After a deluge of harassment and threats from the parents of classmates at her middle school in Achille, OK, the family of a transgender 7th grader named Maddie have announced they’re leaving the state entirely, and will be moving in with family in neighboring Texas to avoid the ongoing harassment.
“We actually moved here from Sherman hoping to have a fresh start for Maddie, because she was severely bullied there, and taunted to commit suicide, and assaulted in the bathroom,” Brandy Rose, Maddie’s mother, said on a crowdfunding page raising money to assist in the move. “Unfortunately, her fresh start did not last long.”
Twelve-year-old Maddie’s story first gained national prominence after reportsthat parents in a private Facebook group for the Achille Independent School District had been writing derogatory—and in some cases explicitly threatening—messages about her.
“The transgender is already using the girls bathroom,” one parent wrote, while another referred to Maddie as a “maggot.”
“If he wants to be a female make him a female,” a third person wrote. “A good sharp knife will do the job really quick.”
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Being transgender in just about any nation in today’s world can be dangerous and end in death. Acceptance goes against the global patriarchal mindse, which doesn’t tend to be an ampathic caring mindset. Sexual identity stirs up fear in the male psyche. Even tho, history and tradition show that gender choices in sexual encounters are broader in private, or semi privacy. Alexander the Great, leader and warrior was known to have sexual relatiionships with his soldiers. There’ve been many positive changes over recent years, and that’s not going to go back in the box. ‘Civilization’ tends to move slowly. Altho, lately with greater numbers of humans we’re seeing change heightend and gaining in speed.