The Trump Administration last week canceled funding for a California sexual health education program serving homeless, foster care and incarcerated youth, alleging it is an “attempt to indoctrinate children with gender ideology.”

At issue is California’s curricula, which teach that gender identity can differ from biological sex and that trans and nonbinary people exist.

“We know that trans people exist and we know that there are trans kids in our schools,” said Perryn Reis, a longtime sex and puberty educator. “They need to feel included and seen in the curriculum and ultimately to try to decrease bullying, to try to increase comfort for them in their school communities.”

California law requires public and charter schools to teach comprehensive, inclusive and medically accurate sex an

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