GOP advances “incredibly dangerous” bill to censor LGBTQ+ & race issues from education. “It dooms future generations to forget and potentially repeat the mistakes of the past,” one gay Democrat said.
Source: southpawFA
GOP advances “incredibly dangerous” bill to censor LGBTQ+ & race issues from education. “It dooms future generations to forget and potentially repeat the mistakes of the past,” one gay Democrat said.
Source: southpawFA
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The GOP really is a basket of deplorables. *Way* more than half of them by this point.
Gop is so stupid and ignorant.
>The bill — the Civics and History Advancement to Restore Learning, Integrity, and Education (CHARLIE) Act, named after [slain MAGA influencer Charlie Kirk](https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/09/anti-lgbtq-maga-influencer-shot-in-neck-during-live-event/) — would censor topics in federally funded American history, civics, and government classes in public schools. The bill would also prohibit the Department of Education from prioritizing grant applicants based on race, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or immigration status.
>In May, Democrats [offered multiple amendments](https://democrats-edworkforce.house.gov/media/press-releases/in-memory-of-charlie-kirk-committee-republicans-vote-to-restrict-what-history-can-be-taught-in-classrooms) to ensure that schools would still be permitted to teach students about slavery, immigration, the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, LGBTQ+ history, and Jeffrey Epstein’s relationships with current and former government officials. However, committee Republicans rejected every single one.
>On Thursday, the House [passed a “Don’t Say Trans” bill](https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2026/05/house-passes-dont-say-trans-bill-that-would-force-teachers-to-out-trans-students-nationwide/) that would force teachers to out trans students nationwide — eight Democrats voted to help pass it.
>In [a statement](https://equality.house.gov/hr8705-advances-cmte), out gay Rep. Mark Takano (D-CA), Chair of the Congressional Equality Caucus and Senior Member of the Committee on Education and the Workforce, said, “Censoring American history doesn’t change what happened — it dooms future generations to forget and potentially repeat the mistakes of the past. Importantly, denying the existence of transgender people and the lasting effects of racism on American society does nothing to make American education better.”
>“This bill censors some of the leading government-funded history and civics educational programs in an act of unacceptable overreach,” Takano continued. “Denying the lasting impacts Jim Crow and slavery have had on American society is denying reality, and restricting educators from honing their knowledge on these dark — but important — topics is an incredibly dangerous disservice to American students. I will keep working with my colleagues in the Equality Caucus to prevent this bill from becoming law.”
So, they want us teachers to teach agitprop for the Ministry of Truth, essentially.
I remember when Republicans made fun of liberals for needing safe spaces, even though they go to churches that block out atheists from ever being to enter.
Now, they are forcing teachers to turn schools into safe spaces for their misinformation.
Now, you see why the Moms for Liberty quotes Hitler. They don’t want the truth about the darker pasts of America to ever exist, and they would rather train kids to be their child soldiers than actually critically think.
This has been the goal of the GOP from the get go, they are actively trying to encourage a repeat of past atrocities.
I thought they were going to leave education to the states and that they were champions of free speech. What happened to states’ rights and small government conservatives? Sad.
The democrats never should’ve swept trans rights under the carpet during the election. It was disgusting, calling it a “niche issue,” as if human rights don’t count for trans people (or Palestinians).
One of the big reasons they lost the election, and Democrats can’t blame the people they swept under the rug, though they still try to.
Our kids can’t read or do math. That’s far more important in school.
The Federal Government shouldn’t be involved in education.
What does this have to do with the Congress’ enumerated powers? Even stretching Wickard to its most extended limits, what in the ever loving fuck does learning about or not learning about gay history have to do with interstate commerce?
What is the possible aggregate affect on interstate commerce?
Education itself? Sure, having a population that can read, write, and has a basic grasp of the liberal arts (and more importantly the skills developed by a liberal arts education) has an aggregate affect on commerce by creating a more productive workforce and thus a higher GDP.
No one’s forgetting anything. What it does is it makes justice against blatant hate crimes much more difficult.
8 democrats voted for this. The Democratic Party is a joke.
Conspiracies against our Bill of Rights needs to become like the third rail of politics: untenable and unthinkable. Get out of office if the only thing you’re interested in is tarnishing our Bill of Rights, essential liberties.
The Nazis did this.
i wonder if anti-woke champion john mcwhorter or anyone from that circus of intellects has some regrets?
I might be wrong, but I don’t see this passing the Senate.
Hey Log Cabin and minority Republicans, they don’t just want to kill you, they want to *erase* you.
But hey, how is your 401k? All good?
The problem is straight romance is seen as quaint and completely appropriate for children. A man and a woman kissing passionately, holding hands, sleeping in the same bed. Completely okay for children of all ages.
Gay romance is treated as an inherent sex act.
That’s the glaring double standard we are dealing with here.
Jesus Christ, they hate us so much. Such small and miserable people.
Are Republicans actually so damned dumb that they really think that young people are not going to be aware of racial differences or that gay people exist? MOST kids have friends and families that will inform them of what the Republicans are trying to pretend doesn’t exist.
(*obligatory sorry for the info dump disclaimer*)
The current administration’s war on education is reminiscent of how fascist regimes of the past have attempted to subvert the education system, attack the arts and intellectuals, suspend civil liberties and suppress opposing voices and viewpoints.
But don’t take it from me…
Jason Stanley, author of “How Fascism Works,” and “Erasing History: How Fascists Rewrite the Past to Control the Future” argues:
> “Fascist politics attacks education to undermine democracy and pluralism. Universities and educational institutions are targeted because they promote critical inquiry when challenging the myths that fascist politics rely on.”
Stanley describes how anti-intellectualism is used to “attack the media, universities, and scientists when they contradict the strong man’s authority.”
MAGA embraces anti-intellectualism as a way to dismiss the legitimacy of educated persons, experts, scientists and the media; as a way to assert the primacy of THEIR beliefs.
The Trump admin identifies universities and public schools as places where “radical left” ideas and incompatible viewpoints are taught; allowing them to justify the use of undemocratic policies and executive orders that give the government control over academic decision making.
Robert Paxton, author of “Anatomy of Fascism,” explains the behavior of fascist regimes:
> “Fascism seeks to control education to instill its ideology in the youth, ensuring that future generations are loyal to the regime and its values.”
> “By reshaping educational curricula, fascist regimes aim to eliminate critical thinking and promote a narrative that supports their authoritarian rule.”
Paxton says that fascists value “the superiority of the leader’s instincts over abstract and universal reason”
This is reflected in how the Trump administration is taking excessive actions to strong-arm universities, fracture the public education system, and overhaul curricula, academic programs and departments that don’t promote regime-approved viewpoints.
These aims serve to stifle critical thinking and program younger generations to accept the leader’s words and the party’s dogma over all other beliefs and ideas.
The Trump admin’s efforts to defund the public education system and redirect those funds towards private and religious schools will also penalize public schools and negatively impact underserved communities.
Lawrence Britt, who published “Fascism Anyone?”, created a list of 14 defining characteristics of fascism. One is the “disdain and suppression of intellectuals and the arts:”
> “Fascist nations tend to promote and tolerate open hostility to higher education, and academia. It is not uncommon for professors and other academics to be censored or even arrested. Free expression in the arts is openly attacked, and governments often refuse to fund the arts.”
MAGA is hostile towards public teachers, college educators and academics, scientists and researchers, even artists.
The Trump admin has proposed eliminating funding for the arts. Trump even recently took control of the Kennedy Center, appointing himself as chair and replacing its board members with loyalists.
The federal government has also been targeting exhibits at Museums that educate people about aspects of American history like slavery and Jim Crow. These exhibits have been deemed “woke” for their focus on uncomfortable historical truths.
The government has also been pressuring schools and universities into firing staff and educators. Data shows that these people are receiving violent threats at staggering rates.
The Trump administration is cracking down on student protestors; especially those critical of Trump’s policies. They’re also demanding that universities report on foreign students and their affairs.
The government is forcing schools to hand over their admissions data and employment information.
Other demands include that specific departments be put under the supervision of outside security forces (literal thought police).
The government is also slashing funding for scientific research and grants; disrupting progress on cancer and infectious disease research and hindering the development of future generations of scientists
Luis Britto García defines fascism in his essay “Fascismo.” One of the characteristics of fascism, Garcia says, is how “fascism is anti-intellectual:”
> “Noting the scientific progress achieved by progressivism, Britto Garcia writes ‘Fascism does not invent, it recycles. It only believes in yesterday, an imaginary yesterday that never existed.'”
This concept is instilled into the MAGA consciousness. “Scientific progress” becomes negatively associated with the left. The far right has politicized science.
Trump and his supporters challenge universally accepted knowledge while denying science. They believe that their conspiratorial and irrational views are more valid than the relevant and leading scientific research.
Eden McLean, historian of fascism, notes that fascists historically put their energy into controlling information:
> “Restricting access to information and promoting conformity over critical thinking are tactics reminiscent of fascist regimes.”
The Trump admin has already undertaken efforts that flag thousands of images and articles, online content, historical texts and words for removal from all federal property. They are suppressing free speech, whitewashing history, stifling the press, and centralizing control over how and what information is being disseminated to the public.
Previously independent agencies like the FCC have become subordinate to the president and carry out his authoritarian demands against his critics.
Ruth Ben-Ghiat, historian and author of “Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present,” notes that:
> “Mussolini and Hitler both restructured educational systems to promote their authoritarian ideologies and suppress dissent.”
The goal for fascist regimes is to shape the ideologies of followers and future generations, suppressing antithetical ideas while promoting nationalistic and nativist attitudes.
This involves radicalizing the population with right-wing extremist ideologies and teaching a system of beliefs that must correspond with the government’s authoritarian, ethnocentric, Christian nationalist worldview.
When forced to acknowledge these parallels, the far right will accuse the opposition of pursuing these same tactics.
For fascists and their followers, they’re the REAL victims of oppression. They’re merely reacting to a system of tyranny that’s suffocating THEM. Equality amounts to persecution, addressing past injustices amounts to an assault on THEIR rights.
They fail to recognize historic inequities and perceive things like fairness and diversity as threats to a traditional hierarchy, culture and set of “values.”
They insist that they are victims of suppression. This is ironically a consequence of them thriving within an unjust system for so long; a system that has also predisposed them to believe that THEY are being persecuted when the structures in place face resistance.
These fascist movements radicalize their followers with “us vs. them” precepts. Fascist leaders appeal to follower’s grievances. They associate “the other” with inferiority and problematic speech and ideas that make the country “weak.” They identify these out-groups as scapegoats and enemies that pose an existential threat to their freedoms and their national identity.
Then I will fight without fear. Grand old party my ass. Just a bunch of cowards who do not yet know fear
Assuming that school age children in the US even pay attention in school. Which they don’t. US education result lag woefully behind the rest of the world.
So, acts like this, either in support or against, are largely symbolic. Look at TN and VA recently. And both states have robust learning segments throughout their state’s K-12 education, on the Black Civil Right Movement.
The outcome was still the same.
US schools talks about lgbthdtv + race issues? What class is that? Do they at least teach you how to do your taxes?
I will not go back in the closet!
Shit like this is why we shouldn’t abolish the filibuster. Keeping that lets us stop Republicans from doing stupid shit with a narrow trifecta.
The DOJ just scrubbed all official press releases about Jan 6th and the Jan 6th defendants from its site calling it “propaganda”. The last time this was happened was 1930’s Germany. Seriously.
That’s 👏🏼 their 👏🏼 plan👏🏼
Say the next part like it’s happening now – ***BECAUSE IT’S HAPPENING NOW***
Y’all don’t understand how they think. In those circles, things like the civil rights act and gay marriage *are* the mistakes of the past.
In regard to race issues / relations, I remember a two-day seminar led by a guest speaker from Howard University. I graduated in 1993 and finished my master’s degree two years later, but that seminar always stayed with me.
In the 1860s, the population of the United States was only around 31 to 32 million people. About 2.1 million soldiers served in the Union Army fighting the Confederacy to end slavery.
Since then, America grew from roughly 31 million people to more than 330 million through massive immigration and generations of new births. The speaker explained that because of this enormous population growth, roughly 8 out of 10 Americans today are either descendants of immigrants who arrived after slavery ended, or descendants of Union soldiers who fought against the Confederacy.
what stayed with me most was realizing how few Americans, both w hite and black, ever stop to think about how dramatically the country changed after the Civil War, or how many families living today are connected to those Union soldiers.
I don’t know if that changes anyone’s personal views on race, but the next time you’re standing in a crowded place, it’s something worth thinking about. I wanted to chime in here respectfully, because I think there is a lot of misinformation and inherited “slavery guilt” that people carry, and it absolutely affects race relations in this country.
When you are standing amongst 8 in 10 Americans that had nothing to do with slavery, it does dramatically change the narrative.
8 house democrats also voted for this
that’s my opposition party 😞
that quote attribution is kind of making me laugh a bit.
“Some gay Democrat”
> dooms future
Because future congressmen can’t repeal bad legislation
They can try as hard as they want, they will not erase it. People are taking it upon themselves and coming together against this horseshit.
Marginalized groups remember their own history. It’s the general public that will suffer though