Taxpayer-funded trans dolls with removable genitalia to hit classrooms this fall for kids as young as 4 to ‘learn about different options’

By Gabrielle Fahmy
Published July 25, 2026, 7:23 a.m. ET


They’re dolling up the trans agenda — and taxpayers are footing the bill.

“First-of-their-kind” transgender dolls — complete with removable genitalia — will debut in some Minnesota classrooms this fall to kids as young as 4 years old.

The paper dolls, with gender-neutral names like “Sam,” “Rory,” “Avery” and “Parker,” have removable internal and external genitals, along with more than 100 interchangeable pieces of clothing, accessories and hairstyles — like a trans Mr./Mrs. Potato Head.

The dolls will be made available to kids between 4 and 10 years old in Minnesota this fall.University of Minnesota

The goal is for kids to “learn about the different options that exist for who they can be,” according to a therapist at the University of Minnesota Medical School, which spent over half a decade developing the controversial project funded by lefty Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz


The Medical School’s Institute for Sexual and Gender Health research over those six years included paying $20 to $60 for “trans and gender diverse” children and their parents to play with the dolls and “talk about gender and bodies” in groups.

Prototypes of the dolls were shown in a 2024 conference where one named “Sam” can be seen in what appears to be some phase of a gender transition, with a detachable penis off to the side, and a dress and girls’ underwear within reach.

The trans dolls — which promise to “make gender fun” — will be made available to teachers, school counselors, pediatricians and mental health providers, according to a website of the “MyGender Dolls” company. It features an image of a boy doll wearing a dress and others in various states of sexual identity confusion.

It’s not known whether parents — or children themselves — will be able to order a doll, or if they will only be marketed to professionals and schools. It is not known if parents will be able to opt out of such “therapeutic play” for their kids.

A blond doll named “Sam” can be seen in some phase of a sexual transition, with Professor Dianne Berg, co-founder of MyGender Dolls, proudly standing behind the table.University of Minnesota

The dolls began as a University of Minnesota research project, which was later spun into a commercial venture — “MyGender Dolls” — by two licensed psychologists who are professors at the medical school.

The website does not reveal the cost of the paper dolls.

The University of Minnesota’s Medical School has been receiving $15 million annual funding from the state via Walz — cash earmarked to “increase the medical school’s research capacity” and “ensure its national prominence.”

Mandatory Bible study in Texas ‘risks fuelling anti-Semitism’

Jewish leaders say Trump-backed ruling is unconstitutional and will alienate their children

The Texas ruling prompted demonstrations at the state Capitol in Austin Credit: Jay Janner/Getty

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Published 17 July 2026 10:30am BST

Mandatory Bible reading for Texas school students has split the state’s religious Right, with Jewish leaders warning the move risks fuelling anti-Semitism and eroding religious freedom.

The Republican Texas state board of education voted to approve mandated Bible study in the school curriculum for more than five million students, with a spokesman declaring: “We’re going to stop watering down American history.

“We’re going to teach the truth. Our nation was founded as a Christian nation, and Texas is a Christian state.”

The changes, which will take effect in 2030, are the latest step in Texas’s drive to bring religion back into the classroom and will see children study stories such as David and Goliath, Daniel and the Lion’s Den and Noah’s Ark from the age of six.

However, the measure has prompted fierce opposition from Jewish leaders, who argue it is unconstitutional and will fuel a rapid rise in anti-Semitism across the state.

Rabbi Josh Fixler, associate rabbi at Congregation Emanu El in Houston, Texas, was among those who testified against the measure. “I absolutely think that this will contribute to anti-Semitism,” he told The Telegraph.

“If anti-Semitism is about making Jewish people feel isolated and pushing Jews out of public spaces and having Jews feel that their religious tradition is less than, then kids hearing these messages in public schools is absolutely going to isolate them.”

He added: “It’s going to result in non-Christian students, including my own kids, feeling alienated and isolated in spaces where they should feel belonging.

Texas board approves adding Bible stories to required reading for public school students

Updated on: June 26, 2026 / 2:29 PM CDT / AP


Texas public schools will require students to read Bible stories under a reading list approved by the state's education board Friday, widening conservative efforts to bring more Christian teachings into U.S. classrooms.

The Texas State Board of Education, which is controlled by Republicans, approved the list of over critics who argued the titles lacked diversity and and blurs the separation of church and state.

Under the mandate, more than 5 million public school students in Texas must read traditional literary works such as E.B. White's "Charlotte's Web" and Charles Dickens' "Great Expectations." They'll also be required to read Bible stories, including passages from the New Testament and excerpts from the Book of Job. The rollout will be staggered, starting with elementary school students in 2030.

For months, critics have blasted both the push to require Bible readings and the state mandating what books are read by students, which are decisions typically left up to teachers. Teachers could still assign students other books to read on top of the required titles.

Supporters say Judeo-Christian traditions were fundamental to the nation's founding and that should be reflected in the public school curriculum.

Texas, which educates roughly 1 in 10 of the nation's public school students, has been at the forefront of a charge by conservatives to incorporate more religion into classrooms. The state already allows public schools to hire chaplains to counsel students, mandates the display of the Ten Commandments in classrooms and has approved an optional Bible-infused curriculum.

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One dead, 6 hurt after shooting outside Cristo Rey Jesuit High School in Minneapolis

Matt Sepic

Minneapolis
August 26, 2025 6:36 PM
Updated: August 27, 2025 4:00 PM

Minneapolis police block traffic following a fatal shooting on Tuesday.

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One person was killed and six others were hurt in a shooting Tuesday afternoon near East Lake Street and Interstate 35W in south Minneapolis.

Hours later, two people died in two other shootings in the city. Police said early Wednesday that they don’t yet know if any of the shootings are connected.

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At a news conference Tuesday following the first shooting, Police Chief Brian O’Hara said the shooter walked up to a group of people who were standing at the corner of East 29th Street and Clinton Avenue South and opened fire.

One man died from his injuries; five other men and a woman were injured in the gunfire. Some of the victims ran away and took shelter in nearby businesses

O’Hara said the attack was not random, and the killer fired about 30 rounds from a high-powered rifle before fleeing.

“It’s more a weapon of war than something to be on the street here,” O’Hara said. “Just the damage that was done to the bodies of some of these victims is unspeakable. And thankfully we don't have more people that are dead from this incident.”

The shooting happened outside Cristo Rey Jesuit High School while students were inside. O’Hara did not say if anyone affiliated with the school was involved in the incident.

In an update Wednesday afternoon — from the scene of a separate mass shooting at a Catholic church in south Minneapolis — O’Hara said two people have been arrested “for assisting in” the Tuesday afternoon shooting.

“We have not gotten the shooter yet, but we believe we have two people under arrest that were present with the shooter when that happened, and we’re making significant progress,” O’Hara said.

FBI investigating Minnesota school shooting as a hate crime against Catholics

Peter Kenny |Wednesday, August 27 2025

(Photo: Reuters / Andrew Gombert / Pool)

Dannel Malloy, Governor of Connecticut speaks to mourners gathered at a vigil service for victims of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Connecticut in Decmeber 2012.


The FBI is investigating a shooting in the U.S. state of Minnesota as an act of domestic terrorism and a hate crime targeting Catholics, the agency's director Kash Patel said after two children under the age of 11 were gunned down.
His statement came after a deadly mass shooting took place the morning of Aug. 27 at Annunciation Catholic School in Minneapolis shortly after the start of the school day during an all-school Mass at the adjacent Annunciation Catholic Church.

Patel confirmed the suspected shooter in the Aug. 27 killing was identified as Robin Westman, who, according to Patel and other top administration officials, was identified as transgender, according to The Hill.

"The shooter has been identified as Robin Westman, a male born as Robert Westman," Patel posted on X.

"The FBI will continue to provide updates on our ongoing investigation, with the public as we are able."

The suspected gunman was also dead and believed to have taken his own life in the parking lot, America, the Jesuit Review reported after local police said there was no longer an active threat.

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Supreme Court sides with parents who want to opt their children out of LGBTQ books in schools

By John Fritze, CNN

Published 11:52 AM EDT, Fri June 27, 2025

A selection of books featuring LGBTQ characters that are part of a Supreme Court case are pictured, Tuesday, April, 15, 2025, in Washington, DC. Associated Press

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The Supreme Court on Friday backed a group of religious parents who want to opt their elementary school children out of engaging with LGBTQ books in the classroom, another major legal win for religious interests at the conservative high court.

In the latest decision blurring the line that once clearly separated secular education from religious belief, the court said that a suburban school district near Washington, DC, burdened parents’ First Amendment rights by refusing to allow them to pull their children from the classroom when the books are used.

Justice Samuel Alito wrote the decision for an ideologically divided court. The court’s three liberals dissented.

“The board’s introduction of the ‘LGBTQ+-inclusive’ storybooks, along with its decision to withhold opt outs, places an unconstitutional burden on the parents’ rights to the free exercise of their religion,” Alito wrote for the majority. “The parents have therefore shown that they are likely to succeed in their free exercise claims.”

Alito left to a lower court to weigh whether the policy will survive in the long term but made clear it likely will not.

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Texas will require public school classrooms to display Ten Commandments under bill nearing passage

The House has approved Senate Bill 10 even though a similar Louisiana law was deemed unconstitutional. Supporters say Christianity is core to U.S. history.

BY SAMEEA KAMAL
MAY 24, 2025

UPDATED: MAY 25, 2025

The Ten Commandments, written out on a monument, sit outside the Texas Capitol on March 17, 2025. Credit: Lorianne Willett/The Texas Tribune

Come September, every public school classroom in Texas could be required to display the Ten Commandments under a requirement that passed a key vote in the Texas legislature Sunday — part of a larger push in Texas and beyond to increase the role of religion in schools.

Senate Bill 10 moved forward despite a federal court ruling that a similar Louisiana law violated a constitutionally required separation of church and state.

The bill preliminarily passed the House 88-49 on Saturday — the Jewish Sabbath day, which the Ten Commandments forbids, as Rep. James Talarico said in an effort to highlight legislative hypocrisy. The lower chamber’s initial approval came after more than two hours of debate and despite last-ditch Democratic efforts to water down the law, including giving school districts the opportunity to vote on the policy, and adding codes of ethics from different faiths into the bill.

SCOTUS silently preserves church-state boundary in Catholic charter school case, but won’t say how justices voted

Elura Nanos May 22nd, 2025, 12:34 pm



Members of the Supreme Court sit for a new group portrait following the addition of Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, at the Supreme Court building in Washington, Friday, Oct. 7, 2022. Bottom row, from left, Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts, Associate Justice Samuel Alito, and Associate Justice Elena Kagan. Top row, from left, Associate Justice Amy Coney Barrett, Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch, Associate Justice Brett Kavanaugh, and Associate Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

As some court watchers predicted, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a 4-4 ruling Thursday that preserves the distinction between church and state — for the time being. Despite the eight participating justices having been vocal during oral arguments just three weeks ago, however, the Court issued its ruling without a single word of opinion, guidance, or information as to the lineup of votes.

“A robust Catholic education”

The case, stylized as Oklahoma Charter School Board v. Drummond, was a contentious one in which the justices heard several hours of exhaustive oral arguments over whether a virtual Catholic charter school has a right to operate despite Oklahoma’s requirement that its charter schools be nonreligious. The St. Isidore of Seville school — named for an unofficial patron saint of the internet — aims to provide a “robust Catholic education,” and is open to both Catholic and non-Catholic students. The school, which would operate entirely online, projected an initial enrollment of 500 students with the expectation of reaching 1,500 students by 2028, half from lower-income families.

Although Oklahoma’s charter school board initially approved St. Isidore’s application for the 2024-25 school year, Oklahoma’s Republican attorney general and current gubernatorial candidate, Gentner Drummond, opposed the school’s participation in the charter program on the grounds that under both Oklahoma law and the establishment clause of the U.S. Constitution, all public schools in the state are required to be nonsectarian.

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