Miami-Dade County School Board Rejects Proposal to Make October ‘LGBTQ History Month’
The Miami-Dade County School Board has rejected a proposal to deem October “LGBTQ History Month.”
The board made the 5-3 decision in a late-night session, around 1 a.m. Thursday morning.
The proposal said that celebrating “LGBQ History Month” would be a reminder “to all cultures within our wider community of the important roles that LGBTQ people have taken in shaping the social, historical, legal, and political worlds we live in today.”
Dozens of members of the community spoke both for and against the proposal.
According to a report from Politico, board member Lucia Baez-Geller argued in favor of the proposal, claiming that it was a “ceremonial” and “nonbinding” way to support LGBTQ students and families in the state.
