They\u2019re dolling up the trans agenda \u2014 and taxpayers are footing the bill.<\/p>\n
\u201cFirst-of-their-kind\u201d transgender dolls \u2014 complete with removable genitalia \u2014 will debut in some Minnesota classrooms this fall to kids as young as 4 years old.<\/p>\n
The paper dolls, with gender-neutral names like \u201cSam,\u201d \u201cRory,\u201d \u201cAvery\u201d and \u201cParker,\u201d have removable internal and external genitals, along with more than 100 interchangeable pieces of clothing, accessories and hairstyles \u2014 like a trans Mr.\/Mrs. Potato Head.<\/p>\n
The dolls will be made available to kids between 4 and 10 years old in Minnesota this fall. University of Minnesota<\/p>\n
The goal is for kids to \u201clearn about the different options that exist for who they can be,\u201d 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<\/a> <\/p>\n The Medical School\u2019s Institute for Sexual and Gender Health research over those six years included paying $20 to $60 for \u201ctrans and gender diverse\u201d children and their parents to play with the dolls and \u201ctalk about gender and bodies\u201d in groups.<\/p>\n Prototypes of the dolls were shown in a 2024 conference where one named \u201cSam\u201d 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\u2019 underwear within reach.<\/p>\n The trans dolls \u2014 which promise to \u201cmake gender fun\u201d \u2014 will be made available to teachers, school counselors, pediatricians and mental health providers, according to a website<\/a> of the \u201cMyGender Dolls\u201d company. It features an image of a boy doll wearing a dress and others in various states of sexual identity confusion.<\/p>\n It\u2019s not known whether parents \u2014 or children themselves \u2014 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 \u201ctherapeutic play\u201d for their kids.<\/p>\n A blond doll named \u201cSam\u201d 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<\/p>\n The dolls began as a University of Minnesota research project, which was later spun into a commercial venture \u2014 \u201cMyGender Dolls\u201d \u2014 by two licensed psychologists who are professors at the medical school.<\/p>\n The website does not reveal the cost of the paper dolls.<\/p>\n The University of Minnesota\u2019s Medical School has been receiving $15 million annual funding from the state via Walz \u2014 cash earmarked to \u201cincrease the medical school\u2019s research capacity\u201d and \u201censure its national prominence.\u201d<\/p>\n The University of Minnesota\u2019s Medical School has been conducting research for the past six years on the dolls. University of Minnesota<\/p>\n But the school doesn\u2019t report how much it funnels to its Institute for Sexual and Gender Health, which has a total research budget of $1.4 million, according to its 2025 annual report<\/a>. <\/p>\n Walz, who\u2019s pushed pro-transgender policies on the Midwestern state<\/a>, was bestowed the institute\u2019s inaugural \u201cDistinguished Sexual and Gender Health Champion Award\u201d in 2023, a title created just for him. <\/p>\n The scandal-plagued governor<\/a> was even pictured with a wide grin alongside Medical School Associate Professor Nic Rider \u2014 co-founder of MyGender Dolls, which is bringing the radical dolls to market.<\/p>\n Walz had a big smile on when he received the sex institute\u2019s award in 2023. Eli Coleman Institute for Sexual and Gender Health<\/p>\n Rider, a psychologist who specializes in children and teen transgender health, goes by they\/them pronouns, according to a bio on the medical school\u2019s website<\/a>.<\/p>\n