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The Los Angeles Unified School District, the second largest school district in the United States, offered its teachers a calendar with year-round “queer and trans-affirming” activities and lesson plans for K–12 students in Los Angeles, Calif., since the 2020–21 school year. (Screenshot via Los Angeles Unified School District) The Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD)—the second largest school district in the United States—offered its teachers a calendar with year-round “queer and trans-affirming” activities and lesson plans for K–12 students.
First introduced during the 2020–2021 school year, the “Queer All School Year” calendar lists monthly activities instructors can use in their classrooms to show that “LAUSD’s got pride all year long.”
The publicly accessible document recently gained media attention after being reported June 30 by Parents Defending Education —a national nonprofit aimed at “empowering parents to advocate for classrooms that educate—not indoctrinate,” according to its website. Start the Year With a ‘Rainbow Club’
The calendar suggests teachers kick off the school year in August by creating a genders-sexualities alliance (GSA) or a “rainbow club” on campus and provides links to a 10-step guide by the national GSA Network on how to form a club and register it with the larger network.
In 2016, the network changed its acronym’s meaning from “gay-straight alliance” to “genders-sexualities alliance” in order to “moved beyond the labels of gay and straight, and the limits of a binary gender system,” according to a statement .
The district’s 10-week virtual “rainbow club” for K–5 students this year kicked off on Sept. 7 ( pdf ), meeting on Wednesdays in the afternoon. A poster for the Los Angeles Unified School District’s 10-week virtual “rainbow club,” or LGBTQ+ club, for K–5 students in Fall 2022. (Screenshot via Los Angeles Unified School District) “While many LGBTQ+ inclusive school supports begin in middle or high […]
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