The Glendale Unified School District office was again the scene of violence as dueling groups protested over the teaching of gender and sexuality and whether it has a place in the classroom.
“These things, folks, will create long-lasting divisions in our Glendale community,” she said, “that may never be repaired.”, resulting in the arrests of three people, as the board met to vote on recognizing June as Pride Month. The recognition was unanimously approved. At least 30 Glendale police officers stood across the building’s parking lot prior to the meeting, monitoring the gathering groups. Wooden striped barriers and rolls of fluorescent crowd-control wire were stacked in the center of the parking lot.
Unlike at the June 6 meeting, which was dominated by pro-LGBTQ+ speakers, Tuesday’s speakers were more evenly split. Some railed against school board members and equated inclusion of LGBTQ+-related teaching materials to pedophilia; others thanked the board for its support of LGBTQ+ students. Prior to Tuesday’s meeting, an anti-LGBTQ+ group that says it represent parents of district students, GUSD Parents’ Voices, urged its followers to attend, as it had for the June 6 meeting. In a post on Twitter, they were urged to speak during public comments “to protest for parents’ rights.”“We are committed to ongoing, active participation and engagement in matters concerning our children’s education and the protection of our LGBTQ+ neighbors,” the group said in a statement.
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