Toddlers Targeted: German Left Demands More LGBT Content in Nurseries

"The Berlin branch of Germany’s left-wing SPD is ... insisting that “queer lifestyles” and “gender diversity” must be actively promoted to toddlers."

From The European Conservative

By Nick Hallet

Once again, Germany’s political class puts woke ideology ahead of children’s needs.

The Berlin branch of Germany’s left-wing SPD is doubling down on demands to inject more LGBT and gender ideology into preschools—insisting that “queer lifestyles” and “gender diversity” must be actively promoted to toddlers.

The row centres on a new draft of the capital’s preschool education programme, which leftist politicians claim is too conservative. SPD children’s spokesman Alexander Freier-Winterwerb has lashed out at the draft, claiming it strips out “key content” around “diversity, queer lifestyles, gender diversity, and anti-discrimination education.”

“There’s no mention of gender-sensitive teaching or queer life realities,” he told Tagesspiegel, calling it a “step backwards” compared to the 2014 version.

The draft is not yet public, but the demands are clear: the SPD wants state-funded nurseries to embrace identity politics at the earliest possible stage.

The Lesbian and Gay Association (LSVD) echoed the outrage, warning: “If queer life realities are erased from the education plan, that not only threatens the quality of early childhood education but also every child’s right to feel recognised and safe.”

Yet critics of the SPD’s agenda say the real threat is the steady politicisation of education. The existing 2014 curriculum already promotes “sexual curiosity” and encourages children to “enjoy pleasurable sensations from their own body.” Educators are told to adopt a “sexual-friendly and sensory-supportive attitude.” Now, activists want to go even further.

This latest push comes just weeks after Chancellor Friedrich Merz appointed hardline SPD activist Sophie Koch as Germany’s new “Queer Commissioner.” Instead of cutting the role, the allegedly centre-right Merz expanded it—handing more power to a 31-year-old who openly mocks his CDU party, refuses to engage with MPs from the right-wing AfD, and shares far-left slogans like “Antifascism is manual work.”

Many German voters will see this as yet more proof that Merz’s government is pandering to left-wing ideological activists while ignoring growing concern over radical agendas in schools and beyond.