British educators are now telling students Joan of Arc wasn’t just a teenage girl who led armies—she might’ve been “non-binary.” And yes, people are rightfully outraged.

The idea that the young French warrior and Catholic saint—who was burned alive at 19 for, among other things, wearing men’s clothing—is being rebranded in UK schools as potentially gender-nonconforming is more than just bizarre. It’s an insult to history, women, and frankly, common sense.

This comes straight from a lesson plan published in the Collins “Who We Are” anthology, distributed to secondary schools across the UK. According to the book, “Joan of Arc (1412–31) is today considered by some to have been non-binary.” Just like that, a girl who changed the course of a war becomes a symbol for an identity that didn’t even exist back then.

The backlash was swift. Robert Tombs, professor emeritus of French history at Cambridge, called the rewrite “insulting,” saying, “Joan of Arc fought as a woman and died as a woman. To call her something else is insulting to her and indirectly to all women who are brave enough to risk their lives for their beliefs—as if women are incapable of heroism.”

Carolyn Brown of the Women’s Rights Network agreed. “This is yet another ridiculous example of attempting to rewrite history and erase strong, rebellious female characters from our past,” she said. She also slammed the push as “junk science” from queer theory activists, and called the term “non-binary” itself a “nonsense term.”

So how did this insanity get started? Likely with the Globe Theatre’s 2022 stage production titled I, Joan, which featured a gender-neutral take on the saint. That’s right—the same theater famous for Shakespeare’s classics was used to launch a modern political rewrite of one of France’s most revered historical figures.

But now, this idea is creeping out of fringe entertainment and into government-funded curriculum. British students aren’t being taught the real history of a courageous teenage girl who faced down soldiers, monarchs, and clergy. They’re being fed identity politics repackaged as fact.

It’s hard to overstate how dangerous this kind of revisionism is. This isn’t some simple case of updated terminology or a debate over how history should be framed. This is deliberate historical erasure—one that transforms real women into androgynous figures simply because their bravery challenges modern woke expectations about gender roles.

The truth about Joan of Arc is more powerful than any of the fantasy narratives being pushed. She believed God had called her to save France, and she obeyed, courageously entering a man’s world armed with only conviction and armor. She led armies, changed the course of a war, and became a martyr. Her courage was made even more remarkable because she was a woman. That’s not something to be erased—it’s something to be honored.

And this isn’t just about one historical figure. This is about a broader agenda. When we allow ideological movements to rewrite the past, we invite them to reshape the future, especially in the minds of children. That’s why this nonsense matters.

Fortunately, this kind of thing hasn’t become the norm in American classrooms—yet. But if the left had its way, it would be. If they’re willing to rewrite Joan of Arc, they’re certainly not going to stop there.

This isn’t education. It’s indoctrination. And it needs to be called out for exactly what it is: a dishonest, agenda-driven attempt to recast history through the lens of gender identity politics.

Joan of Arc was a girl. A tough, fearless, heroic young woman who left a legacy so powerful she became a saint. She deserves better than this ideological rewrite. So do students—and so does history.