Here’s a fun fact about me: I went to an arts high school. Here’s another fun fact: that high school is now San Francisco’s first to create an LGBT history course that will meet requirements for admission to the UC system.
It’s also really fucking awesome that this class exists. Why? Because even at an arts high school (kind of like the one out of Fame but with more asbestos), coming out was a painful, difficult, and lonely process. This class could be a huge step in making LGBT kids more comfortable with themselves and proud of their history while teaching both allies and people who know nothing about LGBT history how to separate “fact from fiction.”
The class, which will be offered at the Ruth Asawa School of the Arts (or SOTA for short) will focus on the struggles faced by the LGBT community as well as the contributions that the community has made to society. It will not, as some people always worry when gays and lesbians are brought up, be teaching kids how to have sex. Will the relationships of historical figures be covered? Probably, but The Washington Post reports that school officials want to make it very clear that this isn’t a class on “how to have sex” but a legitimate history course. That’s a little ridiculous, because no one had to warn me that AP European History wouldn’t explicitly be about the sexual exploits of kings and queens. But hey, at least we have this class now. Progress!
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