Utah Rep. Kera Birkeland sent a letter on her official letterhead to Utah school principals offering resources to respond to transgender issues in the classroom –– and a copy of it was posted to social media.
, she claimed schools are “conscripting our kids into a social experiment without our consent” and stoked fears that predatory adults will “strip away the protective layer of parents from children in order to access the gold, which is the child.”In 2021, the group sued a Florida school district, alleging school officials helped students transition to a different gender without informing their parents.
, which prohibited teachers from discussing gender identity or sexual orientation with kindergarten through third-grade students, Politico reported.on behalf of parents who claimed teachers encouraged their children to adopt new names and pronouns without parental consent, according to The Hill. Utah does not have an official policy on how schools should approach transgender issues. The Utah State Board of Educationa link to an official-looking gender guidance policy
that schools are encouraged to adopt. The document encourages schools to avoid procedures not clearly described under federal or state law. The proposal discourages using “flags, symbols and ‘inclusive practices’ that seek to politicize the classroom” and says schools should not “compromise the quality of their literature to satisfy certain activists within communities.”
Birkeland authored HB11, Utah’s ban on transgender athletes competing in school sports that match their gender identities. The families of two transgender girlsRep. Birkeland, on the first days of Pride Month, is again escalating the culture war around transgender youth. We stand united to defend them.
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