California students walk out en masse in protest of school board’s anti-LGBTQ+ policies
The school board’s latest attack was to ban Pride flags, which one parent said represented “the devil.”
By Greg Owen Monday for LGBTQ Nation –
Over a hundred students walked out of class at Great Oak High School in Temecula on Friday to protest a wave of anti-LGBTQ+ policies implemented by the local school board, despite warnings they’d be disciplined.
Well over a hundred students ignored the warning and left campus amid defiant chants.
“On Wednesday, the school sent out an email saying anyone who participated would be punished,” Moxxie Childs, a student who helped organize the protest, told KABC 7.
“So I was worried that we wouldn’t have as much of the numbers, but we got a pretty big turnout.”
The Temecula students earned a shout-out from California Lt. Gov. Eleni Koulanakis, who tweeted, “Proud of these California students who refuse to standby while their peers are the subjects of hateful attacks. In California we will always stand for equality and acceptance.”
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Students stage a walkout at Great Oaks High School in Temecula
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