A California elementary school's gender diversity lesson using all-girl geckos and transgender clownfish has caused a stir.
Students in all grades at Oakland's Redwood Heights Elementary School got an introduction to the topic on Monday with teachers telling them there are different ways to be boys and different ways to be girls.
The San Francisco Chronicle says the conservative Pacific Justice Institute is questioning the legitimacy of the topic and legal counsel is being provided to parents who opposed gender diversity lessons.
Principal Sara Stone says the lessons are part of a larger effort to offer children a warm, welcoming, safe and caring classroom environment.
Students are learning about gender within the animal kingdom, including lessons about single-sex Hawaiian geckos, fish that switch genders and boy snakes that act "girly."
Information from: San Francisco Chronicle,
The Associated Press