A report says that “MyGenderDolls”, educational dolls with interchangeable body parts, will be made available to Minnesota children aged four to 10 from the autumn. The programme has attracted attention because it received taxpayer-funded development support linked to Governor Tim Walz and concerns gender-related teaching materials in schools.

The dolls were developed partly with support from the University of Minnesota’s Early Innovation Fund and are intended for clinicians and educators. According to the article, they are designed to help adults discuss gender identity and anatomy with children, although the excerpt does not specify how widely they will be used or which schools will receive them.