LGBTQ in Education

By brittanspeck

  • January 2012

    January 2012
    FAIR Education Act enacted following 2011 passage.

  • April 2014

    OFC convenes and leads FAIR Education Act Coalition for curriculum revision work.

  • August 2014

    Committee of LGBTQ History publishes "Making the Framework FAIR" guiding K-12 curriculum revision.

  • July 2016

    July 2016
    CA Department of Education passes new, LGBTQ-inclusive frameworks for state's K-12 curriculum.

  • September 2017

    Instructional Quality Committee accepts FAIR Education Coalition recommendations and proposes only inclusive texts.

  • November 2017

    CA Department of Education makes history, approving only LGBTQ-includes K-12 history and social science textbooks for use in CA schools.

  • July 2017

    July 2017
    OFC convenes FAIR Education Implementation Coalition for textbook review and advocacy.

  • August 2017

    August 2017
    FAIR Education Coalition provides detailed revisions to ensure the many textbooks lacking LGBTQ content include it.

  • Today

    Today
    Schools boards across the nation are selecting textbooks, and preparing teachers to teach LGBTQ-inclusive history.