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Parents advocacy group Awake Illinois is drawing attention to a secret LGBT club. 

Awake Illinois's tweet about the incident is no longer available. Twitter said it violated its rules. The incident allegedly occurred at Oregon Community Unit School District 220.   

“Out of Oregon IL, a secret lgbtq club during lunch was held in a separate classroom for 5th/6th graders,” Awake Illinois said on Twitter. "Parents were not informed. District got caught with their pants down-figuratively, for now. Kids were given this to color. Only groomers think this was a good idea." @ConceptualJames."

Awake Illinois was able to raise more awareness on its Facebook page.

"Twitter wants us to delete this tweet that got A LOT of traffic today," the group stated. "We have to delete or no account access. Stay tuned to the blog for the full FOIA of the Oregon secret lunch incident." 

The school district headquarters is located at 206 S 10th St. in Oregon. The district includes 1,425 students in three schools and employs 215 staff members.

Awake Illinois offers assistance to public school parents who are concerned about the sexual or political indoctrination of children. “These are the top forms Awake IL recommends for parents to add to their student's file. After signing them, send them as certified mail to the attention of the school principal. It's worth sending an email as a heads-up to the principal and asking for a meeting to discuss and answer any questions. Maintain an email communication confirming all meeting/conversation recaps, i.e.,” the group notes on its website.

In the lame-duck session in January, lawmakers pushed HB 5188 which would have mandated all schools teach strict sexual education standards including introducing children to gender dysmorphia. The bill, seen as a way of mandating the sexual education standards included in SB 818, was signed into law last year by Gov. J.B. Pritzker, Effingham Radio reported. That previous law allowed school districts to opt-out. The new law would require standards for all public schools. SB 818 law requires children as young as eight to be subjected to lessons on sexual education.  The law was billed as a way to standardize state and federal sexual education standards.