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Maria Keffler vs. transgender people

Maria Keffler is an American anti-transgender activist. Keffler is part of the “parental rights” faction of anti-transgender activists.

Background

Maria Lee Schlatter was born July 2, 1970 and attended Purdue University, earning a bachelor’s degree in 1992 and a master’s degree in 1994. Schlatter taught in Japan from 1995 to 1999, then worked for a year at Sea Life Park Hawaii in Waimanalo Beach.

Keffler is married to Aaron B. Keffler (born September 20, 1974), currently a Senior Engineer at Science and Technology Associates. Keffler has been a homemaker since 2003, when oldest child Christopher was born. Keffler and spouse live in Arlington, Virginia with their three children. Keffler has volunteered for the parent-teacher association at Arlington Public Schools. Keffler self-publishes via Smashwords and KDP.

Keffler also runs a knitting business called Wylde & Plumb and is active on Ravelry and other knitting platforms.

Anti-transgender activism

Keffler is a co-founder of Partners for Ethical Care (PEC), an American anti-transgender front group. Keffler is also a co-founder of non-profit Advocates Protecting Children and the website Arlington Parent Coalition.

Keffler is the author of multiple self-published books, including 

  • Desist, Detrans & Detox: Getting Your Child Out of the Gender Cult (2021)
  • Transing Our Children (2021) [with Erin Brewer]
  • Year-In-Review: the Entirely True Histories of a Perfectly Wretched Family (2013)

Keffler and Erin Brewer have also produced two video series, Commonsense Care for parents of trans-identified children, and Teacher Talks for educators.

References

Keffler, Maria (April 5, 2019). Gender politics don’t belong in the classroom, but Title IX protections do. Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/local-opinions/gender-politics-dont-belong-in-the-classroom-but-title-ix-protections-do/2019/04/05/1cd1a156-5561-11e9-9136-f8e636f1f6df_story.html Parents should decide what their children learn about sexuality and gender

Resources

Advocates Protecting Children (advocatesprotectingchildren.org)

Partners for Ethical Care (partnersforethicalcare.com)

Arlington Parent Coalition (wixsite.com)

Wylde & Plumb (wyldeandplumb.com)

Twitter (twitter.com)

The Gospel Coalition (thegospelcoalition.org)

LinkedIn (linkedin.com)

Org Council (orgcouncil.com)