"The bill, H.R. 7661 also known as the 'Stop the Sexualization of Children Act', was introduced by Illinois representative Mary Miller who has a long history of anti-trans politics. It seeks to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to ban federal funds being used to 'develop, implement, facilitate, host, or promote any program or activity for, or to provide or promote literature or other materials to, children under the age of 18 that includes sexually oriented material'."
"It perhaps goes without saying but schools across Illinois, and the wider US, are not hiring dancers to strip off in front of underage pupils. A quick Google search of the terms 'stripper' and 'school' in relation to the US specifically does not return any examples of school themselves hiring strippers for students, instead cases where adult performers hired were done as pranks by the students themselves."
"One case from 2016 saw a synchronised swimming team in Iowa, made up of ninth grade girls aged between 14 and 15, hire a male stripper to perform at their annual banquet as a joke. The stripper did not completely disrobe, nor did he touch any of the girls."
Illinois Representative Mary Miller introduced H.R. 7661, the 'Stop the Sexualization of Children Act,' which seeks to ban federal education funds for programs containing sexually oriented material for children under 18. The bill specifically prohibits content exposing children to nude adults, strippers, or lewd dancing. However, no evidence exists of schools hiring strippers for students. Documented cases involve pranks where students hired performers without school authorization. One 2016 Iowa incident involved synchronized swimmers hiring a male stripper for a team banquet, while a 2018 Texas case saw a student hire a performer as a prank. The bill appears designed to restrict trans-related content rather than address an actual problem.
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