Victory In California As Gov. Jerry Brown Signs LGBT History Bill
Victory In California As Gov. Jerry Brown Signs LGBT History Bill
#1Victory In California As Gov. Jerry Brown Signs LGBT History Bill
Posted: 7/14/11 at 3:27pm
Gov. Jerry Brown signed legislation Thursday that makes California the first state in the nation to require the inclusion of the contributions of gay, lesbian and transgender Americans in school history lessons and textbooks.
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http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/california-politics/2011/07/governor-signs-bill-requiring-textbooks-to-include-gay-accomplishments.html
My favorite headline is this one:
California Conservatives Lose Minds Over Gay History Law
http://www.deathandtaxesmag.com/117321/california-conservatives-lose-minds-over-gay-history-law/
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#2Victory In California As Gov. Jerry Brown Signs LGBT History Bill
Posted: 7/14/11 at 7:16pm
Good for the legislators who passed it and good for the guv.
From the article:
The governor’s decision was criticized by Benjamin Lopez of the Anaheim-based Traditional Values Coalition, who said the schools should be focusing on doing better on important skills such as reading, writing and math.
Kills me when some butthead says crap like that. As if schools couldn't possibly focus on the above AND honor the contributions of LGBT people at the same time. duh
#2Victory In California As Gov. Jerry Brown Signs LGBT History Bill
Posted: 7/14/11 at 7:27pmThis is a really great step.
#3Victory In California As Gov. Jerry Brown Signs LGBT History Bill
Posted: 7/14/11 at 7:40pm
So relieved.
I'd been trying all morning to call and encourage him to sign it, but the line was busy each time.
Best news today.
Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people. - Eleanor Roosevelt
#4Victory In California As Gov. Jerry Brown Signs LGBT History Bill
Posted: 7/14/11 at 7:52pmThis is a step in the right direction. Our history is American history. Hopefully, other states will follow suit.
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
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#5Victory In California As Gov. Jerry Brown Signs LGBT History Bill
Posted: 7/14/11 at 9:00pm
This is making our extreme right-wing neighbors' heads explode.
Good.
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