Automaker Kia Motors continues to stonewall following a report by the Daily Caller News Foundation about its relationship with a nonprofit that distributes LGBTQ-themed books to children.
Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network (Gulsen) Rainbow Library — a program that provides teachers with free children's books that promote transgender ideology — prominently listed Kia also joined Tuesday as a co-sponsor of the website. However, Kia has since deleted From the Rainbow Library sponsor page, December 23rd. (Related: Exclusive: Kia and TJ Maxx listed as corporate sponsors of 'Rainbow Library' to promote trans books to kids)
In several follow-up emails sent to Kia, DCNF asked if the automaker had asked GLSEN to remove the car from the Rainbow Library's donor page, and if Kia would ~We asked whether they had falsely stated that they were not a sponsor of Rainbow Library for the 2024 academic year.
Screenshot of the GLSEN Rainbow Library sponsor page.
Screenshot of the GLSEN Rainbow Library sponsor page on Thursday, December 19th.
If these companies not only promote garbage like this, but refuse to answer even basic questions about it, why would the average person buy another Kia, or go to TJ Maxx, Marshalls, or HomeGoods? , or shop in Sierra, I don't know.https://t.co/zPjZ1d1Uzt
— Neil Patel (@NeilPatelTDC) December 18, 2024
Kia Motors is also listed as a Rainbow Library National Partner for the 2022-2023 school year, along with General Motors and 2023-2024 Rainbow Library Sponsor TJ Maxx, an archived version of the website from March 2023 There is. show. TJ Maxx also did not respond to DCNF's request for comment. remains On the GLSEN donor page.
Automakers also issued press release In August, it will be titled “Proud Owners” and will tell the stories of LGBTQ+ Kia owners, including “entrepreneurs, cultural strategists, and researchers.” [and] “Designing artist”[s] A strategy for a more inclusive and welcoming future of business for everyone. ”
Rainbow Library's curriculum includes:When Aidan Becomes a Brotheris a children's book about a young child who tells his parents that he is “transgender” and that they should “explore it.”[ing] Various ways of being a boy. ” GLSEN lesson plan I recommend this story to second graders.
In addition to transgenderism, the lesson plans also promote homosexuality, and the children's book “When we love someone we sing to them” — Recommended for 3rd graders — A story about a boy who sings a song to confess his love to another boy.
Teachers in over 8,100 schools in 33 states nationwide participate In the Rainbow Library program.
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