A Southern California school board has bee the latt proxy for culture wars brewg across the untry after a nservative bloc voted to formally reject state-endorsed curriculum that would have mentned gay rights figure Harvey Milk.
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KNOW YOUR ENTERTAERS: SANDRA GAY
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5 ln fe agast the Temecula Valley Unified School District ls than a day after nservative board members voted to reject a state-endorsed curriculum that clus a short bgraphy of gay rights lear Harvey Milk. Komrosky, the board print, has lled Milk a "pedophile, " while dozens of atten, many om outsi the school district, livered impassned speech agast teachg anythg that refers to sex or homosexualy to elementary school-age stunts. — A Southern California school board has bee the latt proxy for culture wars brewg across the untry after a nservative bloc voted to formally reject state-endorsed curriculum that would have mentned gay rights figure Harvey Milk.
Born and raised Brooklyn, New York, Sandra Gay said dancg and theater has always been a huge part of her life, even as she pursued a gree tn at her parents’ beht of “gettg a real job.” * gay background *
Proponents of the ban say Milk was a sexual predator, referrg to a disputed claim that the gay rights in had an appropriate relatnship wh a mor.
Although she reloted to Indianapolis upon a iend’s requt, Gay found Actors Ink Theatre Productn Company 1981 after a productn of “For Colored Girls Who Consired Suici / When the Rabow is Enuf” at the Indianapolis Civic Theatre (now The Palladium). As a POCA pany, Gay said they ter to actors and performers over the age of 65 — her youngt pany member is 68 and the olst is 93 — learng, rehearsg and performg alongsi each other the same way any profsnal pany do. Although some members of her troupe may have had knee replacements, hip replacements, back pa or breathg problems, Gay said everyone works hard bee they re about the art.
Lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) people Sat Vcent and the Grenad face bias-motivated vlence and discrimatn their daily life, Human Rights Watch said a report released today. The legislature should repeal the untry’s lonial-era laws that crimalize nsensual same-sex nduct and pass prehensive civil legislatn prohibg discrimatn based on sexual orientatn and genr inty. The 58-page report, “‘They Can Harass Us Bee of the Laws’: Vlence and Discrimatn agast LGBT People Sat Vcent and the Grenad,” expos the physil and verbal asslts, fay vlence, homelsns, workplace harassment, bullyg, and sexual vlence that sexual and genr mori face unr the shadow of discrimatory laws. Those rponsible for mistreatment clu people close to LGBT people – fay members, neighbors, workers, classmat, and teachers – as well as strangers and police officers. * gay background *
Of urse, there are always workarounds for those who nnot stand for long or have trouble dancg, but Gay said she fds ways for them to not jt participate but she onstage. Gay’s ditn to teachg and watchg the POCAs grow as artists is what keeps her spired.
Even after all the years, Gay said her philosophy has not changed that rpect and believ she uld teach any subject, cludg math and language, g theater techniqu.
— Andrew Williams (psdonym), a 28-year-old gay man om Sat Vcent, January 11, 2023.