University of California schools are using sexual harassment and anti-discrimination training to force students and staff to affirm “transgender” ideology.
Young America’s Foundation first reported that mandatory training at the University of California, San Diego, required students to agree that sexually confused individuals should be allowed to use opposite sex bathrooms based on their “gender identity.”
According to YAF, students must bow down to transgender dogma, or they are blocked from taking classes.
The online program is called SHAPE – Sexual Harassment, Anti-Discrimination, Prevention and Education. It consists of a 60-75 minute training with a quiz at the end of the course.
As YAF explained, UC San Diego students were required “to agree the following scenario constitutes a ‘hostile environment.”
My name is Mona and I am transgender. My classmate Jane continues to call me James, which was my name before I transitioned. Jane refers to me as a man, and complains when I use the women’s restroom. I’ve asked her to stop but she does not. I feel very disrespected and want this to stop. What type of prohibited conduct can this be?
When students choose “Hostile Environment” as the correct answer, SHAPE explains that students must adhere to transgender ideology.
“Hostile Environment may be created when someone demands that others use a particular bathroom that does not correspond to their gender identity or uses the incorrect pronoun.
“Intentionally calling someone their name used prior to transition, as opposed to their lived name, is called dead-naming; and may be a form of sexual harassment.”
In other words, disagreeing with any aspect of transgender ideology creates a hostile environment.
But of course, this is simply speaking biological truth. One would think research universities, with their heavy emphasis on science, would know this.
The UC system violates first amendment rights by forcing students to use speech they disagree with, mandating acquiescence to beliefs that many people of faith reject, and censoring clear scientific thinking about sex and biology.
California Family Council (CFC), a Focus on the Family ally, detailed the origins of the training.
The University of California Office of the President states that SHAPE was “developed by UC Online in partnership with the Systemwide Office of Civil Rights,” and integrates directly with each campus’s online learning system to ensure full participation.
Campuses, including UC San Diego, UC Davis, UC Merced, UC Santa Cruz, UCLA, UC Berkeley, and UC Irvine, have all implemented the program.
CFC described the consequences for students who don’t agree with transgender dogma/
“According to UC Irvine, training is mandatory by the Office for Civil Rights at the University of California, Office of the President, to fulfill state law.
“Every student must earn a 100% score on the final quiz to pass. Failure to complete the program results in a registration hold, preventing enrollment for the next semester.”
Several UC schools, including Santa Cruz and Santa Barbara, use the training to show they are complying with Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972.
“No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any educational program or activity receiving federal financial assistance,” federal law states.
The state of California – and the UC system – make a mockery of Title IX by redefining biological sex to include the spurious concept of “gender identity.” One is an objective fact, the other a baseless belief system.
UC schools allow males to usurp women’s rights, robbing women of educational opportunities, sports victories, scholarships, privacy and safety.
“Once regarded as centers of critical thinking and open debate, these institutions are now conditioning students to affirm a narrow, politicized definition of truth,” CFC opined.
The organization encouraged students to stand up to the UC system’ denial of reality and censorship of opposing voices.
“However, do not let indoctrination training like this silence your voice. Refuse to submit to any authority that demands you compromise biblical conviction or deny biological truth. Instead, stand up and fight alongside the California Family Council.”
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