Texas schools are not required to teach any form of sexual education, but those that opt-in will be required to promote abstinence-only guidelines as well as a complete evasion of any LGBTQ discussion.
The Texas State Board of Education this week is expected to approve the first new standards for its sexual education curriculum since 1997, although 80 percent of Texas schools either teach abstinence-only programs or nothing at all.
"Sex assignment at birth, gender orientation, gender identity and sexual expression topics help all people learn more about their friends and others who might be different from them," Cortez toldThe Board debated adding gender identity and sexual orientation topics into the curriculum in June and a few Republican members expressed support for adding lessons which centered around bullying. But as the, the majority of GOP members largely opposed any direct references to LGBTQ students.
"We want this dialogue to open and students to understand, at an age-appropriate level, the most fact-based information without shame or judgement," Cortez told."LGBTQIA students deserve to learn in a setting that provides accurate info that's relevant to them in their lives." According to data compiled by the Texas Freedom Network from the 2015-2016 school year, about two-thirds of high school seniors said they'd had sexual intercourse and many reported they did not wear protection. Additionally, 1-in-7 female students reported experiencing sexual violence in the previous 12 months and the state is routinely in the top 5 states for teen pregnancies.
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