Johnson Elementary School students in Charlottesville, Virginia, led a pride month celebration.
In the video, a child explains that LGBTQ+ stands for “lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer,” while another girl says “Cool. Now let’s have a book about pride month.”
The children proceed to read a book about LGBT acceptance using the alphabet.
Supervisor of community relations at Charlottesville City Schools, Beth Cheuk, told The Daily Signal that the program was “student-led” and part of a “monthly schoolwide morning meeting celebrating the end of the school year,” noting that Charlottesville City Schools “fully supports the Johnson Elementary School leadership in providing time for these important experiences for students.”
Cheuk added, “We have not communicated with families every time we had a cultural observation as part of these morning meetings. However, we will do so moving forward.”
Reporting from The Daily Signal:
Multiple videos posted by Johnson Elementary School Principal Summerlyn Thompson show her introducing school children to “Pride Month hero of the day,” including Gilbert Baker, the maker of the gay pride flag; gay athlete Billie Jean King; and Harvey Milk, the first openly gay politician elected to office whose alleged relationship with a 16-year-old has prompted some to call him a pedophile (Milk was twice the boy’s age, according to the San Francisco Chronicle).
