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More States Weigh How to Address LGBT History in Public Classrooms

Laws under consideration in New York and elsewhere aim to highlight the contributions of LGBT people

Many of New York City’s public schools have voluntarily implemented LGBT-history curricula.

By Ben Chapman

| Photographs by Ariel Zambelich

June 2, 2023 11:00 am ET

LGBT history is becoming the latest hot-button topic of debate in public education, with states diverging over whether students should be taught lessons pertaining to the past struggles of gay people.

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