For the third year in a row, the Miami-Dade School Board has rejected (by a vote of 5-3) a resolution that would recognize October as LGBTQ History Month. From The Advocate:
School Board Member Lucia Baez-Geller, an outspoken LGBTQ ally, introduced the resolution again this year, hoping for a different outcome.
And she noted that since Florida in March reached a settlement making clear LGBTQ topics can be discussed in schools, effectively gutting the state’s controversial “don’t say gay” law, many of the objections raised by critics of her resolution in prior years became effectively null.
She also stressed the resolution would not require schools to teach any content, but would simply recognize the history.
“This item is solely a symbolic gesture to recognize LGBTQ History Month as we do so many endorsements throughout the year,” Baez-Geller the NBC affiliate in Miami. “It does not pertain to curriculum.”
reports several anti-LGBTQ haters showed up at the school board meeting claiming any recognition of LGBTQ history “left-wing indoctrination.”
Last week, the Miami-Dade School Board rejected a resolution to recognize LGBTQ+ History Month. The measure was largely symbolic, aiming to create space for schools to engage on LGBTQ+ history without violating recent Florida laws https://t.co/D8yeYZBqaE
— Miami Freedom Project (@miami_freedom) September 19, 2024
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