Time line: gay sex ed.1904 In their push for sex ed in the classroom, Prince A. Morrow Prince A. Morrow (1846-1913) was an American dermatologist and early campaigner for sex education. See also
1948 In response to the first Kinsey Report, the American Social Hygiene Association steps up efforts to idealize i·de·al·ize v. i·de·al·ized, i·de·al·iz·ing, i·de·al·iz·es v.tr. 1. To regard as ideal. 2. To make or envision as ideal. v.intr. 1. heterosexuality het·er·o·sex·u·al·i·ty n. Erotic attraction, predisposition, or sexual behavior between persons of the opposite sex. heterosexuality in sex-ed programs. 1964 The Sex Information and Education Council of the United States is formed, later affirming gay-positive sex ed for students. 1981 Congressional conservatives push through the Adolescent Family Life Act, which leads to a number of religion-based sex-ed programs that attack homosexuality. 1988 Congress passes the Helms Amendment, which forbids federal funding for AIDS education that "promotes or encourages" homosexuality. 1992 Oregon's Ballot Measure 9, which would have forbidden schools to "promote, encourage, or facilitate homosexuality," fails. 2000 The Henry J. Kaiser Henry John Kaiser (May 9, 1882—August 24, 1967) was an American industrialist who became known as the father of modern American shipbuilding. Early life Beginning as a cashier in a dry-goods shop in Utica, New York, Kaiser moved many times as he pursued the Family Foundation reports that 76% of U.S. parents want their children to learn about sexual orientation sexual orientation n. The direction of one's sexual interest toward members of the same, opposite, or both sexes, especially a direction seen to be dictated by physiologic rather than sociologic forces. in school. 2004 California passes a gay-inclusive law stating that sex education must be medically accurate and age-appropriate. |
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