The National Education Association (NEA) is pushing gender ideology on staff as part of a training event to take place from December 2 through December 4.
The materials, obtained by the parental group Defending Education, explain that the goal of the training session include “dismantling systems of privilege and oppression as it relates to LGBTQ+ educators and students” and “deepen[ing] skills and strategies to confront implicit bias, micro-aggressions and stereotypes.”
“The right has exploited ignorance about transgender people and our lack of an affirmative, race-forward message to advance anti-trans attacks, further splinter and impugn the left, and sabotage progressives on a broad range of issues,” NEA said in the materials obtained by the parental advocacy group. “Over the last ten years, Republicans in state legislatures have increasingly turned to anti-transgender rhetoric and legislation as a powerful complement to their arsenal of racist dog whistles used to whip up fear and consolidate power.”
NEA documents further discuss pronouns and “suggests that participants be vigilant about including their pronouns on any identification, even suggesting that participants purchase pronoun pins if they can’t alter their identification badge,” Defending Education explained.
A recent report shows that the two largest teachers unions in the United States—the National Education Association (NEA) and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT)—have funneled more than $43.5 million into far-left groups and Democrat-aligned PACs since 2022. Between mid-2022 and mid-2024, the NEA and AFT contributed a combined total of $43,524,123 to organizations pushing progressive policies unrelated to classroom education.
