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Couple hide baby's gender to protect them from 'unconscious bias'
Marie Claire Dorking,Yahoo Style UK2 hours 57 minutes ago
A British couple are raising their baby gender-neutral to protect them from 'unconscious bias' [Photo: posed by models Getty]
A couple have told how they're raising their baby as gender-neutral because they want to protect the child from "unconscious bias".
Hobbit Humphrey, 38, and Jake England-Johns, 35, appeared on BBC One's ‘Inside Out’ programme last night and told of their decision not to reveal the gender of their baby.
The couple, who are both circus performers and live on a house boat
near Bath, have decided to dress their child in both boy’s and girl’s
clothing and use gender-neutral pronouns ‘they’ and ‘them’.
Speaking on the programme, the couple said they want their child -
whose name was changed to Charlie during the show - to decide their own
gender and preferred pronoun when they're older.
"Gender neutral refers to us trying to behave neutrally towards the
child, rather than trying to make them neutral,” England-Johns
explained.
The couple have decided to keep their baby's gender hidden [Photo: BBC]
Hobbit Humphrey added: "So much of gender bias is unconscious. When I
got pregnant we then were having a discussion about how we were going
to mitigate the unconscious bias.
"And we figured that the only way we could do that was just not to tell people.
"To use the they/them pronoun for as long as we can, and create this little bubble for our baby to be who they are.”
The couple are so protective of their child’s gender that the baby
was 11 months old before their grandparents found out their gender,
while changing the baby’s nappy.Speaking on the programme the baby’s grandmother, Camille, 64, said
though it was a struggle at first not knowing how to refer to the baby,
as with any learning over time it became embedded and her grandchild
became ‘they’.
Discussing the reaction the parents often receive when telling people
about their decision to raise their child gender-neutral Mr
England-Johns said: "We are quite good now at holding space for people's
discomfort in us saying, 'Actually, we don't tell anyone, we're not
telling anyone for now’.”
The couple say their child can choose the gender they want to be when they are old enough to understand.
“We’re not trying to make them be anything,” he added. “We just want them to be themselves.”
The couple want their child to decide their gender when they're older [Photo: BBC]
They aren’t the only parents to open up about their decision not to reveal the sex of their child.
Last April parents Kyl and Brent Courtney-Myers revealed that they have also chosen not to reveal the gender of their two-year-old, Zoomer.
Proud advocates of the Gender Creative Parenting movement, the
Utah-based family are dedicated to raising a “theyby” and using
gender-neutral terms for their toddler.
And earlier this year a parent defended their decision to raise their children as gender-neutral.
Ari Dennis, 30, from Florida, who personally identifies as non-gender-binary, is mother to Hazel, eight, and Sparrow, one. Appearing on ITV’s ‘Good Morning Britain’, they spoke of their
decision to raise Sparrow as a gender-neutral “they-by”, using the
pronouns of “they/them” rather than “she” or “he”.
They told Piers Morgan: “We do not know what Sparrow’s gender is yet
and, as regards to their anatomy, we choose to keep that secret except
for a small list of caregivers.”
Some celebrities have also opened up about their parenting decisions regarding their child’s gender.
Back in 2017, musician Paloma Faith hit headlines after announcing she would be raising her baby as gender neutral.
The singer isn’t raising her child without telling them their gender;
instead, she simply wants to ’empower’ her child by not giving them
gendered toys or clothing.
“It’s wrong to constrain your child to a gender stereotype,” she
explains. “A child just needs to be who they are and not labelled. My
nephews always had a pushchair and a doll, growing up, and they’re kind
boys with a lot of empathy.”
I don't think that everyone is so stupid to believe "headlines" and not read more than one single article about the topic. I wish people were smarter, I see it daily.
NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday said Supreme Court
Justice Brett Kavanaugh is under assault, following a New York Times
story about a sexual misconduct allegation that was revised to reflect
that the alleged victim couldn't recall the incident.
The newspaper has also apologized for an offensive tweet that was sent out to promote the weekend article.
The Times reported on an allegation that Kavanaugh exposed himself at
a Yale University party as a freshman. That new allegation was included
in an article, excerpting an upcoming book about Kavanaugh classmate
Deborah Ramirez, who had claimed the future justice pulled down his
pants and thrust his penis at her at another time at a different Yale
party.
In writing about the new allegation, the story did not initially
include the detail that the woman supposedly involved in the incident
declined to be interviewed, and that her friends say she doesn't recall
it. The article was revised to include that information, with an
editor's note explaining the revision.
It was not immediately clear why that detail had been left out.
Kavanaugh denied Ramirez's accusation in the past. He declined to comment on the new one, according to a court spokeswoman.
The president has jumped to the defense of his Supreme Court
appointee on Twitter, saying "the one who is actually being assaulted is
Justice Kavanaugh, assaulted by lies and fake news."
Trump said Kavanaugh should start suing people for libel, or the Justice Department should come to his rescue.
The newspaper also apologized for a tweet sent out Saturday through
the account of its opinion section, where the Kavanaugh piece ran. The
tweet said, in part, that "having a penis thrust in your face at a
drunken dorm party may seem like harmless fun."
The Times later said that the tweet was "clearly inappropriate and offensive."
Chicago
woman wore ‘Scream’ mask as she repeatedly stabbed female victim. The
attacker repeatedly said ‘God is making me do this’ she as cut her
victim 39 times.
A Chicago
woman was held without bond Sunday after she allegedly stabbed another
woman dozens of times while she wore a “Scream” mask and repeated, “God
is making me do this.”
The Chicago Tribune
reported that Patricia Calhoun-Murdock allegedly attacked the victim
two weeks ago in what a judge called a “truly random” act. She was
arrested by U.S. marshals after Chicago police said they determined that
she was walking with a stolen Kindle from the 56-year-old victim’s
apartment.
The victim remains in critical condition.
Patricia Calhoun-Murdock.
The paper described a harrowing scene inside.
The victim was asleep when she woke up to see the alleged attacker
holding a knife and in the mask. The victim begged for her life, but was
stabbed at least 39 times, according to the report.
She
suffered slits to her throat and her heart was pierced. At one point,
the victim tried to play dead, but was told by Calhoun-Murdoch: “I can
still hear you breathing.”
A
relative walked in on the scene and called for help. The paper reported
that Calhoun-Murdoch allegedly made an admission to police and said she
had “mental health concerns.”
Homeless Mom Sentenced to 5 Years in Prison for Using Friend's Address to Enroll Son in School
READ this.... HER Words......
“I
have no regrets seeking a better education for him, I do regret my
participation in this drug case.” Seems we're not getting the entire
story here. The last part of her sentence indicates there was a
separate issue, drugs. Sounds like that's the biggest reason she
received a 5 year sentence.
Tanya McDowell makes a statement during her sentencing in Superior
Court, in Bridgeport, Conn. March 27th, 2012. McDowell was sentenced to
five years in prison and another five years of probation after pleading
guilty to drug and larceny charges.
READ the truth before passing it on. You look foolish passing around FAKE NEWS.
North Carolina woman forced to be sex slave and tortured in front of her children
A North Carolina woman was held as a sex slave and repeatedly beaten and tortured in front of her two children.
The woman -- who remains unnamed -- was allegedly held against her
will at two separate hotels in Pineville, North Carolina where police
say “she was forced into sexual acts with random men,” according to a statement from the Pineville Police Department.
The suspects, Thomas Antoine Miller and Shakeeta Lasha Adams, then
allegedly physically and mentally punished the woman if she did not meet
certain financial quotas.
“The punishments range from verbal abuse, to beatings with a belt,
being held under water/ice bath in a bathtub while being strangled, and
burned/branded with a hot wire coat hanger. This violence was done in
front of her two children and they were beaten as well with a belt at
times,” read the police statement.
The
Pineville Police opened up an “extensive criminal investigation” over a
three-week period into human trafficking through interviews, undercover
surveillance, and search warrants at area hotels when the victim came
forward during the investigation asking for help for her and her two
children.
Miller and Adams were arrested for their involvement in
the case. Miller, 26, was charged with human trafficking of an adult
victim, sexual servitude of an adult victim, assault by strangulation,
assault on a child under 12, assault on a female and communicating
threats, according to the Charlotte Observer. Adams, 25, was charged with simple assault and is free on bail pending trial.
Police are still concerned that other victims of Miller and Adams could still be out there.
“We
want those victims to come forward to us. We also want them to know
that there is help out there for them,” the police statement said.
“Our
victim in this case and her children had a long road of physical and
mental recovery ahead of them. Our victim has been very brave in coming
forward and we hope that if there are more victims out there, then they
too will be inspired to come forward.”
Former NFL Player Arrested for Staging Fake 'Hate Crime' at His Own Business in Georgia
A former NFL player was arrested Thursday after allegedly staging a
fake “hate crime” by damaging property and painting racial slurs at his
local business in Georgia.
“It appears as though Edawn conjured a premeditated plan to damage
his own property, attempt to make it appear as a hate crime, file a
claim with his insurance company and sell off the undamaged appliances
and electronics,” police said in a statement.
Photos from law enforcement appear to show racial slurs, a swastika
and “MAGA” spray painted in different parts of the establishment.
Coughman, 31, has been charged with false report of a crime, insurance fraud and concealing a license plate and has since been released from jail on bond.
According to the detailed statement by police, officers responded to a
report of a burglary on Wednesday at the Create and Bake Restaurant and
Coughman’s Creamery. The person who reported the burglary said someone
was damaging the businesses, according to the statement, and that the
suspect was driving a black Chevrolet Silverado with no license plate.
The statement said officers arrived in the area and found the truck
leaving the shopping center, realized the driver was Coughman and later
learned that he was the owner of the businesses.
Coughman told police that he noticed that equipment was missing and
damaged earlier in the day and did not call 911 but did call his
insurance company to report the incident. According to the county’s
statement, officers and the lead detective learned during the course of
their investigation that the damage to the business did not occur
earlier in the day, refuting Coughman’s statement.
Inside the businesses, “the smell of the spray paint was very fresh”
and the black paint “appeared wet” when officers touched it, police
said. The statement also details that police found “cut wires,”
vandalized upholstery and a “damaged video surveillance system.” They
also claimed to find pry marks on the business’ back door.
The county’s statement said law enforcement searched the truck on
Thursday and found a yellow crow bar and cans of black spray paint.
She will NEVER become a REAL Princess, she is just a Duchess please remember that.
She is trying to change what little girls growing up want to be.
She is trying to change Harry and it is making him "ugly". (not looks)
Why are people saying that she is a ROYAL? She NEVER will be one.
Princess Charlotte IS a princess...why aren't you so in "Awe" of her?
Such a sad life huh?
And as for Harry.... he has disrespected the Royals ..... just go away with your family and leave the rest alone. You chose the life you have... now go.
Let the Ladies look and act like LADIES
Let the Men look and act like MEN
Let little boys and girls dream of being a Prince or Princess like the ones that they have seen for decades.
Since you two don't want that life....... Goooooooooo !
Fla. Teen Allegedly Stole Parents' Debit Card to Fund Murder-for-Hire Plot Against Them
A Florida teenager is facing charges after she allegedly stole her
parents’ debit card and used the money she withdrew to pay two different
people to kill them in a failed murder-for-hire scheme, say officials.
On Tuesday, Alyssa Hatcher, 17, of Umatilla in Central Florida, was
arrested and charged with two counts of criminal solicitation for
murder, a Lake County Sheriff’s Office arrest affidavit shows.
After being taken into custody, she was transported to the Lake
County Jail, where she was processed before being turned over to the
Department of Juvenile Justice.
Authorities learned of Hatcher’s botched plan when a student at
Umatilla High School told a Lake County Sheriff’s resource officer that
Hatcher had given her friend “a lot of money” to find someone to kill
her parents, the affidavit obtained by PEOPLE claims.
Investigators quickly discovered that Hatcher had allegedly stolen
her parents’ debit card and completed two transactions — one for $503.00
and one for $926.40, “later identified as money given to two different
individuals to kill her parents,” the affidavit says.
Fla. Teen Allegedly Stole Parents' Debit Card to Fund Murder-for-Hire Plot Against Them
Hatcher’s boyfriend told investigators he’d seen Hatcher early Monday
morning at a “known drug house” where she told him she wanted to murder
her mom and stepdad, the affidavit says.
During a recorded interview with investigators at her home, Hatcher allegedly admitted to the plot, according to the affidavit.
She allegedly revealed that she used $100 to buy cocaine and gave
$400 to a friend to for someone to commit the murders, the document
alleges.
She went on to say that “since the act was never carried out, she
gave the other $900 to a black male to kill her parents,” the affidavit
says.
Upon learning of the allegations against their daughter, her parents,
a nurse and a police lieutenant, told authorities they wanted to
prosecute for the charges, the affidavit says.
The parents were not identified in the affidavit. Police have not yet identified a motive for the alleged murder-for-hire plot.
Lake County Sheriff’s Sergeant Fred Jones told local station WFTV, “The parents are good people, outstanding citizens. This was just somebody who, for whatever reason, just didn’t want her parents around.”
Confirming that Hatcher’s parents wanted to press charges,
Jones told local station WOFL-TV, “When it comes to something like
that, I cannot imagine the shock you would be in as a parent knowing
that this is my daughter – what my daughter intended to do.”
Saying it was a “sad case,” Jones went on to tell WOFL-TV, “I couldn’t even imagine something like that.”
Hatcher had spent some of her high school career on the cheerleading team, her Instagram account shows.
In June, the teen posted a picture of herself with the caption,
“Ruthless.” In another, she wrote, “Rock bottom became the solid
foundation on which I rebuilt my life.”
From the Washington Examiner: "Grant has a criminal record for theft
and evading arrest, according to Texas court documents reviewed by the
Washington Examiner. He was sentenced to eight months in prison for car
theft in March, after pleading guilty to stealing a silver 2009 Mazda 6.
In 2016, he pleaded guilty and was also sentenced to 18 days in jail
for stealing TVs from a Sears in Richardson, Texas. He pleaded guilty to
evading arrest in Collins County in 2016."
He Was Wounded in the El Paso Shooting and Lauded for His Bravery. Now Police Say His Heroic Story Isn't True.
Last month, still attached to hospital monitors, 50-year-old Christopher Grant told CNN’s Chris Cuomo how he was shot on Aug. 3 inside of a Walmart in El Paso, Texas. Now, police are saying parts of his story doesn’t reflect what’s on surveillance footage.
In the CNN interview, Grant described seeing the shooter’s face,
hearing people prayed in Spanish for their safety, how a Customs and
Border Protection officer saved his life and how he attempted to deter
the shooter by throwing bottles of soda at his direction.
Grant was indeed shot twice near his rib cage, according to The El Paso Times, and his sister shared on Facebook
that he underwent at least two surgeries. “God Bless the families that
lost their loved ones, my heart is breaking for them,” she wrote.
Grant was celebrated for his actions, and covered by media outlets nationwide, including a short mention by TIME.
Grant and his family were invited to The White House so that he could
be recognized for his alleged act of heroism. As he and his family
arrived to meet the President on Monday, the U.S. Secret Service (USSS)
arrested him. While it was first reported by the Washington Examiner. Washington D.C.
police confirmed to TIME that a man named Ernest Christopher Grant was detained on Monday. Mug shots
of arrests in Texas under the name of Ernest Christopher Grant match
images of Grant taken by CNN and shared on Facebook by Grant’s family.
El Paso Police Department (EPPD) spokesperson Sgt. Enrique Carrillo
tells TIME that Grant had a warrant for his arrest and was a “fugitive
from justice,” but the warrants were not issued by the EPPD and Carrillo
could not provide the agency where the warrants originated.
Grant could not be reached for comment and his sister, who attended
the ceremony according to her Facebook profile, did not immediately
respond to TIME’s request.
A USSS spokesperson confirmed to TIME that a visitor to The White
House was arrested on Monday, but would not release the name per
protocol. “It was subsequently determined that while the arrest warrant
was still active, the agency that issued the warrant would not
extradite, at which time the individual was released from Secret Service
custody,” the spokesperson said in a statement. He was not charged.
What’s more, the EPPD says Grant’s story about throwing bottles at the shooter doesn’t align with surveillance footage of the events that day. “Mr. Grant’s actions were captured on video, but they do not reflect
his account to the media outlet [CNN],” Carrillo said. “It contradicts
his statements, in fact…[H]e did not take any action towards the
shooter.” Carrillo said surveillance footage shows Grant acting in “a manner of
self-preservation, as best as I can describe it, and nothing else.”
“I’m not demeaning his actions,” he added.
Carrillo said there was no prior communication between USSS and EPPD
about Grant, so Grant’s arrest was not connected to the EPPD detailing
what they say are his false statements to CNN. EPPD added that officials
only revealed information on what was found in the surveillance footage
after Grant was arrested by USSS and reporters began requesting
information.
At the Monday White House ceremony
honoring five heroic El Pasoans and six police officers who responded
to Dayton, Ohio, mass shooting, Grant’s mother stood in for her son to
accept a certificate of Heroic Commendation. There, President Donald
Trump praised Grant for the actions he described to CNN.
“Chris grabbed — listen to this — soda bottles and anything else in
front of him and began hurling them at the gunman distracting him from
the other shoppers and causing the shooters to turn towards Chris and
fire at Chris,” President Trump said at the ceremony. “Whereby Chris
suffered two very serious gunshot wounds, but he is recovering well and
we wish him the best, his family is here.”
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