Glendale school board meeting draws police and more than 200 protesters arguing over LGBTQ protections, gender policy.
A furious debate over how gender identity should be taught to children and protected in schools unfolded on Tuesday, June 6 at the night meeting of theAt 5 p.m. a crowd of more than 200 gathered outside GUSD headquarters. The crowd stood in two physically and ideologically divided camps with a row of Glendale police officers between them. The protest swelled in size and intensity and police set up physical barriers between the two sides and around the building’s entrances.
Attendance at the meeting was capped at 75 public speakers who, over the course of several hours, shared their views on the district’s LGBTQ inclusive curriculum, on allowing students to select their own pronouns, and on transgender students’ access to bathrooms and locker rooms. A woman gestures after speaker for LGBTQ rights speaks about how gender and sexuality identity should be taught to children, and protected in schools prior to a school board meeting at the Glendale Unified School District offices in Glendale on Tuesday, June 6, 2023.
Families listen to speakers at the district offices as they talk about how gender and sexuality identity should be taught to children, and protected in schools prior to a school board meeting at the Glendale Unified School District offices in Glendale on Tuesday, June 6, 2023.
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