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Omaha Steve

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Wed Mar 10, 2021, 07:03 PM Mar 2021

Proposed Nebraska health standards would teach school children about gender identity

Source: Omaha World Herald

By Joe Dejka

Children as young as first grade would be taught about gender identity and gender stereotypes under draft public-school health standards released Wednesday by the Nebraska Department of Education.

The draft standards emphasize teaching children respect for people of all genders, gender expressions and gender identities.

Kindergarteners would be taught about different kinds of family structures, including "cohabitating" and same-gender families.

Fourth-graders would be taught the difference between sex assigned at birth and gender identity. Fifth-graders would be taught that gender expression and gender identity exist along a spectrum.



Read more: https://omaha.com/news/local/education/proposed-nebraska-health-standards-would-teach-school-children-about-gender-identity/article_3e5888c6-810b-11eb-9fb8-f7bb801eab8d.html#tracking-source=home-top-story-1



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