The Ruth Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts, a public arts high school in San Francisco, will soon be offering an LGBT history class. The planned course will cover the Stonewall riots, the AIDS crisis and marriage equality.
“This is history. This is an experience that happened,” said teacher Lyndsey Schlax. “How can we not teach history? That’s what we do.”
Out reported that Schlax is hard at work creating a lesson plan for the class. The curriculum will cover seminal moments in LGBT history such as the Stonewall riots, the AIDS crisis and the ongoing fight for marriage equality. Schlax will also look at the effect LGBT people have had on historical events, as well as the way they are portrayed in pop culture.
“Or, how did World War II help create the gay enclave in San Francisco?” Schlax said. “It has to do with how the war ended — people ending up in San Francisco after. People finding each other. People not necessarily wanting to return.”
