Washington Free Beacon
Months after a federal judge described the state of Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer’s child foster care system as “devastating,” the Democrat’s administration is turning to an atypical antidote: a “sexual orientation” and “gender identity” consultant.
Whitmer’s Children’s Services Agency on September 12 issued a contract proposal for a “Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and Expression (SOGIE) Consultant” to assist the agency’s “Diversity Equity and Inclusion Unit,” documents obtained by the Washington Free Beacon show. Included in the proposal are directives to distribute surveys on “the needs and concerns of LGBTQIA+ … children,” develop “training curriculum” on topics such as “implicit bias,” and identify “community services for Native American Two Spirit youth.”
The proposal comes as Whitmer faces a high-profile re-election bid against Republican challenger Tudor Dixon. It also comes as the Democrat’s Children’s Services Agency faces scrutiny from a federal judge over a “devastating” January report that detailed the foster system’s shortcomings. The issues laid out in the report, however, seemingly have little to do with “sexual orientation” and “gender identity.”
