Illois HB246 2019-2020 Amends the School Co Wh regard to the textbook block grant program provis that the textbooks thorized to be purchased mt clu the rol and ntributns of all people protected unr the Illois Human Rights Act and mt be nondiscrimatory as to any of the characteristics unr the Act Provis that textbooks purchased wh grant funds mt be nondiscrimatory Provis that public schools only the teachg of history of the Uned Stat shall clu a study of the rol and ntributns of lbian gay bisexual and transgenr people the history of this untry and this State Effective July 1 2020
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Begng next year, Illois schools will be required to clu the posive ntributns of lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr dividuals … * illinois lgbt history bill *
{mosads}The law requir all schools the state clu “the role and ntributns of lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr people the history of this untry and this State” official textbooks. In honor of Pri Month, the Commissn is highlightg some of the most important legal ton for the LGBTQ muny Illois, cludg Illois’ place as the first state to crimalize homosexualy.
January 1, 2006 – The Illois Human Rights Act is amend to bar discrimatn agast lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr persons employment, hog, public acmodatn, and certa fancial transns. “In public schools only, the teachg of history shall clu a study of the rol and ntributns of lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr people the history of this untry and this State, ” the bill stat. The anizatn said some topics that will be add to the new curriculum clu the natn’s first gay rights anizatn, the Society for Human Rights, beg formed 1924 Chigo, and Sally Ri, the first US woman space, who was a lbian.
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Przker (D) signed Hoe Bill 246, which mandat that the subject be tght as of July 1, measure stipulat that stunts mt study “the rol and ntributns of lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr people the history of this untry and this State.
The law requir that history class public schools "clu a study of the rol and ntributns of lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr people the history of this untry and this state. News and World Report article, also om Augt 2019, said that Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, South Carola and Texas have laws prohibg the "promotn of homosexualy.
The gay rights movement the Uned Stat began the 1920s and saw huge progrs the 2000s, wh laws prohibg homosexual activy stck down and a Supreme Court lg legalizg same-sex marriage. * illinois lgbt history bill *
Hurewz suggted that LGBT discsn uld be fed to topics already discsed history class, such as the "bachelor society" of the 1800s Gold Rh, social reformer Jane Addams' lifelong relatnship wh Mary Rozet Smh, the urt-martialg of gay soldiers durg World War II or the Civil Rights Movement of the mid-20th century. Hurewz also remend that teachers clu several key events their history class that perta directly to the LGBT populatn, such as the 1969 New York Cy Stonewall Rt, the anti-homosexual "Lavenr Sre" occurrg at the same time as the anti-Communist "Red Sre, " and the 1980s AIDS epimic.
Acrdg to GLSEN's 2017 School Climate Survey, Illois schools were not safe for most LGBT stunts, 88 percent of whom have heard others e the word "gay" a negative way, and 80 percent of whom heard homophobic remarks equently.
NOTE: The acronym "LGBT" has been ed this story to scribe the lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr muny bee that is the acronym ed the text of Hoe Bill 246 which beme Public Act 101-0227.