Though the police claimed the bar was operating with an improper liquor license, the raid was about nothing more than violently harassing and arresting LGBTQ people in one of the few places where they felt safe. Why does Pride Month take place in June? It goes back to June 28, 1969, when police raided a gay club called the Stonewall Inn in New York. During a White House briefing on May 31, President Joe Biden proclaimed June 2022 as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Intersex Pride Month. As with past years, you can also join the celebration virtually. 2022 marks the 52nd celebration of Pride Month, and you can participate by attending festivals and parades. Hannah Wankel, Doss Elementary’s assistant principal, has a Twitter account absolutely littered with posts about gay pride and pride week at the school.Pride Month events are taking place across the country throughout June so people can come together in support of the LGBTQ communities. The Austin Independent School District (AISD) places a major focus on the LGBTQ+ community, even at their elementary schools where children do not even need to be learning about sexuality whatsoever.ĪISD made a very big deal on their Twitter account of promoting their pride week’s “Pride Out” party, with an attached flyer encouraging students to go to the school’s front office to get “pride stickers, posters, flags, pronoun buttons and more!”Įvery year, to celebrate LGBTQIA+ students, staff & families Austin ISD hosts its own Pride Week, a time to highlight the district’s commitment to creating a safe, supportive, inclusive environment. The school that hosted this recent grooming event is Doss Elementary School, located in the very liberal area of Austin, TX. The assistant principal posted this video of a pride parade in school to her Twitter account. I knew she would delete it so I saved it. Watch the video of the elementary school gay pride parade below. Fortunately, others had already captured a copy. The assistant principal at the school, Hannah Wankel, posted a video of the parade to her Twitter account, then deleted it shortly after. An attempt by any school district employee to encourage or coerce a child to withhold information from the child’s parent is grounds for discipline.”
What would five-year-olds be discussing that should be kept a secret? Certainly nothing that’s an appropriate conversation for kids of their age to be having, especially in school.Īs a matter of fact, Texas state law states that “A parent is entitled to full information regarding the school activities of a parent’s child. Thus, these kids are being told to keep everything that was discussed a secret, even from their parents.
In the instructional documents provided for faculty to lead these discussions, it tells them to continuously remind the children that the conversations they have in the room are not to be told to anyone. (Article by Amber Crawford republished from )Īccording to documents posted online, children as young as five – and possibly even younger – were also made to participate in “community circles” to discuss sexuality, LGBTQ+ experience, and subjects that have no place in an elementary school classroom. A video taken inside the school shows children being made to march through the halls with rainbow signs and flags in their elementary’s own gay pride parade, some chanting “Pride! Pride! Pride!” An elementary school in Austin, Texas held a pride parade in its halls during a ‘Pride Week’ which the school reportedly did not inform the parents was happening.