{"id":1951294,"date":"2023-06-19T17:46:03","date_gmt":"2023-06-19T21:46:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/number-of-non-binary-students-in-new-jersey-up-4000-percent-since-2019\/"},"modified":"2023-06-19T17:46:48","modified_gmt":"2023-06-19T21:46:48","slug":"number-of-non-binary-students-in-new-jersey-up-4000-percent-since-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/number-of-non-binary-students-in-new-jersey-up-4000-percent-since-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Non-binary student population in New Jersey surges by 4,000% since 2019."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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%2Fnumber-of-non-binary-students-in-new-jersey-up-4000-percent-since-2019%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=1951294&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>\n<blockquote>\n<h2>Over 4,000% Increase in Non-Binary Students in New Jersey Public Schools<\/h2>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure><figcaption>Trans flag at London Protest \/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The number of students in New Jersey public schools who identify as &#8220;non-binary&#8221; jumped more than 4,000 percent over the last four years, according to state enrollment data.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Only 16 students from the state&#8217;s public schools identified as &#8220;non-binary&#8221; during the 2019-20 school year, enrollment figures from the New Jersey Department of Education show. By the 2022-23 school year, however, that number skyrocketed to 675 students, a more than 4,000 percent increase, according to the figures. Among the 675 students who identified themselves as &#8220;non-binary,&#8221; 41 are in elementary school.<\/p>\n<p>The explosion of self-identified &#8220;non-binary&#8221; students in New Jersey public schools comes as the state&#8217;s liberal leaders argue that parents should not be informed if their child expresses a change in his or her gender or sexual identity. When a local school board last month passed the policy, arguing that it aligns with an effort to inform parents of anything that could have &#8220;a material impact on a student&#8217;s physical and\/or mental health,&#8221; New Jersey Democratic attorney general Matthew Platkin sued the district. For Platkin, the policy &#8220;discriminates&#8221; against LGBTQ students by requiring teachers to &#8220;out&#8221; students &#8220;to their parents without their consent.&#8221; The state&#8217;s liberal governor, Phil Murphy, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovMurphy\/status\/1658978892315500545?s=20\">endorsed<\/a> the lawsuit.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Hanover Township Board of Education&#8217;s new policy requiring staff to &#8216;out&#8217; LGBTQ students to their parents violates the rights of our students\u2014jeopardizing their well-being and mental health,&#8221; Murphy<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GovMurphy\/status\/1658978892315500545?s=20\"> said<\/a> in May.<\/p>\n<p>Erika Sanzi, director of outreach at parental rights nonprofit Parents Defending Education, said the jump in &#8220;non-binary&#8221; students comes as no surprise, pointing to school policy and curriculum that are &#8220;completely based in gender ideology.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These numbers aren&#8217;t surprising to anyone who has been following the massive social contagion of adopting different gender identities, especially among adolescent girls,&#8221; Sanzi told the <em>Washington Free Beacon<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond the climbing proportion of New Jersey public school students who identify as non-binary, recent studies have shown a similar increase in transgender identification. A 2017 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/mmwr\/volumes\/68\/wr\/mm6803a3.htm#suggestedcitation\">study<\/a>, for example, found that roughly 1.8 percent of U.S. high school students identify as transgender. A subsequent American Academy of Pediatrics <a href=\"https:\/\/publications.aap.org\/pediatrics\/article\/147\/6\/e2020049823\/180292\/Prevalence-of-Gender-Diverse-Youth-in-an-Urban?ref=quillette.com?autologincheck=redirected\">study<\/a> released four years later found nearly 10 percent identified as such.<\/p>\n<p>Adolescent mental health struggles are also up, particularly among LGBTQ-identifying youth. A 2021 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thetrevorproject.org\/survey-2021\/\">nationwide survey<\/a> from the Trevor Project, an LGBTQ advocacy group, found that 70 percent of LGBTQ youth said their mental health was mostly or always &#8220;poor&#8221; during the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>Nicole Stouffer, a New Jersey parent and biostatistician who founded parent advocacy group NJ Fresh Faced Schools, said the massive increase in self-identified &#8220;non-binary&#8221; students is both &#8220;statistically significant and medically relevant.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Since non-binary gender is normalized in the schools, expect that this count will become higher for the 2023-24 school year,&#8221; Stouffer told the <em>Free Beacon<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>public schools identified as &#8220;non-binary&#8221; in 2016, while the number skyrocketed to 675 in 2020. Among them, 41 are elementary school students. 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