North Carolina high school student denies prevalence of gender ‘indoctrination’ in schools: ‘Never happened’

A North Carolina high school senior rejected claims from conservatives that public schools have become hotbeds of gender ideology indoctrination for students. 

"To me, it seems many on the right think public schools have become centers for transgender indoctrination," the high school senior wrote in an op-ed published in The Charlotte Observer. "Take it from a cisgender, straight and quite frankly very boring high school senior: No, we’re not being ‘indoctrinated.’"

"I have completed nearly four years of high school," the student continued. "Not once has a teacher discussed sexual orientation or gender identity. It doesn’t happen. It has never happened. The only ‘trans’ we talk about is DNA transcription, and the word ‘gay’ only appears in our textbooks to describe a character’s happiness."