Parents at an elementary school in Prince George’s County, Maryland recently convinced their PTA to rename an upcoming dance to make it more inclusive.
The PTA at Whitehall Elementary School in Bowie, Maryland, voted to change the name of next month’s dance after several parents claimed that having a father-daughter or mother-son dance is unfair to families with same-sex parents or children who identify themselves as no. -binary, according to local CBS affiliate WUSA9.
The new name has yet to be revealed, the outlet reported, and the school’s principal did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
George Ceasar, one of the parents who complained, told the local outlet that the gender-specific naming of the event is unfair and has caused him, his husband and their son, who attends the school, unnecessary pain.
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The PTA at Whitehall Elementary School in Bowie, Maryland, voted to change the name of next month’s dance after several parents complained.
“It’s not even me, it’s my son,” Cesar said.
“He gets questions, if you go to the father-daughter dance, ‘Well, why are you here?'” Caesar continued. “But if we go to the mother-son dance, it’s, ‘Why are both your dads here?'”
“He shouldn’t have to go through that,” Ceasar added. “No child should.”
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Rachel Martin, another mom who attended the PTA meeting to demand change, has a son named Xander who was profiled by the local outlet when the boy came out as non-binary at age 10.
Reading a written statement during the PTA meeting before voting, Martin reminded them that words matter.
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The mother told the outlet that the PTA’s decision to rename the dance “isn’t enough, but it’s a good place to start.”
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He urged anyone who doesn’t understand his position to “think with your heart”, adding: “You never know who is out there and who needs to hear what words, and words do matter.”
