One of the nation’s largest teachers unions in America has reportedly offered instruction to teachers on how to insert lessons on gender identity into classroom discussions, according to a right-leaning public policy institute.
The Defense of Freedom Institute, founded by two former Trump administration Department of Education officials, released a report earlier this month describing the topics promoted by the American Federation of Teachers and the National Education Association.
Before its Together Educating America’s Children (TEACH) conference in July, DFI noted that AFT released a resolution on LGBT issues that touted “age-appropriate and inclusive” bathroom and locker room policies.
In addition, the resolution reiterated AFT’s commitment to working with LGBT groups such as the Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network (GLSEN), which advises schools to use a student’s preferred pronouns without consent from their parents.
The American Federation of Teachers and the National Education Association did not immediately respond to The Christian Post’s request for comment.
The DFI report states that sessions at AFT’s TEACH conference discussed how to insert lessons on gender identity into classroom instruction, alleging that the union “coached its members on how to inject gender identity politics into classroom teaching.”
Other sessions at the conference included “Affirming LGBTQIA+ Identities in and out of the Classroom” and “The TGNCNB [transgender, gender nonconforming, nonbinary] Inclusive School and Classroom.”
The latter session argued that “[c]isnormativity,” referring to arguments that biological sex remains the same regardless of gender identity, “can be limiting for TGNCNB … and cisgender folks alike.”
“The AFT seemingly believes that ‘cisnormativity’ is a societal ill and that its members are responsible for dismantling it in their classrooms,” the DFI’s report co-authored by former U.S. Department of Education Press Secretary Angela Morabito and DFI Policy Council Paul Zimmerman reads.
“Both session descriptions offered attendees ideas and action items to take back to their schools.” According to DFI, the unions seek “to train teachers to affirm every gender identity that conflicts with a student’s sex, ignore basic biological facts, hide the training from parents, and shape school policies to force others to do the same.”
DFI believes that NEA conducted its annual conference outside the public eye due to its 2022 report titled “Summer of Woke.” The August 2022 DFI report criticized NEA and AFT for supporting what the conservative group argued are “radicalized” policies, including abortion laws and discussions about gender ideology in the classroom.
