![]() ![]() Jones said they believe LGBTQ+ topics are appropriate to teach at elementary school. “If I’m going to go to a Pride parade, then I’m going to show up for a Pride protest.” “I just don’t stand for that in my community,” Jones said. Ray Jones, who uses the pronoun they, said they are a drag queen in North Hollywood and does not have children in the school, but thought it was important to show up to support queer visibility. “It has to do with where he is in development,” she said. She joined the protest against the assembly and said it was “frustrating” that the school didn’t tell parents about the topic ahead of time.Īldana said she did not feel it was age-appropriate for elementary school, but added that she thought it would be fine for when her son is in middle school. ![]() Broadly, they said they felt elementary school was too young to discuss LGBTQ+ issues.Īrielle Aldana, whose six-year-old son attends Saticoy, said she didn’t know about the assembly until she dropped him off at school Friday morning. Some protesters identified themselves as parents of students in the district but would not give their full names during interviews, saying they had agreed not to, as a group, citing safety concerns. Protesters against the assembly outnumbered those who were there in support. It’s not clear who started the page, which also includes phone numbers and email addresses for district and school officials, urging parents to call them to protest the event. Some people threw punches but their identity was unclear, the Times reported, leading officers to jump in to stop the fighting.Ī social media page had urged parents to keep their children home the day the school was holding the assembly. According to reporters with the Los Angeles Times, the scene outside the school devolved into violence as protesters against the assembly chanted anti-gay slurs and LGBTQ+ advocates tried to block the protesters from advancing. On Friday, people protesting the event gathered outside wearing T-shirts emblazoned with “Leave our kids alone” and carrying signs with slogans such as “Parental Choice Matters” and “No Pride in Grooming”. The event included a reading of The Great Big Book of Families, which includes details about different family structures including single parents, LGBTQ+ parents, grandparents and foster parents, said Kelly Gonez, a member of the Los Angeles unified school district board. ![]()
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