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An op ed in the CT Mirror written by West Hartford Health Educator Kim Adamski caught our attention.
Adamski thinks Connecticut schools should have a comprehensive sex education requirement.
She specifically referenced the National Sexuality Education Standards ("NSES") developed by SIECUS and Advocates for Youth as "detailed, age-appropriate recommendations for school sex ed" that are allegedly "backed by extensive research."
The NSES standards were updated in 2020 using a "trauma-informed lens" and have been thoroughly infused with the principles of reproductive justice, racial justice, social justice and equity, and also address the "social determinants of health and how these can lead to inequitable health outcomes."
The standards embrace Marxist gender ideology and leverage "intersectionality" as a guiding principle.
NSES says sex education should "avoid cisnormative, heteronormative approaches" and challenge "harmful stereotypes" about gender.
It calls explicit attention to "overt and covert discrimination, which may be based on biases, including institutional, structural, interpersonal, and internalized racism" and promotes "language inclusivity" because "no one else is qualified to label or judge another person’s sexual identity."
The program starts in Kindergarten, where children are first introduced to the concepts of gender identity, gender expression and alternative family structures.
By the end of 5th grade, students should be able to define things like masturbation, the potential role of hormone blockers for children who think they are transgender, and the many genders that "exist along a spectrum."
Students in 6th-8th grades are expected to be able to define racism and intersectionality and describe
their impacts on sexual health. They are expected to be able to define vaginal, oral and anal sex, and also "pregnancy options" that include abortion.
And they should also be able to describe how "power differences, such as age, gender, socioeconomic status, immigration status, race, or unequal position (e.g. student/teacher, supervisor/employee) may impact relationships" by the end of 8th grade sex ed.
High school sex ed shifts to focus on things like promoting reproductive justice, evaluating the "impact of stigma and conscious and unconscious biases on pregnancy" and analyzing how "cultural and social issues" like "sexism, homophobia, transphobia, racism, ableism and classism" impact sexual behaviors.
The NSES standards Adamski cited are endorsed by controversial organizations such as GLSEN, which has been accused of grooming children, and the Human Rights Campaign Foundation, a left-leaning activism organization with a "leading role" in Democrat party politics.
By the way, the State of Connecticut Department of Education portal also offers up a couple of additional resources that it considers "Exemplary Sexual Health Education Curriculum Materials," including FLASH (Family Life and Sexual Health) by Seattle / King County and Rights, Respect, Responsibility: A K-12 Sexuality Education Curriculum from Advocates for Youth.
Both programs embrace gender ideology and appear to be in alignment with NSES standards.
For instance, the Advocates for Youth 3R's program has a Kindergarten lesson that says "being a boy or a girl doesn’t have to mean you have those parts, but for most people this is how their bodies are.” And that “most people have a vulva and a vagina or a penis and testicles but some people’s bodies can be different."
The objectives of this particular lesson include teaching kindergartners how to correctly name three body parts of the female (the nipples, vulva and anus), three body parts of the male (the nipples, penis and anus), and understand why it is important to know correct names for genitals.
Trump promised during his campaign to issue a new executive order instructing every federal agency to cease all programs that promote the concept of sex and gender transition at any age.
"My Department of Education will inform states and school districts that if any teacher or school official suggests to a child that they could be trapped in the wrong body, they will be faced with severe consequences, including potential Civil Rights violations for sex discrimination, and the elimination of federal funding," said Trump.
He is also promising that, as part of a new credentialing body for teachers, they will "promote positive education about the nuclear family, the roles of mothers and fathers, and celebrating rather than erasing the things that make men and women different and unique."
Trump additionally said he would ask Congress to pass a bill establishing that the only genders recognized by the U.S. government are male and female—and they are assigned at birth.
The sex ed standards Adamski references clearly run afoul of the incoming Administration's plans.
