“Discrimination and homophobia have no place in our wonderful school district,” Jonas said. “That is not feelings, but a fact… You can have your parents’ rights and I’m not in any way saying you shouldn’t, but all I am saying is 'don’t touch mine, don’t touch my rights.'"Īnn-Marie Jonas, who called herself “unapologetically part of a two-mom family,” said a board of education that advocates for a curriculum that “deliberately omits same-sex families and LGBTQ people is discriminatory and homophobic. “Deeming an entire community of people as a sensitive topic is dangerous and dehumanizing,” Taylor Moses, a senior who is president of the high school’s Gender Sexuality Alliance, told the board on Thursday. The board has also formed a committee to review how Westwood implements the state's updated sex education and gender-identity curriculum, which has faced backlash from conservative parents around the state. It followed a month after a meeting where some board members complained that a teacher in the K-12 district had deviated from curriculum standards by raising the "sensitive topic" of LGBTQ parents. WESTWOOD - Dozens of local residents and teachers packed a five-hour meeting of the local school board Thursday night, rebuking board members who appeared to question the appropriateness of teaching about same-sex families.Īlmost 100 people attended the session at Westwood Regional High School. Watch Video: Teen sex in the age of social media
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