Jason Bucklin, an LGBTQ education expert recently hired by the Minnesota Department of Education, called on teachers to discuss preschoolers and nonbinary identities at an unearthed 2019 public lecture.
Mr. Bucklin, who is involved in LGBT activities, called We encouraged preschool children to learn about sexual orientation and non-binary identities, and recommended projects for older students to learn that gender is a social construct. He now plays a key role in advancing his LGBT curriculum and policies in schools across the state. (Related: Trans lobby campaigns to outlaw counseling children about gender transitions)
“Some assumptions that are made from time to time when talking about Out4Good, people may think this is a relatively new program and primarily works for high school students. We really see it starting long ago,” he said in a 2019 EDTalks talk.
The talk was part of a series of “Inclusive Classrooms” organized by the local educational organization Achieve Twin Cities. At the time, Bucklin was her LGBTQ program director at Minneapolis Public Schools. according to On LinkedIn, a role associated with Out4Good, program Operated by MPS to support LGBT students, staff and families.
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During her talk, Bucklin promoted several LGBT-themed children’s books, including one on nonbinary gender identity.
“We have the question of how to explain nonbinary identities to preschoolers. How do I explain to a preschooler who has just begun to learn that there is no other way,’ he said, encouraging children’s books on the problem as a solution.
He complained that teachers do not discuss sexual orientation when children attend kindergarten, missing opportunities to correct children who use “homosexual” as a derogatory term.
“I think it’s interesting to link someone’s performance of masculinity with sexuality…and we’re starting to do that, I’ve heard reports in schools from early kindergarten and nursery school,” he said. rice field. “Sometimes, as adults and educators, we are afraid to actually intervene and talk about the meaning of the word. Six years before we think, people develop a negative connotation that the word “gay” means something bad. And when you get to sixth grade, you’re supposed to untangle the tangle… For six years, we’ve let you learn the negative connotations between being gay and something bad unless we intervene. rice field. ”
Bucklin also recommended projects for middle and high school students that help them learn that gender is a concept.
“When I was in junior high school or high school, I thought about what a fun project it would be if I could have people research various social structures related to gender across the globe and across time. Because there is.” Like how we build it here in America. Some cultures have 13 gender words. We’ve had the two here in America for a really long time, and now we’re just starting to differentiate them. It’s a great way to standardize the idea that society constructs gender in its own way. ”
when you leave him role Bucklin, of Minneapolis Public Schools, said his 10 years in the Out4Good program were “life-changing and life-affirming,” as he marched through the parade with rainbow accessories and a rainbow pride flag. I shared the photo on Facebook. director.
“From LGBTQ student groups to events like QQuest to the state’s first gender inclusive policy, together we have done extraordinary work, and will undoubtedly continue to do so. ‘ he wrote. “We can’t wait to see what LGBTQ students in Minneapolis and Minnesota do next.”
Qquest LGBT Youth Conference.
Bucklin currently serves as chair of the organizing committee of the Queer Equity Institute. This organization helps queer people participate in civic and social activism and run for political office. according to to the group’s website. The organization’s executive director, Lee Finke, is a transgender state legislator who has used the state as a “refuge” for transgender minors seeking heterosexual medical interventions that are illegal in their state of origin. proposed a bill to establish
Bucklin did not respond to the Daily Caller News Foundation’s request for comment. A spokeswoman for the Minnesota Department of Education declined to comment and declined to share Bucklin’s contact information, but agreed to share the DCNF’s findings.
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