Gender Toolkit: An Urgent Conversation, Front Page
The Gender Toolkit is for parents, students, mentors, teachers, and administrators, page 2
The Gender Toolkit was created by Restore Childhood, a national nonprofit founded to protect children from government overreach in health and education, page 3
Gender Toolkit, Table of Contents, page 4
About the Gender Toolkit, page 5
Gender Toolkit, Section 1: The School To Clinic Pipeline, page 6
Gender Toolkit, School social transition and the conflict with parental rights, page 7
Gender Toolkit, Graphic overview of the role of the Department of Education, page 8
Gender Tookit, non-discrimination clauses & advocacy groups, page 9
Gender Toolkit, There is no expert consensus, page 10
Gender Toolkit, Social transition in schools, page 11
Gender Toolkit, Gender Curricula, page 12
Gender Toolkit, Lessons on gender identity and transition in elementary schools, page 13
Gender Toolkit, What protections do parents have?, page 14
Gender Toolkit, FREPA & Parental Rights, page 15
Gender Toolkit, Defining gender & sexual orientation, page 16
Gender Toolkit, Gender identity is a theory that, not fact, page 17
Gender Toolkit, Safeguarding female sports, page 18
Gender Toolkit, Female sports and proposed changes to Title IX, page 19
Gender Toolkit, Section 2: An Overview of Childhood Gender Transition, page 20
Gender Toolkit, This is not a political left vs. right issue, page 21
Gender Toolkit, The majority of adults oppose the use of puberty blockers, page 22
Gender Toolkit, Gender dysphoria and its treatment, page 23
Gender Toolkit, Children struggling with gender tend to have higher rates of mental health conditions, page 24
Gender Toolkit, Suicide is always about more than one thing, page 25
Gender Toolkit, There is no high quality evidence, page 26
Gender Toolkit, There is no high quality evidence, page 26
Gender Toolkit, The rise in detransitioners, page 28
Gender Toolkit, How did we get here? The Dutch Protocol, page 29
Gender Toolkit, European Studies, page 30
Gender Toolkit, The adverse affects of puberty blockers, page 31
Gender Toolkit, Section 3: Recommendations for parents and guardians, page 32
Gender Toolkit, What can you do?, page 33
Gender Toolkit, Who should you talk to?, page 34
Gender Toolkit, Opting-out of lessons, page 35
Gender Toolkit, Tips for discussion, page 36
Gender Toolkit, Advice for parents/guardians of gender dysphoric children, page 37
Gender Toolkit, Glossary of Terms, letters C to G, page 38
Gender Toolkit, Glossary of Terms, letters G to I, page 39
Gender Toolkit, Glossary of Terms, letters L to T, page 40
Gender Toolkit, Resources, page 41
Gender Toolkit, U.S. and international websites, page 42
Gender Toolkit, Recommended Newsletters, page 43
Gender Toolkit, Book Recommendations, page 44
Thank you for reading An Urgent Conversation, What you need to know about gender and school policy, page 45
Gender Toolkit by Restore Childhood, back cover

We believe that all children are deserving of safe learning environments and that gender nonconformity, which is completely natural and found across cultures, must be respected.

However, the manner in which topics such as gender and gender identity are practiced in schools can come into conflict with parental rights.

The information in this toolkit is intended to rise above the culture war noise and give you the information to feel confident in making evidence-based decisions in parenting and public policy.

“I wish this toolkit had been around when my daughter was suffering from dysphoria. It would have prevented her from the harm that social transition caused her. “

- Emily Viola, mom of de-transitioned kid

The School-To-Clinic Pipeline

School to Clinic Pipeline, Pronouns, Social Transition, Gender Affirming Care

“Schools should not socially transition kids, as it doesn’t have clear benefits and seems to support the unsubstantiated theory that social transition is good for mental health.

It also seems to encourage consideration of a medical pathway.”

- Dr. Kristopher Kaliebe, Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist

School Social Transition & The Conflict with Parental Rights

The Department of Education Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and the federal Department of Education have been increasing pressure for school districts to adopt policies that facilitate students’ gender transition in school without the need of parental knowledge or consent. 

This is NOT a political left vs. right issue 

While Americans are generally quite tolerant of transgender individuals, there is broad consensus among most Americans, regardless of political affiliation, that there should be legal restrictions on the medical transition of children.

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