Florida's largest school system blocks LGBTQ History Month declaration

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This is Ron DeSantis' Florida: "The leaders of Florida’s largest school system rejected a resolution to declare October as LGBTQ History Month"

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Florida’s largest school system blocks LGBTQ History Month declaration
9:22 AM · Sep 9, 2022

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2022/09/08/miami-schools-lgbtq-history-month/

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The leaders of Florida’s largest school system rejected a resolution to declare October as LGBTQ History Month, another sign that the state continues to lurch to the right as Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis pushes to remove discussions about sexual orientation from the classroom.

After a rowdy six-hour meeting Wednesday, the Miami-Dade School Board voted 8-1 to block a measure that affirmed the county’s commitment to ensuring the safety of all students — including those who identify as gay, lesbian, transgender or nonbinary — and recognized LGBTQ History Month as “an effective means of educating and calling to action our community to work together by fighting prejudice and discrimination.”

The resolution also would direct the schools superintendent to explore providing 12th-grade teachers with resources to educate students on the 2015 U.S. Supreme Court decision that legalized same-sex marriage as well as the legal precedent for anti-discrimination laws. Teachers in lower grades would be free to reiterate “respect and support for LGBTQ students.”

The school board’s vote against the measure, which comes just one year after the body approved a similar resolution by a vote of 7-1, highlights the rapidly shifting political landscape in Florida as conservative parental rights groups have mobilized to erase any discussion of topics such as gender and racial inequality in school.

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[jimfields33]

1. I thought it was june and I'm gay. I had no idea we get two months now

Hispanic heritage month covers some of October as well.