Foundation Against Intolerance and Racism

American nonprofit organization

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September 2023 FAIR supported a petition by SEGM and Genspect calling on the FDA to halt prescriptions of puberty blockers to trans youth.
September 2023 FAIR supported a petition calling on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to halt prescriptions of puberty blockers to trans youth.
May 2023 FAIR sponsored a letter to Springer Nature demanding they retain Kenneth Zucker as editor and not retract a paper on Rapid Onset Gender Dysphoria.
October 20 2022 FAIR legal analyst Reid Newton and attorney Leigh-Ann O'Neill published an opinion in The Hill criticizing the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' proposed Nondiscrimination in Health Programs and Activities Rule.
October 17 2022 FAIR hosted a webinar titled 'Understanding Gender Dysphoria and Its Impact on Clinical Care' featuring Lisa Littman, Stella O'Malley, and other speakers.
August 2022 FAIR responded to an anonymous parent complaint about pronoun surveys at New Trier High School, arguing that requiring students to announce pronouns violates freedom of speech.
May 2022 FAIR suggested that lessons on gender and pronouns in Evanston/Skokie School District 65 may be unconstitutional, claiming they were inappropriate for children aged 4-9.
December 2021 Letitia Kim, FAIR's legal network managing director, argued that a school questionnaire asking students their preferred pronouns violated the First Amendment.
September 2021 Ben Morley, FAIR Vermont chapter founder, published an open letter questioning a school's practice of asking students to share their pronouns in an eighth-grade humanities class.
March 2021 Bartning publishes an opinion piece in the Wall Street Journal expressing his concerns about antiracist educational initiatives.
January 2021 Bion Bartning officially establishes the Foundation Against Intolerance and Racism (FAIR) after removing his children from Riverdale Country School.
September 2020 Bion Bartning observes his children's virtual schooling at Riverdale Country School, which introduces a theme of 'allyship' that prompts his concerns about how racism is being taught.

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