New Jersey parents outraged at plan for first-graders to be given sex education lessons dubbed 'Pink, Blue and Purple' on gender identity while second-graders will learn you can 'have boy parts but feel like a girl'
New sex education guidelines were handed out to New Jersey parents at a meeting in February
A 30-minute lesson called 'Pink, Blue and Purple' teaches the students to define 'gender, gender identity and gender role stereotypes'
The curriculum also includes instructions for teachers to tell students that their gender identity is up to them
Part of the lesson plan states, 'You might feel like you're a boy even if you have body parts that some people might tell you are ''girl'' parts'
The materials were reportedly distributed to parents at a Feb. 22 meeting of the Westfield Board of Education
Former Gov. Chris Christie, and other Republican officials, slammed New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy for New Jersey schools planning to teach gender identity to children
The new state sex education guidelines go into effect in September
By Andrea Cavallier For Dailymail.Com
Published: 10:05 EDT, 9 April 2022 | Updated: 16:10 EDT, 9 April 2022
First-graders in New Jersey will be learning about gender identity with new sex education curriculum which includes a lesson that teaches children they can have 'boy parts' but 'feel like' a girl.
The new lessons, which are part of a broader, K-12 health and sex education curriculum adopted by the New Jersey Board of Education, are alarming some parents, Asbury Park Press first reported.
One of the 30-minute lesson plans, called 'Pink, Blue and Purple,' teaches the students to define 'gender, gender identity and gender role stereotypes.'
Another lesson plan, this one for second-graders called 'Understanding Our Bodies,' tells teachers to instruct students that 'being a boy or a girl doesn't have to mean you have those parts, there are some body parts that mostly just girls have and some parts that mostly just boys have.'
'Most people have a vulva and a vagina or a penis and testicles, but some people's bodies can be different,' the plan states. 'Your body is exactly what is right for you.'
The new state sex education guidelines, which go into effect in September, were handed out to parents at the Westfield Board of Education meeting in February, and included instructions for teachers to tell students that their gender identity is up to them.
'You might feel like you're a boy even if you have body parts that some people might tell you are ''girl'' parts,' the lesson plan states.
'You might feel like you're a girl even if you have body parts that some people might tell you are ''boy'' parts. And you might not feel like you're a boy or a girl, but you're a little bit of both. No matter how you feel, you're perfectly normal!'
Many New Jersey parents are outraged over the new lesson plans, with some weighing the decision to remove their child from the public school system.
Dailymail.com has reached out to the Board of Education for comment.
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