California lawmakers have passed a bill that would require public schools to include lessons about the historical contributions of gays and lesbians in their curriculum. | TPM
SB48 would broadly require schools to provide general instruction and textbooks that include information on the contributions of “Native Americans, African Americans, Mexican Americans, Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders, European Americans, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender Americans, persons with disabilities, and other ethnic and cultural groups.”
It would also prohibit lessons from containing any material that “reflects adversely upon persons because of their race, sex, color, creed, handicap, national origin, or ancestry.” [read more]
I’m sure I should have a more nuanced reaction to this, such as that we shouldn’t have had to vote on a bill to make this happen, that we should have been doing this from the start…
but…
(Source: pantslessprogressive)
