The Trump Administration’s Latest Target: Gender-Neutral Paper Dolls Minnesota Schools Aren’t Using

This story originally appeared on The Advocate.Even paper dolls can’t escape the Trump administration’s anti-transgender obsession.Education Secretary Linda McMahon announced an investigation into Minnesota-based MyGender Dolls, saying parents had complained about the possibility that the dolls could be used in schools. Even though Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has denied any involvement in the product’s creation and state education officials have said there are no plans to use the dolls in classrooms, McMahon asserted that the state was plotting to hurt children.“While Governor Walz and the radical left continue to funnel taxpayer dollars to perverted ideologies that can harm children, the Trump Administration is fighting to protect children’s innocence and defend parents’ role as the first and primary decision-makers in their child’s education,” McMahon said in a statement. “No four-year-old should be exposed to such material – especially without a parent’s knowledge or consent. ED will enforce the law to its fullest extent, putting parents and families firmly in the driver’s seat of their child’s education.”Related: Trump weaponized trans actress Dylan Mulvaney’s image to attack Kaitlan Collins. Mulvaney fires backThe Education Department will investigate whether teachers could expose children to the gender-neutral dolls in school and whether their use could violate the Protection of Pupil Rights Amendment, which gives parents certain rights to inspect instructional materials used in publicly funded schools.A website marketing the new product doesn’t suggest that the paper dolls are intended for general classroom instruction. It does list school counselors and educators as potential customers, along with mental health providers, pediatricians and allied health professionals. And while McMahon framed the investigation as a parental rights issue, the site also includes an apparently unfinished section for caregivers interested in learning