CBC Kids News recently published a video in which a child explains the “2SLGBTQQIPAA+” acronym to other children.

“Have you seen this term? 2SLGBTQQIPAA+. You know what each letter means? Don’t worry, we’ll break it down for you,” says the child actor in the video. 

The child proceeds to explain that the long acronym stands for “Two-Spirit, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Questioning, Intersex, Pansexual, Asexual, Allies.” 

“Q stands for queer. It’s more of a general umbrella term for people with different forms of self-expression,” explains the child actor.

The video also features OK2BME community engagement lead Erin Huston, whose organization “provides support and education on 2SLGBTQQIPAA+ issues for kids, teens, and adults across the Waterloo Region.” University of Saskatechewan assistant professor of history of gender and sexuality Alessio Ponzio is also featured in the video.

“Human beings are extremely complicated. It’s really hard to be put in a box because we are not black or white. This is why queer is very helpful because (it) allows us to think about humans and about ourselves as shades of greys,” explains Ponzio. 

The video also touches on if the full “2SLGBTQQIPAA+” should be used, rather than a shorter version like LGBT.

“Some of you may be wondering, this term is pretty long. What if I don’t remember it? And am I supposed to say the whole thing all the time?” asked the child actor.

“Experts we talked to said it really depends on your intention.”

Ponzio said “if you are in a more formal conversation, if you’re writing a paper, I would try to go for the full, But in regular conversation I think that many, many people are fine also with a shorter version.”

Huston said “I always just say any genuine attempt is great. If that starts with like LGBT, that’s fantastic.”

The CBC’s video also promotes gender ideology by showing “they/them” pronouns.

SCREENSHOT: CBC promotes “they/them” pronouns to children. CBC Kids News.

“By the way, sex and gender don’t mean the same thing,” says the child. “Sex refers to the physical characteristics of a person, including the body parts they have.” 

“Gender refers to how a person feels inside. A person can express their gender in different ways. Like with the pronouns they use or the way they dress.”

In addition to a video, CBC Kids News has an “2SLGBTQQIPAA+” quiz on its website that touches on the stonewall riots and the fact that Justin Trudeau was the first Canadian Prime Minister to have the pride flag raised on Parliament Hill.

It should be noted that this is not the first time that the CBC has promoted gender ideology to children. 

Radio-Canada, the French language arm of the CBC, previously had children’s drag performer Barbada de Barbades explain the “LGBTQI2A+” acronym to kids.

In the same video, the drag queen shared how he once questioned his sexual orientation and encouraged kids to ask people their preferred pronouns and use gender-neutral language.

English CBC has also promoted drag queens to children on several occasions.

Earlier this year, it published a six-minute video segment where two drag queens sat down with New Brunswick schoolchildren for “an honest conversation about drag, gender and dress-up.”

The CBC also promoted a book to 12-year-olds kids about a transgender teen who takes a job moonlighting as a drag queen at a “local club.” 

True North reached out to the CBC for comment, but it did not respond in time for publication.

The CBC receives over $1.2 billion annually from taxpayers.

With files from True North’s Cosmin Dzsurdzsa and Lindsay Shepherd.

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