‘Genderqueer shapeshifter’ provides Colorado teachers with training on transitioning, oppression

A "genderqueer shapeshifter" provided professional development training to teachers at a Colorado school district and offered instruction on the difference between gender identity, expression and sex assigned at birth.

In a presentation agenda obtained by Parents Defending Education (PDE) and first reported by The Daily Caller, Thompson School District allegedly hosted a virtual counselor meeting for educators K-12 in 2021 featuring Silen Wellington (they/them), a self-described "artist of people" and "genderqueer shapeshifter."

Following a public records request, the school district informed PDE that they did not possess any training materials but forwarded an event agenda. According to the agenda, Wellington taught the teachers "do's and don'ts with language around trans identity" and "the importance of pronouns."