Maine Cites George Floyd’s Death To Justify Trans Lesson for Kindergartners

Originally Published on The Washington Free Beacon

Maine's Biden-funded lesson described transgender person as 'someone who the doctors made a mistake about when they're born'

The Maine Department of Education cited George Floyd's death to defend its Biden-funded sex education lesson that taught kindergartners about transgenderism, according to internal documents obtained by the Washington Free Beacon.

Facing criticism from parents, the department in May scrubbed a lesson plan from its website that described a transgender person as "someone who the doctors made a mistake about when they're born." But privately, the department dismissed opposition to the lesson plan, which received funding through President Joe Biden's $2 trillion American Rescue Plan, as a "political disparaging of our education system" and insisted that teaching elementary-age students about transgenderism "is more important than ever to end this cycle of violence and hate."

"We have to stand firm against hate," Kelli Deveaux, then-associate commissioner of public education, wrote to all department employees in a May email that was obtained through a public information request. "Two years ago we were all shocked to witness the murder of George Floyd, this weekend 10 people were murdered in Buffalo because of their race."

The Maine sex education debate is the latest in a series of fights…