SAN FRANCISCO – As the California Department of Education goes into its public process to update the state’s K-12 History-Social Science Framework, the Committee on Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) History has released Making the Framework FAIR: California History-Social Science Framework Proposed LGBT Revisions Related to the FAIR Education Act. In 2011, the FAIR…
The FAIR Education Act (SB 48) requires all schools in California to include LGBT history as a part of its curriculum. Despite the overwhelming benefits of including lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender education throughout the state’s schools, an anti-gay group called Stop SB 48 has aimed to put an end to the state’s initiative. Previously,…
Recently passed in California’s state Senate, and now officially signed into legislation, the FAIR (Fair, Accurate, Inclusive and Respectful) Education Act has shown immediate promise to protect marginalized teens in public schools, ensuring students have the opportunity to learn about all spectrums of LGBT people, the disabled, and members of other cultural groups. Up until…
