egregious that of training teachers in these ideologies (intending to be relayed to students) at Fern Hill Elementary School. When the District refused the offer, NLTE arranged the aforementioned Innocence Under Siege event at the Sheraton.
Innocence Under Siege conveyed a wealth of valuable information and personal experiences in its 3 hour program. Dr. Elana Fishbein, NLTEs founder, chronicled the history of the transgender movement. A forensic nurse examiner discussed the detrimental impacts of puberty blockers and hormones on children who opt to change their genders, and also described the irreversible damage caused by mutilating surgeries that are occasionally performed on minors. Chloe Cole, an 18-year-old female, recounted the innumerable physical and emotional problems she still endures after beginning her transition to a male: taking puberty blockers and testosterone at 13, having a double mastectomy at 15, and then re-transitioning to a female at 16.
Sara Higdon, an impressive biological male who transitioned to a female at 31, works with Trans against Groomers and opines that MINOR children should not be making irreversible lifestyle decisions until their brains are fully developed. There was absolutely no attempt by any speaker or attendee to judge or condemn adults who choose the transgender lifestyle.
Exposing WCASD students to the information presented in this outstanding educational forum would have been a valuable balance to the gender ideology indoctrinations that are currently being imposed on them. Its too bad the District refused NLTEs 2022 offer to co-host this type of event with them.
Joanne Yurchak
East Goshen
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