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Parents protest 'gender theory' curriculum in France

French education minister dismisses 'totally false' rumours that boys are 'being taught how to be girls' as thousands of children are kept at home.

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Thousands of French parents kept their children home from school for a day to protest perceived radical teaching on gender identity, officials said, reports UPI.

The protest organized online by a socially conservative group urged parents to keep their children home Monday to protest a French Education Ministry pilot program in 500 schools where children ages 6 to 11 are taught about gender equality.

Critics contend the program tells children they can choose their own sexual identity and gender, the Daily Telegraph reported Tuesday.

"The national education system is going to teach your children that they are not born a girl or a boy, as God intended, but choose to become one," Equality and Reconciliation said in its message to parents.

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