Silvestri July 28 Class Reflection

It surprised me to hear the argument that LGBT issues are too sexual to bring into the classroom. Elementary students read children's books about what it was like to have two mothers or two fathers. There was nothing sexual in the book, but many in the mainstream equate this issue with sex. I found it especially disheartening to hear parents complain about the photo series coming to the school. So many times in education, students are not exposed to great art. When they do get the opportunity, people put it down for looking at it through their own preferred lens. Such a myopic view ruins opportunities for students to open their world to the many individuals living inside of it.