Nebraska Department of Education’s New Health Standards Would Teach Kindergarteners About Gender Identity

The Nebraska Department of Education released a new health education framework that would teach kindergarteners about sexual and gender identity. 

According to a draft of the education department’s “Health Education Standards,” kindergarteners may soon be learning about “cohabitating” and same-sex couples in the classroom. The framework encourages teachers to discuss “different kinds of family structures” with six-year-olds. Examples of different family structures include “single parent, blended, intergenerational, cohabitating, adoptive, foster, same-gender, interracial.”