New Jersey parents outraged at plan for first-graders to be given sex education lessons dubbed ‘Pink, Blue and Purple’ on gender identity while second-graders will learn you can ‘have boy parts but feel like a girl’
- New sex education guidelines were handed out to New Jersey parents at a meeting in February
- A 30-minute lesson called ‘Pink, Blue and Purple’ teaches the students to define ‘gender, gender identity and gender role stereotypes’
- The curriculum also includes instructions for teachers to tell students that their gender identity is up to them
- Part of the lesson plan states, ‘You might feel like you’re a boy even if you have body parts that some people might tell you are ”girl” parts’
- The materials were reportedly distributed to parents at a Feb. 22 meeting of the Westfield Board of Education
- Former Gov. Chris Christie, and other Republican officials, slammed New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy for New Jersey schools planning to teach gender identity to children
- The new state sex education guidelines go into effect in September
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