Perspective | LGBTQ+ teens won a grant for their school. Adults sent the money back.
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The Lynchburg school board rejected a grant teens won from It Gets Better, a nonprofit founded to prevent LGBTQ+ youth suicide.

The applicants made it clear the space wouldn’t be just for LGBTQ+ students. It would be for anyone who needs to “just breathe for a second,” said one of the students who confronted the adults Nov. 14.

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The grant asks for just one thing — that they identify the sponsors, something that every grant does, one school board member reminded the room. In this case, it would be with one simple phrase anywhere in the space: “It Gets Better.”

  • silence7@slrpnk.netOP
    7·
    11 months ago

    Is hope indoctrination?

    “I don’t know where this started that it’s going to be indoctrination and talk about sexuality,” said Sharon Carter, one of only two school board members who voted in favor of the grant that night.

    • Motavader@lemmy.world
      4·
      11 months ago

      Ooohh, ok, I misunderstood what you meant. I thought you were referring to one of the troglodytes who voted to reject the funds… that they had an opinion worth reading. Got it!

      • NeverNudeNo13@lemmings.world
        6·
        11 months ago

        No no… this is the dissenting opinion I was referring to…

        “We as a board are making it more controversial than it has to be,” said board member Anthony Andrews, who complimented the kids for doing exactly what we want our young people to do: show leadership and initiative, identify problems and find solutions. “If we vote no on this, we send the message that we don’t trust the students."