{"id":2638622,"date":"2026-08-01T08:25:01","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T12:25:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/minnesota-medical-school-develops-taxpayer-funded-transgender-dolls-for-preschoolers\/"},"modified":"2026-08-01T08:32:48","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T12:32:48","slug":"minnesota-medical-school-develops-taxpayer-funded-transgender-dolls-for-preschoolers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/minnesota-medical-school-develops-taxpayer-funded-transgender-dolls-for-preschoolers\/","title":{"rendered":"Minnesota Medical School Develops Taxpayer-Funded &#8216;Transgender&#8217; Dolls for Preschoolers"},"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\">18<\/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%2Fminnesota-medical-school-develops-taxpayer-funded-transgender-dolls-for-preschoolers%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=2638622&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--><p>Children around age four believe in Santa Claus, Easter Bunny, and Tooth Fairy, often blending inventiveness with reality. The University of Minnesota Medical school has developed transgender dolls with detachable genitals, aimed at children aged 4-10, to promote the idea that gender is fluid and based on feelings. Funded by state leaders and created by experts in sexual and gender health, these dolls feature gender-neutral names and interchangeable accessories. Critics argue that these toys promote gender confusion and are inappropriate for children, accusing them of being a form of grooming. The project has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/woke-math-finds-its-way-into-the-curriculum\/\" title=\"Woke Math Finds Its Way Into the Curriculum\">received substantial funding<\/a> over six years, including research efforts involving children and parents.Opponents emphasize that dolls are mere toys and should not be used to instill complex gender concepts or encourage early recognition of gender identity,viewing the initiative as controversial and potentially harmful.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>At the age of four, children believe in Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, and the Tooth Fairy. Kids are often consumed by imagination, and don\u2019t always discern make-believe from reality.<\/p>\n<p>The University of Minnesota Medical School has decided to take advantage of this, reasoning that it\u2019s appropriate to give students this age \u201ctransgender\u201d dolls with detachable genitals to teach them that gender can be anything you feel \u2014 according to <a href=\"https:\/\/mygenderdolls.com\/\">MyGender Dolls<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>MyGender Dolls, a project created by the University of Minnesota Medical School\u2019s Eli Coleman Institute for Sexual and Gender Health and funded by Governor Tim Walz (D) exists to \u201csupport trans and gender diverse children in clinical and educational settings,\u201d according to its website. Some Minnesota schools will buy the dolls with taxpayer money to put in classrooms as early as this fall, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/07\/25\/us-news\/taxpayer-funded-transgender-dolls-to-hit-classrooms-this-fall\/\">reported<\/a> the New York Post.<\/p>\n<p>In 2023, Walz won the institution\u2019s first ever \u201cDistinguished Sexual and Gender Health Champion Award,\u201d an accolade that he continues to live up to with his LGBT activism.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInstead of treating human bodies as a good and sacred gift from God, transgender ideology suggests they are nothing more than inanimate raw material to be modified and reshaped at will,\u201d commented Joshua Arnold, senior writer at The Washington Stand.<\/p>\n<p>The dolls are geared toward children between ages 4-10 and will have \u201cgender neutral names\u201d including \u201cSam,\u201d \u201cRory,\u201d \u201cAvery\u201d and \u201cParker,\u201d and over 100 interchangeable clothing pieces, hairstyles, and accessories, to represent the \u201cfluidity\u201d of gender.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGod created every human being in his image as male or female,\u201d Arnold said, referencing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Genesis%201%3A27&#038;version=ESV\">Genesis 1:27<\/a>. \u201cGod also created every human being as a unity of body and spirit,\u201d he continued, drawing from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Genesis%202%3A7&#038;version=ESV\">Genesis 2:7<\/a>. \u201cAs living organisms, human bodies grow and develop according to the unique genetic code written within every cell \u2014 as God created them. Human artifice and craftsmanship cannot rewrite God\u2019s good design, only mutilate it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While prototypes of the dolls were shown in 2024, the University of Minnesota has spent over six years on the project, receiving over $15 million in funding annually. While it is not clear how much of that went directly to the institute devoted to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-candidate-dr-oz-had-repeatedly-platformed-transgender-activists-on-tv-show\/\" title=\"GOP Candidate Dr. Oz Had Repeatedly Plat...ed Trans... Activists on TV Show\">promoting gender confusion<\/a>, a <a href=\"https:\/\/med.umn.edu\/sites\/med.umn.edu\/files\/2026-02\/2025%20Annual%20Report_Reduced.pdf\">2025 report<\/a> disclosed it has a $1.4 million budget in annual research funds.<\/p>\n<p>The New York Post reported that some of the research during the six years \u201cincluded paying $20 to $60 for \u2018trans and gender diverse\u2019 children and their parents to play with the dolls and \u2018talk about gender and bodies\u2019 in groups.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The initiative has evolved into a venture led by Medical School Associate Professor <a href=\"https:\/\/med.umn.edu\/bio\/g-nic-rider\">Nic Rider <\/a>and Associate Professor <a href=\"https:\/\/experts.umn.edu\/en\/persons\/dianne-r-berg\/\">Dianne Berg<\/a>. Berg is reportedly a member of Association for the Treatment of Sex Abusers, an organization dedicated to preventing sexual abuse. In the past, public officials have spoken out against the transgender movement targeting children, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aclutx.org\/press-releases\/aclu-texas-comment-ag-paxton-attacks-gender-affirming-health-care\/\">calling it a form of abuse<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChildren\u2019s dolls are not living organisms. They have no genetic code, no potential for growth, and only the barest similarities to human beings. They are children\u2019s playthings, designed to stimulate and foster the innate, God-given desire to care for others,\u201d Arnold explained. \u201cTherefore, children\u2019s dolls should not have sexual organs because that is inappropriate for children\u2019s play. Stoking prurient interest in prepubescent preschoolers is not a goal of education. Encouraging young children to play with a doll\u2019s genitalia is nothing more than grooming.<\/p>\n<p>Quentin Van Meter, a doctor from the American College of Pediatricians, told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecollegefix.com\/uminn-scholars-launching-transgender-doll-project-for-4-year-olds\/\">The College Fix <\/a>that research shows that children will \u201crecognize their biological sex by age three,\u201d but aren\u2019t able to \u201cunderstand the immutability of sexes\u201d until age seven.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInstilling this ideology in doll form is clever propaganda,\u201d Arnold emphasized. \u201cIt makes the idea more plausible: dolls are, in fact, inanimate in a way that humans are not.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><em>Quinn Delamater is a reporter for The Washington Stand.<\/em><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #f7f7f7; color: #171717; display: flex;font-size: 16px;font-weight: 600;line-height: 1.5;margin: 24px 0;padding: 18px 20px 18px 30px;text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"align-self: stretch;border-left: 3px solid #171717;flex-shrink: 0;padding-left: 20px;\"><\/div>\n<p><a style=\"text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/\">Choose The Western Journal as your preferred source on Google and never miss reporting that defends truth, protects freedom, and advances Western civilization<\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"border: 1px solid #f5f5f5; padding: 16px;\">Advertise with The Western Journal and reach millions of highly engaged readers, while supporting our work. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/advertise-us\/?wj_source=article\">Advertise Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey == typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts = { \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs = [ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i = 0; i < inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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