President Donald Trump’s administration told 40 states, including Maine, to eliminate parts of lessons that focus on LGBTQ+ issues from federally funded sexual education materials or they will lose funding.
The move is the latest in a line of efforts since Trump returned to the White House in January to recognize people as only male or female and to eliminate what he calls “gender ideology.”
“Federal funds will not be used to poison the minds of the next generation or advance dangerous ideological agendas,” Acting Assistant Health and Human Service Secretary Andrew Gradison said in a statement.