Re: 'Protect Trans Rights': Queer Infected School Districts Celebrate Pride Month With Drag Shows, LGBTQ Assemblies

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School districts in Washington, Michigan, Oregon, California and New 
Hampshire are using drag shows, parades, assemblies and proclamations to 
celebrate the LGBTQ community during Pride month.
A school district in New Hampshire used $4,000 in COVID-19 relief funds to 
pay for “drag performers” and “Pride decorations and swag” at its high 
school Pride event.
“Public schools have pushed very unpopular ideas about sex and gender 
under the guise of ‘inclusion,’ when in reality, public schools have 
become less open to diversity of thought. These Pride celebrations are, 
unfortunately, not about treating people with respect or dignity. Rather, 
they signal to kids and families that only one narrative or viewpoint on 
sex and gender is welcome in schools,” Alex Nester, research fellow at 
Parents Defending Education, an organization focused on parental rights, 
told the Daily Caller News Foundation.
School districts across the country are using drag shows, parades, 
assemblies and proclamations to celebrate LGBTQ Pride month.

Some school districts that are promoting the events throughout the month 
of June are located in Washington, Oregon, California and New Hampshire. 
The Pride celebrations are a part of the growing push to expand lessons on 
gender identity and sexual orientation into the classroom, education 
advocates told the Daily Caller News Foundation.

“Public schools have pushed very unpopular ideas about sex and gender 
under the guise of ‘inclusion,’ when in reality, public schools have 
become less open to diversity of thought,” Alex Nester, research fellow at 
Parents Defending Education, an organization focused on parental rights, 
told the Daily Caller News Foundation. “These Pride celebrations are, 
unfortunately, not about treating people with respect or dignity. Rather, 
they signal to kids and families that only one narrative or viewpoint on 
sex and gender is welcome in schools.”

In Oregon, Eugene School District 4J hosted a “Pride Fest” on June 2 that 
included several activities such as a drag show and a clothing swap, 
according to a social media post. The event was sponsored by several 
groups including Planned Parenthood, HIV Alliance and Queer Eugene, a 
local non-profit group working to support “queer folks,” the school 
district calendar reads.

“Enjoy some free and purchasable goodies, participate in activities hosted 
by 4J GSAs [Gay Straight Alliance club] and affinity groups, receive 
LGBTQIA+ resources from community organizations, watch some amazing queer 
performances by students and community members, and so much more,” the 
district calendar reads. “The first 1,000 students will receive a rainbow 
goodie bag with some fun rainbow swag!”

Manchester School District in New Hampshire received $4,000 in COVID-19 
relief funds to pay for “drag performers” and “Pride decorations and swag” 
at its June 2 high school Pride event. The event featured food, music, 
LGBTQ+ affirming organizations and a photo booth.

Student members of GSA clubs at Muskegon High School, Ravenna High School 
and Oakridge High School, located in Michigan, decorated a float for the 
town’s June 3 Pride festival that includes drag performances and 
children’s activities, according to ABC 13 News. Students painted posters 
that read “protect trans rights” and “love is love” while being surrounded 
with mini Pride flags.

The “Grand Marshall” of the Pride festival is a “drag warrior and queer 
member icon,” ABC 13 News reported.

“We are preparing decorations for the Pride Parade,” Ethan Brewer, a 
Muskegon sophomore, told the outlet. “We have a bunch of pins and flags. 
I’m really excited for the Pride Parade and how it’s going to look. It’s 
really exciting. I’ve never been to a Pride Parade before.”

“Those fighting to keep drag shows as part of a K-12 public school 
curriculum further underscores what the fight in education is really about 
today,” Tiffany Justice and Tina Descovich, co-founders of Moms for 
Liberty, a coalition of parents fighting for transparency in education, 
told the DCNF. “It comes down to this: Are parents in charge of what their 
kids are exposed to and taught? Or is that something for a government 
employee to decide for them? We believe parents are in the driver’s seat 
of their child’s education – especially as minors in a taxpayer funded 
public school system. And parents want schools focused on reading, writing 
and arithmetic – not divisive social issues like transgenderism.”

A girl waves a flag as people gather in front of the Minneapolis First 
Precinct during a Pride march on June 28, 2020 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. 
(Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

Seattle Public Schools, the largest school system in the state of 
Washington, is joining other organizations such as Seattle Pride, a group 
that promotes “LGBTQIA+ pride events,” to march in an annual “family 
friendly” Pride parade on June 25, the district told the DCNF. Only staff 
members used to march in the parade, but now students, families and school 
board members participate as well, the district website reads.

A group of parents within the Los Angeles Unified School District planned 
a protest in response to a Pride assembly held June 2 at Saticoy 
Elementary school that included the reading of “The Great Big Book of 
Families,” which discusses different family dynamics including same-sex 
parents, according to the Los Angeles Daily News. The parents alleged in a 
social media post that the assembly was set to include a video explaining 
to elementary students that “some kids have two mommies, some kids have 
two daddies.”

“Los Angeles Unified remains committed to maintaining a safe, inclusive 
and supportive environment for all students,” a Los Angeles Unified School 
District spokesperson told the DCNF. “We are also committed to ensuring 
diversity and inclusivity, in accordance with California’s 
nondiscrimination laws, so that all students feel empowered to realize 
their greatest potential. This includes the recognition of the diverse 
communities that we serve. We remain steadfast in our mission to educate 
and prepare our students to thrive with the skills and knowledge to be 
ready for the world.”

In another California school district, Elk Grove Unified School Board 
voted to adopt a proclamation that deemed June as Pride month district-
wide, according to CBS News. The adopted resolution notes that students 
who transition genders “have the right to have their names, pronouns, 
facility needs and participation in school athletics and activities be 
affirmed in their schools.”

The Chula Vista Elementary School Board of Directors in California voted 
to fly a Pride flag in front of its headquarters throughout the month in 
an effort to “inspire equity, create alliances, celebrate diversity and 
establish a safe environment in our schools and community,” the San Diego 
Union-Tribune reported. The flag will also fly in October, which has been 
deemed LGBTQ history month.

“Our primary objective in this meeting is to bring forth a stronger item 
that provides comprehensive support and protection for our LGBTQIA+ youth 
in the Chula Vista School District,” Francisco Tamayo, vice president of 
the board, said at the meeting, according to the Tribune.

Katonah-Lewisboro School District in New York announced that a rainbow 
flag will be flown in recognition of Pride month outside of each of its 
five schools, which includes one high school, one middle school and three 
elementary schools.

“In June, you can expect to see Pride flags outside each of our schools,” 
Andrew Selesnick, superintendent of Katonah-Lewisboro School District, 
said in a statement to the families which was shared with the DCNF. “We 
thank you in advance for joining in our efforts to assure that every 
student and adult feels a strong sense of belonging, every day.”

In Rhode Island, Moses Brown School is promoting a Pride parade on June 5 
led by the “Lower School Rainbow Families affinity group” to “show pride 
and support for the LGBTQ+ community at [the] school,” an announcement 
showed. Attendees of the parade will receive Pride buttons, stickers and 
signs.

The parade begins at Moses Brown’s Lower School, which is for Pre-K-4 
grade students, according to the announcement.

On May 20, Montgomery County Public Schools in Maryland held a “Pride Town 
Hall” that featured “activities for elementary students and community 
building for middle and high school students,” the school website read. 
Different groups attended the event including “MoCo Pride Youth,” a group 
of middle and high school students working for a more LGBTQ inclusive 
environment, and “MoCo Reconnect,” an organization working to make LGBTQ 
students feel safe, according to a school social media post.

Books displayed at the “Pride Town Hall” included “Growing up Trans,” a 
collection of stories and poetry by transgender kids 11-18 years old, and 
“Middle School’s A Drag, You Better Werk!,” a book about a 13-year-old who 
signs on to a junior talent agency as an aspiring drag queen, the 
district’s social media post showed.

“From teaching students ‘neopronouns’ like ‘xe/xir’ to displaying asexual 
Pride flags, schools are signaling that they do not care about families 
with traditional views,” Nester told the DCNF. “They do not care about 
teaching kids to treat everyone with dignity. And clearly they’d rather 
focus on these efforts than academic achievement.”

Eugene School District 4J, Muskegon High School, Elk Grove Unified School 
District, Chula Vista Elementary School District, Katonah-Lewisboro School 
District, Moses Brown School, Montgomery County Public Schools, Ravenna 
High School and Oakridge High School did not immediately respond to the 
DCNF’s request for comment.

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