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The Queering of the American Child

Summary

The Queering of the American Child is a 2024 book critiquing the introduction of queer theory and gender ideology into K-12 education, arguing that activist educators are systematically introducing LGBTQ+ content to young children.

Core Contribution

Provides a detailed critical account of how queer theory has been systematically implemented in American elementary education.

Key Spikes & Highlights

  • gender ideology
  • education
  • queer theory
  • parental rights
  • children

Historical Influences

James Lindsay New Discourses gender ideology critics

Intellectual Lineage

James Lindsay conservative education criticism anti-gender ideology movement

Allied Works

Race Marxism Cynical Theories

Contemporaries & Peers

Race Marxism Cynical Theories

Minds Influenced

Parental rights movement school board activism

Intellectual Posterity

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