Sacramento, California
-California is about to reform the teaching guide for sex education in public schools, providing teachers with a framework to talk about gender identity with kindergarten teachers and discuss masturbation with secondary schools
Students and recommended books that teach health practices for LGBTQ high school students.
The California Education Commission plans to consider proposals Wednesday to provide teaching advice on health topics such as nutrition, injury prevention, and alcohol and tobacco use.
But what makes some parents and conservative groups angry is the part about sex.
Hundreds of protesters gathered Wednesday to protest the changes. Four-year-
Old Egli Reyes holds a sign that says, "Protect my innocence and my childhood.
"She and her mother Patricia Reyes traveled 400 miles more to Sacramento, and her mother called the proposal" porn ".
Michelle mcnath, a mother with two children in elementary school, said she supported the proposal because it would never be too early to teach her daughter a healthy relationship and consent. Samuel Garret-
Patter, director of Equality communications in California, also supports these changes: "In particular, students of lesbian, bisexual and transgender people often do not receive information to teach them about health practices during sex education," he said.
"There is nothing obscene about providing accurate and comprehensive information to students of one age --
How to conduct the appropriate level of security behavior.
"More: Arizona repeal the law prohibiting the promotion of" gay lifestyles "in sex education New Jersey requires schools to teach LGBT historyCalifornia's educational standards to tell School District students what to know at the end of each grade.
The National Curriculum Framework provides teachers with the idea of how to do this.
In 2008, Health Education Standards were updated.
But because of the budget crisis, the state government has never given schools a framework on how to teach them.
When the California Board of Education plans to vote on a major revision of its health education curriculum framework on Wednesday, that could change. The more-than-700-
The page document, which has been written for more than three years, does not require schools to teach anything, but it aims to keep teachers informed of current research on health education and provide guidance on how to teach health education.
It is also affected by the 2015 state law, which makes California one of the first states to address the issue of LGBT as part of sex education.
The framework tells teachers that kindergarten students can be identified as transgender and provides tips on how to talk about this, adding: "The goal is not to cause confusion about the gender of the child, but cultivate awareness of the existence of other expressions.
Stephanie Grayson said: "I think people have heard the word" transgender "or" gender identity "in their guidance from kindergarten to third grade, which they think is the worst. Director, curriculum framework and teaching resources Division, Department of Education, California.
"It's about civil rights, understanding that every one of our students has rights, our students have different shapes, and we need to value and respect each of these differences.
"This framework gives tips to discuss masturbation with the middleman
Students, including telling them that this is physically harmless, and discussing adolescence with transgender teenagers, create an "inclusive environment and challenge the binary concept of gender.
"Most of the resistance is not focused on the framework itself, but on the books it recommends students to read.
The book recommended by high school students is "S. E. X. : The All-You-Need-to-
Learn about the sex guide and let you spend your time in your teens and twenties.
It includes a description of anal sex, bundling, and other sexual behaviors
Jonathan Keller, chairman of the California Family Council, described it as "obscene ".
"California really forces parents to choose between what California calls the universal right to free public education and the innocence of their children," Keller said . ".
The book was recommended by state officials because "it's an award --
This book is about all the different types of relationships our students are participating in.
"We have gay and trans high school students who are in love," she said . ".
"Resources help them navigate through these types of relationships.