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California Health Education Framework

“Students will explore and discover their identities, gender expression, and sexuality throughout their education and into and beyond their high school years”

  • CA Health Education Curriculum, pg. 14

“Sexual health content must affirm diverse sexual orientations and include examples of same-sex relationships when discussing relationships.”

  • CA Health Education Curriculum, pg. 260

“Students also learn about individual differences, including gender, from a very early age… students can still begin to challenge gender stereotypes in a way that is age appropriate”

  • CA Health Education Curriculum, pg. 106-107

“When providing instruction on sexual and reproductive organs, teachers can introduce the concept that gender does not always match the sexual and reproductive organs described”

  • CA Health Education Curriculum, pg. 173

Grade Level Education

  • Kindergarten - Second Grade

    Kindergartener’s are introducted to gender identity as some of their classmates may chose to identify in a way other than their assigned gender at birth. The Health Curriculum explains that teachers should begin to teach about gender expression and begin “dispelling myths” about gender roles and expectations (pg. 107, CA Health Framework)

  • Third Grade

    Education is now being introducted on body functions to include organs, stages of life, and reproductive organs.

    Third graders are being taught that while some students may be born with certain organs, they may identify a different way (pg. 173, CA Health Framework)

  • Fourth - Sixth Grade

    Between these three years- students are introducted to gender identity, same-sex relationships, gender expression, meaning that “ gender refers to attitudes, feelings, characteristics, and behaviors” instead of biological characteristics. (pg. 267, CA Health Framework”

  • Seventh - Eight Grade

    Sexual education is continued in these two grade levels to introduce STI/HIV prevention, gender neutral relationships, contraceptives, and preventative measures with in-class examples of male/female anatomy (pg. 354, CA Health Framework)

  • Ninth - Twelfth Grade

    Gender theory based education is built upon in the high school years to include further support towards same-sex relationships, pregnancy outcomes and situations, as well as further in-class examples of safe sex practices.

    Teachers are told to use examples of same-sex relationships in lesson plans to further affirm varying relationship types in an attempt to be inclusive of LGBT+ students (pg. 469, CA Health Framework)