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Los Angeles school Pride event elicits protests, counterprotests after trans teacher's flag burned

  • Protesters and counterprotesters gathered outside a Los Angeles elementary school for a planned Pride month assembly.
  • Some protesters wore T-shirts with the slogan "Leave our kids alone" and carried signs with slogans such as "Parental Choice Matters" and "No Pride in Grooming.
  • The assembly went on without issue, and students were read a book and had a discussion about different types of families.
  • Tensions have been rising since last month when a social media page was created to urge parents to keep their children home on the day of the planned assembly.
  • In May, a transgender teacher's small Pride flag displayed outdoors was found burned, and the school district's teachers union issued a statement condemning the behavior of bigoted protesters.
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