Portland Public Schools' New Curriculum - Queer Theory

The new curriculum translates the principles of academic queer theory into K-12 pedagogy. The premise is simple: privileged heterosexual “white colonizers” have created an oppressive “gender binary” in order to exploit racial and sexual minorities. pic.twitter.com/GZWNYVOqdj

— Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ (@realchrisrufo) July 27, 2022

In first and second grade, students are introduced to basic queer theory. “Many people think there are only two genders, girls and boys, but this is not true. There are many ways to be a boy, a girl, both or neither. Gender identity is about how you feel about yourself inside.” pic.twitter.com/IqrdjqIaVu

— Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ (@realchrisrufo) July 27, 2022

In third through fifth grade, it’s pure queer theory. “The culture, systems, and assumptions that everyone is straight and cis is called cisheteronormativity.” This system is a form of “oppression” designed to benefit “white straight cis boys” and to punish “LGBTQIA2S+” people. pic.twitter.com/8Nxy1Dridb

— Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ (@realchrisrufo) July 27, 2022

By the end of fifth grade, the curriculum explicitly asks students to become political activists make a “commitment to change,” according to the dictates of queer theory. Students receive a list of six commitments: pic.twitter.com/viQkIhTyOn

— Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ (@realchrisrufo) July 27, 2022

This is sick and demented. Biology is not oppression, nor is it a creation of "white colonizers."

Portland public schools are teaching children to be racist and hateful. Great job!