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Portland Schools Emphasize Transgender Ideology in Health Curriculum

Portland Schools Emphasize Transgender Ideology in Health Curriculum
File photo: Teachers greet their students as they get off the bus at Carter Traditional Elementary School in Louisville, Kentucky, on Jan. 24, 2022. Jon Cherry/Getty Images
Scottie Barnes
Scottie Barnes
Freelance reporter
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Oregon’s Portland Public Schools (PPS) district is teaching kindergartners that boys can have vulvas and girls can have penises, and older students are being asked to take a six-part pledge to advocate for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transexual issues as part of a health-class curriculum required by the state.

The district’s “health education, gender, and sexuality” curricula teaches children in kindergarten through fifth grade about transgender ideology, sexual orientation, and the role of “white colonizers” in trying to “erase cultures,” including what are now called “queer” or “trans people.”

Scottie Barnes
Scottie Barnes
Freelance reporter
Scottie Barnes writes breaking news and investigative pieces for The Epoch Times from the Pacific Northwest. She has a background in researching the implications of public policy and emerging technologies on areas ranging from homeland security and national defense to forestry and urban planning.
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