Loudoun School Board Urges Students to ‘Celebrate’ LGBTQ+ History in New Proclamation

Loudoun school board urges students to ‘celebrate’ LGBTQ+ history in new proclamation

Loudoun County Public Schools defends its LGBTQ+ History Month proclamation, saying it imposes no requirements on students despite encouraging staff and students to celebrate.

Loudoun County institutes LGBTQ MONTH in public schools

Loudoun County Public Schools has just declared October to be "LGBTQ+ History Month."

NEWS HEADLINES: School Makes BOLD ‘LGBTQ+’ October Declaration

Photo: lazyllama / Shutterstock Symbolic proclamations in public schools do real work: they set the boundaries of who belongs. When a school board names October “LGBTQ+ History Month,” it is not writing curriculum so much as drawing a circle around the school community and saying, explicitly, that LGBTQ students and staff are inside it. At a Glance Loudoun County Public Schools formally recognized October as LGBTQ+ History Month through a board …

Loudoun County Public Schools declares October 'LGBTQ+ History Month'

'Thousands of Loudoun families reject (LGBT) ideology and their beliefs are not bigotry, they are grounded in biology, faith, and common sense,' said one concerned parent.