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Related: About this forumState of Washington to require LGBT+ history to be taught in schools
https://www.seattletimes.com/education-lab/what-to-know-about-was-law-requiring-lgbtq-history-in-public-schools/Yes!
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State of Washington to require LGBT+ history to be taught in schools (Original Post)
shenmue
Mar 2024
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70sEraVet
(4,136 posts)1. Amazing what a little education can do!
In schools where students learned about LGBTQ+ people, history and events, LGBTQ+ students were less likely to hear homophobic or transphobic remarks and less likely to miss school because they felt unsafe, according to a 2021 national survey from GLSEN, an LGBTQ+ education advocacy group. Those students also had better mental health and academic performance, the survey found.
Additionally, LGBTQ+ middle and high school students who learned about LGBTQ+ history or people in class reported lower rates of suicide attempts in the last year, according to a 2023 study from the Trevor Project, a suicide prevention organization for LGBTQ+ youth.
Additionally, LGBTQ+ middle and high school students who learned about LGBTQ+ history or people in class reported lower rates of suicide attempts in the last year, according to a 2023 study from the Trevor Project, a suicide prevention organization for LGBTQ+ youth.
(Same article)
cbabe
(4,130 posts)2. Funding? Indigenous curriculum required but funding not allocated. So it wasn't widely implemented.
Chi67
(1,101 posts)3. This is great!
It should indeed be required. Kids deserve to learn history- all of it.
AllaN01Bear
(23,006 posts)5. this . all of it .
AllaN01Bear
(23,006 posts)4. love it.