Police officers separated groups of protesters and counterprotesters outside a Los Angeles elementary school that has become a flashpoint for Pride month events across California.
A woman draped in Pride flags is surrounded by people protesting a planned Pride month outside Saticoy Elementary School in Los Angeles, Friday, June 2, 2023. Police officers separated groups of protesters and counter protesters Friday outside a Los Angeles elementary school that has become a flashpoint for Pride month events across California.
Los Angeles Unified School District Board Member Kelly Gonez said the assembly went on without issue. It included a reading of “The Great Big Book of Families,” which includes details about different family structures including single parents, LGBTQ+ parents, grandparents and foster parents, she said.
Outside the school, protesters against the assembly outnumbered those who were there in support. Some protesters identified themselves as parents of students in the district but would not give their full names during interviews, saying they had agreed not to, as a group, citing safety concerns. Broadly, they said they felt elementary school was too young to discuss LGBTQ+ issues.
Earlier this week, the school district's teachers union issued a statement saying that no educator should have to go to work in fear.
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