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At least 200 public schools in Vermont allow staff to conceal information from parents about their children's gender transition

The state's policies also provide for students to be able to participate in sports activities and use facilities according to their gender identity, resulting in at least 199 schools and 52,488 students affected.

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The state of Vermont has 37 school districts or supervisory unions that have adopted policies that allegedly allow faculty or school personnel to not inform parents about the gender transition of their children.

In addition, most of these policies provide for students to be able to participate in sports activities and use facilities in accordance with their gender identity, which translates to at least 199 schools and 52,488 students affected. This information was released by the Defending Education organization.

In that regard, Defending Education detailed that the Vermont Agency of Education provides "best practices for schools regarding transgender and gender non-conforming students," which are used as a model for many district policies.

List of districts implementing the policy

Addison Central School DistrictAddison Northwest School DistrictBarre Unified Union School DistrictBennington Rutland Supervisory UnionBurlington School DistrictCaledonia Central Supervisory UnionCentral Vermont Supervisory UnionChamplain Valley Unified School DistrictEcho Valley Community SchoolsEssex North Supervisory Union 19First Branch Unified School DistrictFranklin Northeast Supervisory UnionGrand Isle Supervisory UnionGranville-Hancock Unified DistrictHartford School DistrictMill River Unified Union School DistrictMilton Town School DistrictMissisquoi Valley School DistrictMontpelier Roxbury School DistrictMount Mansfield Unified Union School DistrictNorth Country Supervisory UnionOrange East Supervisory UnionOrleans Central Supervisory UnionOrleans Southwest Supervisory UnionRochester-Stockbridge Unified DistrictRutland Northeast Supervisory UnionSaint Johnsbury School DistrictSlate Valley Unified School DistrictSouth Burlington School DistrictSouthwest Vermont Supervisory UnionSpringfield School DistrictWhite River Valley Supervisory UnionWindham Central Supervisory UnionRiver Valleys Unified School DistrictWindham Northeast Supervisory UnionWindham Southeast Supervisory UnionWindsor Southeast Supervisory UnionWinooski School District

The information comes just days after research conducted in Finland for more than 30 years on the effects of medical interventions on youth with gender dysphoria was published. The study, published in the scientific journal Acta Paediatrica, concludes that adolescents referred to gender identity clinics have high levels of psychiatric morbidity that, far from decreasing, tend to increase after the interventions.

The findings have been endorsed by some scientific sectors as long-overdue evidence, while activists and advocates of so-called "gender-affirming care" question their methodology and warn of possible bias.

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