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
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The bill comes at a time when Republicans are trying to erase and rewrite certain histories.
Programs on sex education and LGBT issues have come under fire from the conservative preacher.
A bill before the San Francisco board of education would terminate the Junior ROTC program in the city's high schools because it discriminates against gay students.
A Facebook post about a transgender employee at the U.S. Space and Rocket Center’s educational program has led to far-right attacks from Libs of TikTok, Sen. Tommy Tuberville and others.
In public office since the earliest days of the AIDS crisis, U.S. Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) served as chairman of the House Subcommittee on Health and the Environment and became one of the most vocal advocates for increased federal spending on the disease during the budget tug-of-war of the 1980s. More recently, his office has turned its efforts to scrutinizing President Bush's federal funding for abstinence-only-until-marriage sex education programs, releasing a report that sharply criticizes their curricula as false and misleading. Gay.com's Benjamin Ryan talked to the congressman about Presidents Reagan's and George H.W. Bush's response to the outbreak, what we should have done to curb the spread of AIDS, how to curb anti-condom politics, and more.
These young people have the tools necessary to link their peers with resources to access PrEP medications.
The school has been just fine since 1960, but conservatives see an opportunity to transform the liberal arts school from the inside out.