The Miami-Dade County School Board rejected a proposal to recognize October as LGBTQ+ history month after a contentious 13-hour meeting that extended into the early hours of Thursday morning.
June is already recognized across the US as Pride Month celebrating the LGBTQ+ community, while October is when the community’s history is marked. Other speakers argued that the recognition would provide a welcoming atmosphere to LGBTQ+ kids and that rejecting the proposal would foment homophobia.Opponents asserted that matters of sexual orientation and gender identity should be introduced to kids by their parents rather than public school teachers and administrators.Tensions ran high at the packed meeting, with several backers and opponents — including members of the right-wing Proud Boys group — gathering outside.
In backing the bill, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis argued that the material is age inappropriate for young children and that parents should have ultimate control over when they are introduced to it.Florida Gov. Ron DeSantisHe also rejected accusations that opposition to the proposal was rooted in hostility to the LGBTQ community.
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