Wednesday 18 May 2022 02:22 AM Philly teachers encouraged by district to attend 'Kink, BDSM, Trans Sex' ... trends now
Philadelphia's School District encouraged its staff to attend the largest free transgender wellness conference in the world, where extremely explicit content was shared in the name of breaking down barriers.
The July 2021 event was held online, organized by the Mazzoni Center, which under the leadership of Sultan Shakir works to improve health and wellbeing among the LGBTQ community in Philadelphia.
The School District, led by Superintendent William Hite, emailed teachers and school staff on their mailing list to invite them to attend, describing it as an opportunity to 'learn more about the issues facing the trans community.'
Over the course of three days, virtual sessions were held on topics including gender realignment surgery, 'prosthetics for sex', adult toys, and consent.
The Philadelphia Trans Wellness conference is the largest in the world, and is now in its 20th year. It was highlighted by the Philadelphia School District last year
Sultan Shakir (left), head of the Mazzoni Center - which organizes the conferences. Last year's event was promoted internally by the Philadelphia Schools District, headed by William Hite (right)
Christopher Rufo, a journalist specializing in school districts, wrote in his story for City Journal that attendees included adolescents.
'There's no age limit, because I feel like everybody should be able to access certain information,' said one of the hosts, according to Rufo.
The audience heard from Dr Scott Mosser, the principal at the Gender Confirmation Center in San Francisco, who said that he has performed 'over two thousand top surgeries,' which involve removing breasts.
He said there is no age limit for beginning the 'gender journey,' and would be prepared to discuss