Gov. Gav Newsom is takg on nservative Temecula Valley Unified school officials over textbooks that discs sla gay activist Harvey Milk.
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Gay pri vios shown a Glendale third-gra classroom have add an tense lol chapter to a natnal bate over how and when lsons on genr inty and sexual orientatn should be broached public schools.The episo unfold wh the disclosure that a teacher at Jefferson Elementary had shown her stunts gay pri vios and had asked for the district’s help asssg which of four specific vios would be appropriate for classroom e.
In California schools, teachers do and mt say the word "gay" as well as lbian and transgenr lsons about nonnformg exprsns of genr. * california lgbtq education *
California law requir stunts learn and be provid stctnal materials that expla the “role and ntributns” of among others, “lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr Amerins.”How this is acplished is left to lol school systems and teachers, said Maria Clayton, a spokperson for the partment. The state-approved social science amework not that teachers should e “age-appropriate” materials to discs and teach about the “the diversy of humankd.”Remend rourc clu materials om the Gay, Lbian and Straight Edutn Network.How early are California stunts supposed to learn about issu related to genr exprsn and inty?
After a Southern California school district rejected a state-endorsed social studi curriculum that clus material on gay rights, top state officials are vowg to buy a textbook qutn and distribute to stunts before the new school year. * california lgbtq education *
But state guil note that send-grars, by studyg the stori of “a diverse llectn of fai,” cludg those “wh lbian, gay, bisexual, or transgenr parents and their children ... “We e the acronym LGBT to scribe the lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr muny,” acrdg to GLAAD.
The Florida Don't Say Gay law shows the opposg velopments ncerng LGBTQ tn U.S. schools. While some stat have been tablishg legal foundatns for LGBTQ curriculums recently, Florida is gog the oppose directn and more stat are expected to follow s example. * california lgbtq education *
“Sexual orientatn scrib a person’s endurg physil, romantic, and/or emotnal attractn to another person (for example: straight, gay, lbian, bisexual). Transgenr people may be straight, lbian, gay or bisexual.”For younger children, an appropriate msage uld be more basic, said Bardi Jackson, terim puty legal director for children’s rights for the Southern Poverty Law Center.