Washington makes school curriculum more 'inclusive' by adding LGBTQ+ history
When students "feel a connection to what they’re learning, they do better," said Democratic Sen. Marko Liias.
March 19, 2024
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Teachers are tired of the culture wars — and many support LGBTQ+ curricula, Pew survey finds
If there's one thing teachers can agree on, it's that government overreach has gone too far.
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Democrats Introduce Bill to Support LGBTQ & Women’s History in Schools
The bill comes at a time when Republicans are trying to erase and rewrite certain histories.
June 22, 2023
GOP Candidate Slammed for His Schools' Homophobic Curriculums
A new attack ad blasts the Trump-endorsed Republican gubernatorial candidate's extremist private school curriculum that compares queer people to "child molesters and rapists."
October 7, 2022
New Jersey Schools Begin LGBTQ-Inclusive Curriculum
Twelve schools have kicked off the pilot program, which will go into effect statewide this fall.
January 9, 2020
Massachusetts Schools Roll Out Comprehensive LGBT Curriculum
Teachers assembled lessons that will include LGBT history and explore the works of writers like Willa Cather and Langston Hughes.
April 25, 2018
Illinois Senate Votes to Require LGBT History Curriculum in Schools
If the bill passes the House and is signed by the governor, it would make Illinois the second state with such a mandate.
May 4, 2018
Hundreds of Parents Pull Kids From School to Protest LGBTQ Curriculum
The California parents object to their kids learning about the accomplishments of LGBTQ Americans.
May 8, 2019
California senate passes measure to include LGBT history in school curriculum
The California senate passed a bill Thursday that would make the historical contributions of LGBT Americans part of the public-school curriculum in the state.
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ACLU and LGBTQ+ groups defend Maryland schools' LGBTQ+ curriculum in Supreme Court filing
The battle over LGBTQ+ inclusion in school curricula is heating up at the U.S. Supreme Court with several rights groups filing amicus briefs in support of a Maryland school district.
April 16, 2025
Educators Must Offer Alternatives to the White, Hetero Narrative
We need a public school curriculum that reflects all our stories.
August 17, 2020
Teacher Threatened Over LGBTQ Lessons at U.K. School
Anderton Park Primary School in Birmingham, England, has seen protests over the curriculum for weeks.
May 21, 2019
New Jersey Mayor Calls LGBTQ Movement 'Affront to Almighty God'
A new state law requiring an LGBTQ-inclusive public school curriculum has Mayor Alfonso Cirulli's hackles up.
August 9, 2019
NYC Schools Are Making LGBTQ History a Priority
The inclusive curriculum has finally won support - showing how far the school system has come since efforts in the early 1990s.
January 17, 2019
Teaching Kids About LGBTQ People Is Not Sex Education, It's Equality
A California school district was rocked by an LGBTQ-inclusive curriculum, but GLSEN's Eliza Byard says all children deserve to know the accomplishments of different people.
May 14, 2019
Georgia hearing: Only anti-trans proponents allowed to speak; those against raise hands
In a hearing in Georgia on Senate Bill 88, a bill that restricts LGBTQ+ curriculum in schools, Republicans only allowed people from Gays Against Groomers and Log Cabin Republicans to speak.
February 16, 2024
California School District Agrees to Inclusive Textbooks, Avoids $1.5M Fine
In Temecula, where a school board member called Harvey Milk a pedophile, the board has adopted a new social studies curriculum but will review and maybe rewrite materials about Milk and the LGBTQ+ rights movement.
July 25, 2023
Kamala Harris Gives Fiery Speech About Florida Whitewashing History of Slavery
“To debate whether enslaved people benefited from slavery — are you kidding me?” she said.
July 21, 2023
Why LGBTQ+ history matters
Opinion: "When we present young people with a version of history from which they are completely absent, they have trouble envisioning a positive future for themselves," writes Lambda Legal CEO Kevin Jennings.
March 17, 2025