LEAK: State Farm Said It’s Giving Transgender Books For Five-Year-Olds To Florida Schools, Appears To Backtrack

State Farm said it will be donating books that promote transgenderism to Florida schools for children as young as five, a leaked internal email from the company shows.

The car insurance company encouraged its Florida agents to volunteer to receive books about gender identity and donate them to their community schools or public libraries by the end of April. The three books — “A Kids Book About Being Transgender,” “A Kids Book About Being Non-Binary,” and “A Kids Book About Being Inclusive” — are intended for kindergarten and above.

“The project’s goal is to increase representation of LGBTQ+ books and support our communities in having challenging, important and empowering conversations with children age 5+,” the internal email reads.

The company has since appeared to backtrack in a statement, saying participating State Farm agents “are not being asked to share with schools,” according to the Washington Examiner.

Concerned State Farm employees leaked the internal email to Consumers’ Research, according to the nonprofit’s Executive Director Will Hild, who reported the story on Twitter. The email is dated January 18 and was sent by Jose Soto, a State Farm corporate responsibility analyst based in Florida.

“This is a fantastic way to give back and an easy project that will help support the LGBTQ+ community and to make the world around us better,” Soto wrote.

State Farm is reportedly partnering with The GenderCool Project for the effort. The goal of the initiative is to “help diversify classroom, community center and library bookshelves with a collection of books to help bring clarity and understanding to the national conversation about Being Transgender, Inclusive, and Non-Binary,” the internal email says.

The insurance giant is deploying the project nationwide, not just in Florida. About 550 State Farm agents and employees will have the opportunity to donate the books to a local teacher, community center, or library, the

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