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"Several protests against anti-LGBTQ+ policies have been cropping up across the country. Students and teachers alike have been standing up against discrimination towards LGBTQ+ community members.

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"Thanks to the power of social media, it's become increasingly harder for schools to hide their anti-LGBTQ+ policies and the lawsuits they will fight to the bitter end at a huge cost to taxpayers or private school budgets.

"Meanwhile, not being homophobic or transphobic is free."

-- Sam Spadafore, "Students Stage Massive Walkout After Lesbian Teacher Is 'Marched Off Campus' Over 'Safe Space' Sticker", 2021-09-24 [caveat: that page is really difficult to read in a desktop browser because of how much space is takn up by ads and how the text jumps around, and gets blanked and redrawn when scrolling. It's much easier to read in the version that gets shown on a phone screen]

"A 'neutral space' does not equate to a 'safe space' for students. By removing symbols of solidarity, you are sending the message that LGBTQIA students, ideas, and perspectives are not welcome in the school.

"You are asking them to leave a crucial part of their identity at home."

-- Sophia Kwong Myers (SophiaKMyers), 2021-09-22 (quoted in the article referenced above)

"Treating our LGBTQ.. communities like they are a biased point of view is inherently taking a homophobic point of view. Because straight is considered the 'default', preventing queer expression isn't neutral, but discriminatory and hateful." -- Christian Ritchie (xianritchie), 2021-09-22 (quoted in the article referenced above)