{"id":21563,"date":"2022-11-17T13:27:28","date_gmt":"2022-11-17T21:27:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/?p=21563"},"modified":"2022-11-18T18:54:32","modified_gmt":"2022-11-19T02:54:32","slug":"maryland-school-district-unveils-lgbtq-book-list-that-teaches-words-intersex-drag-queen-to-pre-k-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/maryland-school-district-unveils-lgbtq-book-list-that-teaches-words-intersex-drag-queen-to-pre-k-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Maryland school district unveils LGBTQ book list that teaches words &#8216;intersex,&#8217; &#8216;drag queen&#8217; to pre-K students"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"postie-post\">\n<p>MCPS recommends book that teaches &#8216;cisgender,&#8217; &#8216;transgender&#8217; to 7-year olds<\/p>\n<p>Maryland\u2019s wealthiest school district has unveiled a new LGBTQ-inclusive book list for elementary schools that teaches words like &#8220;intersex&#8221; and &#8220;drag queen&#8221; to children as young as 4.<\/p>\n<p>A PowerPoint presentation by Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) shows a list of LGBTQ+ books that will be provided for pre-K through fifth-grade classrooms this year. The presentation explains that the LGBTQ-inclusive reading list aims to &#8220;reduce stigmatization and marginalization of transgender and gender nonconforming students.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;All students deserve to see themselves in their school and classroom, including students who identify as LGBTQ+ and come from LGBTQ+ headed families and have family members that are a part of the LGBTQ+ community,&#8221; the presentation states. &#8220;There are no planned explicit lessons related to gender and sexuality, but these books do mean that LGBTQ+ identities will be made visible. Inclusive curricula support a student\u2019s ability to empathize, connect, and collaborate with a diverse group of peers, and encourage respect for all.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Read more at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/maryland-school-district-unveils-lgbtq-book-list-teaches-words-intersex-drag-queen-pre-k-students\">www.foxnews.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MCPS recommends book that teaches &#8216;cisgender,&#8217; &#8216;transgender&#8217; to 7-year olds Maryland\u2019s wealthiest school district has unveiled a new LGBTQ-inclusive book list for elementary schools that teaches words like &#8220;intersex&#8221; and &#8220;drag queen&#8221; to children as young as 4. A PowerPoint presentation by Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) shows a list of LGBTQ+ books that will &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/maryland-school-district-unveils-lgbtq-book-list-that-teaches-words-intersex-drag-queen-to-pre-k-students\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Maryland school district unveils LGBTQ book list that teaches words &#8216;intersex,&#8217; &#8216;drag queen&#8217; to pre-K students<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":21346,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-warning"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/warning-300x100-300x100-1.jpg","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8fAkI-5BN","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21563"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21563\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21574,"href":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21563\/revisions\/21574"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/setapartbytruth.org\/wordpress-watchman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}