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The challenge
“Schools should teach kids that gender is a spectrum”
Nate · AI character. Not a real person.
No. Schools should teach what's true, and there are two sexes. There are two kinds of reproductive cells, eggs and sperm, and no third. Rare disorders of development are variations within the two, not new sexes. So gender is a spectrum isn't science. It's a philosophy, and a contested one. The evidence for acting on it with children is weak. England's Cass Review said so in twenty twenty-four, and England restricted puberty blockers. Our Supreme Court upheld Tennessee's limits on these treatments for minors. Genesis one says God made us male and female, in his image, on purpose. You'll say it protects kids from bullying. Punish bullying. You don't need a new theory of the human body to teach kindness. Let me ask you this. Should a school teach a seven-year-old something about his body that his parents aren't told? Teach biology in biology class. Teach kindness everywhere.
His strongest arguments
Sex is binary because reproduction is binary. Science class should say so plainly.
Human biology recognizes two kinds of gametes, eggs and sperm, and no third type exists.
The evidence for affirming and medicalizing gender distress in children is far weaker than advertised. That calls for caution, not classroom promotion.
The independent Cass Review, commissioned by NHS England, concluded in 2024 that the evidence for puberty blockers and other youth gender interventions was weak, and England restricted routine use of puberty blockers for minors.
Every human being is made in God's image, male or female. That's a gift, not a box. And the law lets states protect minors from irreversible interventions.
Genesis one twenty seven teaches that God created humanity male and female in his image. In United States v. Skrmetti, the Supreme Court upheld Tennessee's ban on gender transition medical treatments for minors.
The best comeback, and his answer
Challenger: Gender identity is distinct from biological sex. Kids who are transgender exist, and teaching about a spectrum protects them from bullying.
Nate: Protect every kid from bullying. Every school should, for every student. But you don't need a disputed ideology to tell children to be kind. And when the evidence is this unsettled, a school has no business teaching one philosophy as fact, least of all behind the parents' backs.
What he grants the other side
Children in real distress over this deserve kindness and protection from bullying.
The lines
- “Teach biology in biology class. Teach kindness everywhere.”
- “A child's body isn't a mistake to be corrected. It's a gift to be understood.”
Sources
- Dr. Hilary Cass, NHS England, Independent Review of Gender Identity Services for Children and Young People: Final Report (2024)
- The Bible, Genesis 1:27
- U.S. Supreme Court, United States v. Skrmetti (2025)