School forces teachers to remove LGBTQ safe space stickers because they’re not “appropriate”

Teachers in a Missouri school district have been instructed to remove LGBTQ-inclusive “safe space” signs and stickers from their classrooms.

A community newsletter from Grain Valley schools, a district located about 23 miles south of Kansas City, said that the school board decided to remove the signs, saying that they “signal students could feel safe approaching them regarding personal LGBTQ questions.”

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The signs, provided by the LGBTQ student advocacy organization GLSEN, aren’t primarily meant to be a signal for students to ask LGBTQ questions. They’re meant to signal a safe space from bullying and the existence of teachers who are generally supportive of students of all sexual orientations and gender identities.

However, in its community newsletter, the school district wrote, “Our goal is…

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