HRC Launches Educators for Equality Pledge
As a new school year rolls around, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) launched a new pledge focused on recruiting educators to commit to “ensure every student feels safe, valued, and affirmed.” This Educators for Equality pledge, among other things, asks signatories to: This initiative fits squarely within HRC’s existing work in schools via its Welcoming Schools program, an “anti-bullying” curriculum that functions as a subversive way to discuss LGBTQ+ topics in the classroom. If that accusation feels like an assertion, consider the fact that the “key resources” HRC highlighted in the pledge sign-up are “pioneering LGBTQ+ and gender-inclusive professional development training, lesson plans, booklists and school advocacy resources specifically designed for educators and youth-serving professionals.” For example, an “Educator for Equality” might use the Welcoming Schools curriculum to teach 3rd graders about the “Gendersnow Person” as a way to “explore the concepts of gender identity and gender expression” and that there are “many ways to be a girl, boy, both or neither.” Even a cursory journey through the Welcoming Schools website will clarify HRC’s obsession with getting our schools to focus on modern gender ideology rather than academic excellence. Its School Board Guide is for parents, teachers, and “concerned community member[s]” to learn how to effectively advocate for LGBTQ+ policies, “organize and build power” in their local communities, and hold their school board members “to a higher standard.” Its Self-Care guide provides LGBTQ+ youth with resources to find community support, including TrevorSpace, an online chatroom that allows adults to communicate with minors about LGBTQ+ topics. Adults in …