Edmonds senator wants LGBTQ+ history taught in public schools

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Public schools must integrate instruction about the contributions and perspectives of LGBTQ+ people into their curricula under legislation the Washington state Senate approved on Wednesday.

Senate Bill 5462 passed on a mostly party-line vote following a brief floor debate in which Democrats said LGBTQ+ students need to know of trailblazing LGBTQ+ individuals. Republicans countered that the goal can be achieved without a state mandate.

“We need to tell the stories of the people that have led the way in the progress we have made,” said Sen. Marko Liias, D-Edmonds, the bill’s prime sponsor and one of the Legislature’s LGBTQ+ members.

“We are among the pioneers in this room and our state is a pioneer and we need to tell those stories,” he said. “That’s what this bill would do in our public schools.”

https://www.heraldnet.com/news/edmonds-senator-wants-lgbtq-history-taught-in-public-schools/

I hear right wing heads exploding.

[walkingman]

1. We need more aggressive Dems like this in Texas. Break the

Bible Belt hold on State Government and allow all citizens to have equal freedom.

BTW - out of curiosity I looked up what the "+" in LGBTQ+ actually means.....

LGBTQQIP2SAA - The term stands for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, intersex, pansexual, two-spirit, asexual, and ally.

“P” stands for pansexual: A term that describes a person who may have a physical, emotional, or romantic attraction to people of any gender.

I know a lady that identifies as pansexual and had no idea what it meant. Now I do.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

2. First time I ever heard the term pansexual was Frank Zappa's "Joe's Garage" album

It's been around a while.