Illinois House votes to require LGBT history curriculum - be taught in schools

Posted: Mar 16th, 2019 - 3:54 pm

Lawmakers in the Illinois state House of Representatives voted Wednesday to approve a plan that includes historical figures in the LGBT civil rights movement in K-12 textbooks, NPR reported. The measure, which now heads to Gov. J.B. Pritzker's (D) desk for a signature, requires schools to include "the role and contributions of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people in the history of this country and this State" in official textbooks. Supporters of the rule say the measure is intended to reduce anti-LGBT bullying in schools by teaching students about the historical place of LGBT figures in American society.

read more at The Hill

LINK/URL: Illinois House votes to require LGBT history curriculum

Post A Reply Reply By Email Options

Use Rich Text Editor with Full Options CLOSE

Edit/Delete Message

Report this message

X CLOSE

Complete Discussion Below: (

marks the location of current message within thread)

Illinois House votes to require LGBT history curriculum - be taught in schools (Views: 337, 2019-03-16, 3:54 pm)
- You really cannot make this stuff up. - nm (Views: 193, 2019-03-16, 3:56 pm)
  - I can see it now. "The role and contributions of lesbian, - gay, bisexual and transgender (Views: 136, 2019-03-17, 4:09 am)
  - I hope parents can opt out on religious grounds. - nm (Views: 126, 2019-03-17, 4:36 am)
    - Guranteed Liberal Fascits will see any parent attempting - to do so. (Views: 119, 2019-03-17, 12:18 pm)
  - This country is going downhill fast. Washington State - passed a bill to keep Trump off the (Views: 127, 2019-03-17, 6:05 am)
    - Will it, really? Or will more states - demand just that as well? (Views: 197, 2019-03-17, 8:00 am)
      - Hehehe, it won't get to Supreme Court - Soon enough to save him (Views: 148, 2019-03-17, 8:17 am)
      - Why - Did not (Views: 135, 2019-03-17, 9:50 am)
  - this is sad. kids don't even know where babies come from - at that age (Views: 128, 2019-03-17, 9:38 am)
    - Don't follow the crowd on evil. Do what's right in spite of - what's popular. Wise men from long (Views: 115, 2019-03-17, 3:05 pm)
  - Poor little kids, they don't even know what heterosexual means, - much less homosexual. (Views: 119, 2019-03-17, 2:14 pm)
- Teaching homosexuality in elementary school? Go ahead, - steal a kid's childhood. Kids don't (Views: 223, 2019-03-16, 3:59 pm)
  - They are not "teaching homosexuality" - they are teaching history (Views: 158, 2019-03-16, 7:07 pm)
    - It is one thing to teach about history, but to teach a 5 - year old about someone based on SEXUALITY (Views: 119, 2019-03-17, 4:05 am)
    - BS. It's about pushing an agenda. Why even bring up - a person's sexuality? Alexander the (Views: 148, 2019-03-17, 4:37 am)
      - Sexual choice is NOT - sexuality (Views: 132, 2019-03-17, 10:01 am)
    - Lol...they don't teach that either - And would prefer to teach from (Views: 126, 2019-03-17, 7:48 am)
  - This is all to stick a finger in the eye of Judeo-Christian - beliefs. (Views: 249, 2019-03-17, 4:49 am)
  - someone here said they hope you can't opt out of this. - What if the same was said about teaching (Views: 191, 2019-03-17, 2:19 pm)
- Does that include John Wayne Gacy? - nm (Views: 210, 2019-03-16, 4:06 pm)
- Read this again, and imagine it is 50 years ago - and about African Americans (Views: 217, 2019-03-16, 7:03 pm)
  - What does African American have to do with sex? - It's like teaching great heterosexual (Views: 271, 2019-03-17, 4:01 am)
    - Next, they'll have a class called great African American - lesbians and LGBT throughout (Views: 179, 2019-03-17, 4:40 am)
    - It has nothing to do with sex but everything - to do with civil rights (Views: 172, 2019-03-17, 9:55 am)
      - This has nothing to do with civil rights. Teaching gay - history is not a civil right. (Views: 184, 2019-03-17, 2:19 pm)
    - The same thing that being LGBT does - it is - the reason they are discriminated against (Views: 135, 2019-03-17, 11:51 am)
  - Race has nothing to do with sexual orientation. Many - cultures think homosexuality is wrong. (Views: 136, 2019-03-17, 4:33 am)
  - The comprehension of discussion - And parallels is scary (Views: 108, 2019-03-17, 7:52 am)
- I hope parents can opt out of this. This is all based on - pushing an agenda. Comparing this (Views: 125, 2019-03-17, 4:15 am)
  - I hope they CAN'T opt out - They need it the most (Views: 162, 2019-03-17, 7:43 am)
    - You think "society" gets to decide what my children - are taught? Scary. (Views: 115, 2019-03-17, 9:33 am)
    - You hope they CAN'T opt out? Who are you to tell me - what my children should be taught (Views: 187, 2019-03-17, 2:09 pm)
- As per usual, hysteria abounds - Think about it---rationally (Views: 209, 2019-03-17, 7:40 am)