Edutors a dozen N.J. public school districts, cludg Haddon Heights, are ttg a pilot curriculum to clu stctn about the ntributns of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and disabled people.
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THE HISTORY OF GAY PRI EVENTS NEW JERSEY
N.J. is among four stat that passed laws mandatg that public schools rporate curriculums clive of lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr people. * new jersey lgbt history *
New Jersey has bee the send state the natn after California to adopt a law that requir schools to teach about LGBT history a move hailed by civil rights groups as a step toward cln and Phil Murphy, a Democrat who promised to promote equaly for gay and transgenr people durg his mpaign, signed the bill Thursday.
”“By learng about LGBTQ people who have ma amazg ntributns to their untry, they are seeg possibili for themselv and hope for the future, ” she the measure, public schools mt clu lsons about the polil, enomic and social ntributns of dividuals who are gay and transgenr, startg the 2020-21 school year. Concerns about bullyg, parents' rightsConservative anizatns have opposed proposals to teach gay and transgenr history, sayg such requirements take away power om parents and may enurage kids to qutn their sexualy. Dpe the 2011 anti-bullyg law, many stunts New Jersey still say they feel harassed, targeted and unsupported at school bee of their sexual orientatn or the way they exprs their genr, acrdg to fdgs of a survey released last month by the Gay, Lbian, and Straight Edutn Network, or teachg about lbian, gay, transgenr and bisexual muni schools, stunts will feel more nnected, which will help their mental health and abily to learn, said Kathryn Dixon, Northern New Jersey policy ordator for GLSEN.
“It fosters rpect and nnectivy and velops a culture and climate where everyone feels safe, ” she lsons shouldn’t be nfed to the history of the gay rights movement, Dixon add. “When lookg at someone like Babs, or Harvey Milk, or the Stonewall rts, the materials are readily available to implement and to teach stunts, for stunts to unrstand that there are differenc, ” Huttle Jersey is the send state, after California, to require that ntributns of lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr dividuals be tght public schools. Pervasive anti-gay sentiment uld also st a shadow over the procs — yet that kd of sentiment is precisely why this kd of tn is need, advot say.