(Dmytro “Henry” Aleksandrov, Headline USA) A recently-hired LGBTQ education “specialist” for the Department of Education in Minnesota called for teachers to indoctrinate preschoolers by explaining “nonbinary identities.”
In an unearthed 2019 EDTalks public lecture, Jason Bucklin called for children to learn about sexual orientation and “nonbinary identities” as young as pre-school. He additionally recommended projects for older students to learn that “gender” is a social construct.
Since then, he became one of the major promoters of LGBT curriculum and policies in schools throughout the state, according to the Daily Caller.
“A couple of assumptions that get sometimes made when I’m talking about Out4Good, people might assume it’s a relatively new program and that the work is primarily for high schoolers. We really see the work as starting as early as pre-K,” he said.
His talk was part of an “inclusive classrooms” series that was put on by a local educational organization, Achieve Twin Cities.
In 2019, Bucklin was the LGBTQ program director for Minneapolis Public Schools, as it is indicated on his LinkedIn. This role was tied to Out4Good, a program run by MPS to support LGBT students, staff and families.
Bucklin’s previous job’s salary was about $99,000 annually for a position that involved “[helping] schools create LGBTQ school inclusion policies and practices using a racial equity lens to create a safer and more affirming learning environment for LGBTQ students.”
The job also involved implementing the policy initiatives of the LGBT activist group, the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network [GLSEN], including “comprehensive policy, educator support, student-led clubs and inclusive curriculum.”
During the lecture, Bucklin promoted several LGBT-themed books for kids, including one on “nonbinary gender identities.”
“We’ve been having questions about how we explain nonbinary identities to our preschoolers. If a teacher doesn’t identify as a boy or a girl, how do we explain that to preschoolers who are just learning that there are only boys and girls?” he said.
