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NYC Education Bill May Add LGBTs To The Three R’s

On the same day that bigots failed to overturn California’s LGBT-inclusive public school curriculum law, openly gay Queens City Council Member Daniel Dromm announced a resolution asking the Department of Education to implement a curriculum and acquire textbooks so that city schools can turn all their students into Chaz Bono teach key moments and figures in LGBT history.

Will the classes cover the Cooper Donut Riot or the Dewey’s Lunch Counter Sit In? Maybe Queerty will become a classroom resource—that’d be a hoot.

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