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[–] Asafum@feddit.nl 44 points 1 month ago (2 children)

They're also admitting that they don't teach anything about LGBTQ+ at all in any realm. Not health class, civics, history, art, nothing.

[–] GalacticGrapefruit@lemmy.world 22 points 1 month ago (5 children)

I had friends raised in Utah. This is true. You might get a week-long unit at the high school, but otherwise, unless you have a GSA club, LGBTQ+ history is muffled.

But oohhhh, they'll talk about Pioneer History every year in History class.

[–] ivanafterall@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago

And by Pioneer History, they mean Mormon-church approved Mormon history.

[–] Sweetpeaches69@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

We should do something about the Mormons.

[–] ZeffSyde@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Honest question: is there any other state/region in the world where a cult has unbridled power?

Utah boggles my mind.

[–] Natanox@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 month ago

Iran. North Korea. Russia.

"Congratulations" for joining that party.

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

They didn't teach anything LGBTQ+ related in NJ schools from the 90's to 00's that I remember.

[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

To be fair, the LaserActive was a pretty cool system.

[–] mizuki@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 1 month ago

As a high schooler in Utah, this is true. There's essentially zero mention of the community even existing, except for certain classes where it inevitably comes up (like current issues), and even then only certain teachers will approach those topics, and it's definitely not part of their curriculum.