California Governor Jerry Brown signed legislation today that would require state schools in include gay history in the curriculum. "The legislation, authored by Sen. Mark Leno, D-San Francisco, was approved in the Legislature along party lines, with Democrats in favor and Republicans opposed. The governor's office announced this morning that Brown had signed the bill," reports Sacramento Bee. This would include queer studies, if you will, into social sciences along with education about "disabilities and members of other cultural groups."
Leno's Senate Bill 48 comes on the heels of Prop 8, California's discriminatory same-sex marriage ban, which passed by voters in 2008.
"Denying LGBT people their rightful place in history gives our young people an inaccurate and incomplete view of the world around them," Leno added. "I am pleased Governor Brown signed the FAIR Education Act and I thank him for recognizing that the LGBT community, its accomplishments and its ongoing efforts for first-class citizenship are important components of California's history."
