Parental rights and LGBT activists clashed Tuesday in Los Angeles over controversial policies in the Los Angeles Unified School District.
Videos on social media showed violent clashes taking place on the streets of Los Angeles on Tuesday, prompting a police response. Parental rights activists accused the LAUSD school board of "indoctrination" due to a recently adopted resolution to push LGBT education across all of its schools.
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Videos posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, showed a large crowd of people sporting shirts and signs reading "leave our kids alone" marching from the Los Angeles city hall to LAUSD headquarters, where the school board was meeting.
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— Anthony Cabassa (@AnthonyCabassa_) August 22, 2023
Parents are now marching on the streets and headed from City Hall to LAUSD HQ where the board is currently meeting.
LARGE police presence. pic.twitter.com/qBAdNlwFKR
Other videos showed the demonstrators holding signs mentioning pedophilia and a banner telling onlookers to "listen to detransitioners," referring to people who underwent transgender procedures but later attempted to reverse it.
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— Anthony Cabassa (@AnthonyCabassa_) August 22, 2023
Parents have taken to the streets and are now headed to LAUSD HQ, Parents say they are done with Newsom and LA City officials undermining parental rights. pic.twitter.com/WkYx8T8ICr
"The demonstration that is blocking the intersection has been declared an unlawful assembly. Media partners, please use the sidewalk. PIO is at scene for media facilitation," the Los Angeles Police Department Public Information Office announced, adding soon after that demonstrators from both sides had largely dispersed.
Update: The demonstration that is blocking the intersection has been declared an unlawful assembly. Media partners , please use the sidewalk. PIO is at scene for media facilitation
— LAPD PIO (@LAPDPIO) August 22, 2023
An LAUSD spokesperson defended the school district in a statement to the Washington Examiner.
"The District follows state laws and state approved curriculum that reflects and embraces the experiences and backgrounds of our diverse community," the spokesperson said.
"However, the District will always and unequivocally provide additional resources and support for every student, including those experiencing gender dysphoria and questioning their sexual orientation, and will respect whatever decision a student and their family determines," they added.
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"The dark shadow of deliberate ignorance will not influence who we are or what we stand for," the statement continued.
The policy likely at the center of the controversy was a resolution passed unanimously by the school board in June, ABC 7 News reported, which aimed to incorporate LGBT education into the school curriculum. Some parental rights activists denounced the policy as an attempt at indoctrination.