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sunoftheskye in ontd_political

Minnesota School District Reverses Homophobic Policy

Feb 12, 2009 19:38

For more than a decade, the Anoka-Hennepin School Board had a policy that forbade teachers and students from speaking about homosexuality, except to describe it as abnormal or invalid. But the board Monday approved a more inclusive policy after years of work by community members to make the district more accepting of all students.

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schmiss February 13 2009, 00:48:02 UTC

lawlz, wtf? Speaking as someone who went to school in Hennepin County up until my last few years of HS, I never once heard from a teacher that homosexuality was abnormal. Not in private school or public school. It may have been a rule, but it definitely wasn't enforced.

sunoftheskye February 13 2009, 00:50:03 UTC

Well they weren't forced to teach that it was abnormal. Just not allowed to say anything to the contrary.

schmiss February 13 2009, 00:51:51 UTC

Yeah but we learned about ~coming out~ and stuff in health class, or various GLBT people in art class (y halothar Georgia O'Keefe and Frida Kahlo) and they never said it was a bad thing.

boss_sister February 13 2009, 06:01:22 UTC

I'm familiar with Georgia O'Keefe's work but not her personal life. I Googled lightly, but I don't have time to really read anything in depth. Care to enlighten me?

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boyracer1211 February 13 2009, 01:02:39 UTC

I can't even imagine that as a rule and I went to Catholic schools, for god sakes!

allhatnocattle February 13 2009, 01:19:49 UTC

What year is this? Why are Americans just now making the progresses of 25years ago? Bizarre.

fargo_pixie February 13 2009, 15:28:01 UTC

Oh wow, thanks Minnesota. First the Red Wings game last night and now this.

fargo_pixie February 13 2009, 15:30:22 UTC

I was taught at schools in Ramsey County all my life, except for college. We had one of the most homophobic groups of students and a few of the faculty were as well. One of my friends who went there with me is gay and one of our teachers called his family to basically "out" him and to tell his family of the "unsavory" company he was keeping. I called him out about it at school, and told him he was a fucking asshole to his face and got suspended, but it was worth it.

rantingsocks February 13 2009, 16:04:08 UTC

Way to go Minnesota! :)
After seeing all the stupid bigoted stories about the GLBTQ, this makes me happy inside. Just a little.