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What is LGBTQ History month and why did a Miami school board change its mind about it?
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LGBTQ History Month celebrates 31 days of education and recognition of the LGBTQ civil rights movement. A school board in Miami voted against the month-long observance, after approving it last year.
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MIAMI (AP) — The Miami-Dade School Board overwhelming decided against recognizing October as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer History month which included a measure to teach 12th graders about two Supreme Court cases affecting the LGBTQ community.
The school board member who initially sponsored the measure, which had already overwhelmingly passed once before, said she was “extremely saddened” by the vote.
The Miami-Dade school board voted down a proposal Wednesday that would have recognized October as LGBTQ History Month, citing Florida's Parental Rights in Education law.
After listening to more than three hours of angry debate, with one side likening the measure to student indoctrination and the other talking about how Nazis ostracized gays and lesbians with a pink triangle, the Miami-Dade School Board voted late Wednesday evening to slap down a measure recognizing …
LGBTQ History Month celebrates 31 days of education and recognition of the LGBTQ civil rights movement. A school board in Miami voted against the month-long observance, after approving it last year.
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