"Here are some of the worst. '27 genders' "You're not going to come in here and teach that there's 27 genders," he said in July while announcing a test to be given to teachers who come to Oklahoma from liberal states to make sure they're not "woke." Most likely, no one believes there are 27 genders - or teaches that."
""They wanted to use the death of a child to support a political agenda, and I think it's absolutely disgusting, and you are going to hear these groups, this woke mob, continue to push an agenda and lie to further the most radical agenda this country has ever seen." This was Walters's statement in March 2024 on the death of bullied trans student Nex Benedict the previous month. He did not mention Benedict's name."
Ryan Walters resigned as Oklahoma state superintendent of public instruction to take a job with a group that fights teachers' unions. He made numerous anti-LGBTQ+ and especially anti‑transgender statements during two years in office. He said teachers would not be allowed to teach that "there's 27 genders" and announced screening for "woke" teachers from liberal states. He characterized advocates responding to the death of bullied trans student Nex Benedict as a "woke mob" using the death to advance a political agenda and denied multiple genders exist, saying "There’s two." He claimed schools contained pornographic, transgender‑pushing books and worked to remove them. He pressured the resignation of a gay principal who had performed in drag.
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