{"id":1399864,"date":"2022-03-25T07:44:54","date_gmt":"2022-03-25T11:44:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1399864"},"modified":"2022-03-25T07:45:07","modified_gmt":"2022-03-25T11:45:07","slug":"texas-ag-calls-out-possible-lgbtq-indoctrination-at-school-districts-pride-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/texas-ag-calls-out-possible-lgbtq-indoctrination-at-school-districts-pride-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas AG Calls Out Possible LGBTQ \u201cIndoctrination\u201d at School District\u2019s Pride Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftexas-ag-calls-out-possible-lgbtq-indoctrination-at-school-districts-pride-week%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1399864&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.rebelmouse.io\/eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJpbWFnZSI6Imh0dHBzOi8vYXNzZXRzLnJibC5tcy8yOTU4OTk3NS9vcmlnaW4uanBnIiwiZXhwaXJlc19hdCI6MTY4MDc5NjE0Mn0.7wSbS7FAWVT6mwYHh8piNNCO4bB8mX9_z-EY4Fq2KcU\/img.jpg?width=1200&#038;coordinates=0%2C108%2C0%2C19&#038;height=600\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>\n\tTexas Attorney General Ken Paxton blasted<br \/>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.austinisd.org\/calendar\/events\/2022\/03\/21\/aisd-pride-week-2022\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Pride Week&#8221; activities<\/a> at the Austin Independent School District in a <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TXAG\/status\/1506419810795671553\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">letter<\/a> posted to Twitter, saying they constitute &#8220;human sexuality instruction&#8221; allowable only with parents&#8217; consent. He also accused the district of participating in LGBTQ &#8220;indoctrination.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\n\tAllegedly among the &#8220;Pride Week&#8221; activities are &#8220;Queer Eye&#8221; showings and &#8220;nail painting&#8221; parties at a district high school.\n<\/p>\n<h3>What are the details?<\/h3>\n<p>\n\t&#8220;Liberal school districts are aggressively pushing LGBTQ+ views on Texas kids! All behind parents\u2019 backs! This is immoral and illegal,&#8221; Paxton added in a follow-up <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KenPaxtonTX\/status\/1506425186219929608\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tweet<\/a>. &#8220;I will work with and for parents to hold deceptive sexual propagandists and predators accountable.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tPaxton&#8217;s Tuesday letter noted that the district&#8217;s activities happening this week are &#8220;at best&#8221; an &#8220;instructional effort in human sexuality without parental consent&#8221; or &#8220;worse&#8221; the district is &#8220;cynically pushing &#8230; indoctrination of your students that  &#8230; subtly cuts parents out of the loop. Either way you&#8217;re breaking the law.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tThe attorney general added that he heard reports about &#8220;community circles&#8221; in which &#8220;sensitive topics&#8221; are discussed and that &#8220;students are encouraged to keep [them] confidential, presumably from parents.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tBut Austin school officials pushed back, saying in a statement to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statesman.com\/story\/news\/2022\/03\/23\/ag-ken-paxton-austin-isd-clash-over-lgbtq-pride-week\/7140352001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Austin American-Statesman<\/a> that community circles are &#8220;confidential&#8221; in the sense that they make &#8220;students feel trusted and respected for their privacy when sharing in the conversations \u2014 it does not mean don&#8217;t tell your parents.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tInterestingly, a Libs of Tik Tok <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/libsoftiktok\/status\/1506082730798317572\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tweet<\/a> said Doss Elementary&#8217;s instructions \u2014 after &#8220;parent and social media backlash&#8221; \u2014  were updated to reflect that teachers are to inform students they can tell parents about Pride Week activities:\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"2482d\" class=\"rm-shortcode\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"a0e7cd4b2cd1e036f19e1ea84058c7b3\">\n<div class=\"rm-embed-container rm-embed-twitter rm-loading\">\n            <span class=\"rm-embed-spacer rm-embed-spacer-mobile\"><\/span><br \/>\n            <span class=\"rm-embed-spacer rm-embed-spacer-desktop\"><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"rm-embed-holder\">\n<blockquote class=\"rm-embed twitter-custom-tweet\" data-twitter-tweet-id=\"1506082730798317572\" data-partner=\"rebelmouse\">\n<p>Doss Elementary updated their pride week activity instructions after parent and social media backlash. It now states that students can share information with their parents.pic.twitter.com\/JUc3n2BsNl<\/p>\n<p> \u2014 Libs of Tik Tok (@Libs of Tik Tok)<br \/>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/libsoftiktok\/statuses\/1506082730798317572\">1647913079<\/a>\n    <\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\tIndeed, the American-Statesman reported that backlash to this year&#8217;s Pride Week resulted in death threats against Doss Elementary teachers and &#8220;prompted the school to move Wednesday&#8217;s pride parade indoors, with police present.&#8221; District spokesman Jason Stanford added to the paper that &#8220;we were actually worried that this political controversy could possibly threaten the safety of these kids.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tLibs of TikTok also <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/libsoftiktok\/status\/1505974253023203328\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">posted video to Twitter<\/a> showing what it said was an indoor Pride Parade at Doss Elementary:\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"73b29\" class=\"rm-shortcode\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"bdfb7d1dfbd05d388b0aef67b39769c8\">\n<div class=\"rm-embed-container rm-embed-twitter rm-loading\">\n            <span class=\"rm-embed-spacer rm-embed-spacer-mobile\"><\/span><br \/>\n            <span class=\"rm-embed-spacer rm-embed-spacer-desktop\"><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"rm-embed-holder\">\n<blockquote class=\"rm-embed twitter-custom-tweet\" data-twitter-tweet-id=\"1505974253023203328\" data-partner=\"rebelmouse\">\n<p>I knew she would delete it so I saved it. The assistant principal posted this video of a pride parade in school to her Twitter account.pic.twitter.com\/GrUdr9V4MS<\/p>\n<p> \u2014 Libs of Tik Tok (@Libs of Tik Tok)<br \/>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/libsoftiktok\/statuses\/1505974253023203328\">1647887216<\/a>\n    <\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n\tIn addition, it was <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bradswail\/status\/1506391858066468872\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">claimed<\/a> that activities such as &#8220;Queer Eye&#8221; showings and &#8220;nail painting&#8221; parties were scheduled at James Bowie High School:\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"f65dc\" class=\"rm-shortcode\" data-rm-shortcode-id=\"57287c8c29c34adb085b11f763e6da3e\">\n<div class=\"rm-embed-container rm-embed-twitter rm-loading\">\n            <span class=\"rm-embed-spacer rm-embed-spacer-mobile\"><\/span><br \/>\n            <span class=\"rm-embed-spacer rm-embed-spacer-desktop\"><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"rm-embed-holder\">\n<blockquote class=\"rm-embed twitter-custom-tweet\" data-twitter-tweet-id=\"1506391858066468872\" data-partner=\"rebelmouse\">\n<p>Pride week at Bowie High School here in Austin includes watching Queer Eye and nail painting parties.nnAISD has the worst exam scores of all local districts, but go off! Get your nails did!pic.twitter.com\/OgmvODxcc5<\/p>\n<p> \u2014 Brad Swail (@Brad Swail)<br \/>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bradswail\/statuses\/1506391858066468872\">1647986781<\/a>\n    <\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Austin ISD \u2014 in response to TheBlaze&#8217;s request for comment Thursday regarding claims that Doss Elementary&#8217;s Pride Week instructions were amended to make sure students are told they can talk to their parents, and that &#8220;Queer Eye&#8221; showings and &#8220;nail painting&#8221; parties were scheduled at James Bowie High School \u2014 said &#8220;these are all ways we are celebrating inclusion this week.&#8221; The district also repeated statements to TheBlaze that it made to the Austin American-Statesman in defense of Pride Week.<\/p>\n<h3>&#8216;Political attacks&#8217;<\/h3>\n<p>\n\tIn response to Paxton&#8217;s letter, Austin ISD Superintendent Stephanie S. Elizalde <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AustinISDsupt\/status\/1506431760837615626\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tweeted<\/a> the following: &#8220;I want all our LGBTQIA+ students to know that we are proud of them and that we will protect them against political attacks.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tIn addition, the American-Statesman reported that Stanford said Paxton is wrong, legally and factually, to equate Pride Week with sex education.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&#8220;Pride is about celebrating who people are, particularly members of the LGBT community who are bullied much more than the community at large, who experience suicide at much higher rates, who skip school at twice the rate of straight kids because of worries about their safety,&#8221; Stanford told the paper.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&#8220;In Austin, it&#8217;s really important to us to let all these kids know that we love them and they&#8217;re welcome and they&#8217;re safe,&#8221; he added to the American-Statesman. &#8220;It might surprise the attorney general to find out that this is a pretty normal idea here in Austin, that we love everybody.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tAnd while Paxton&#8217;s letter advised the Austin ISD to &#8220;rectify this situation&#8221; and warned that parents could take action against the school district, the paper said Stanford brushed aside the attorney general&#8217;s cautions.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&#8220;This is nothing our lawyers are taking seriously at all because he&#8217;s so wrong about the law,&#8221; Stanford told the American-Statesman. &#8220;We thank the attorney general for his interest, but we will continue to celebrate Pride.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p><em>This story has been updated to reflect the school district&#8217;s response to TheBlaze&#8217;s request for comment, which was received after publication.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton blasted &#8220;Pride Week&#8221; activities at the Austin Independent School District in a letter posted to Twitter, saying they constitute &#8220;human sexuality instruction&#8221; allowable only<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":489,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1399864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1399864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/489"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1399864"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1399864\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1399864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1399864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1399864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}