California Senate passes ‘gay history’ textbook bill

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A landmark bill that would require public school textbooks in California to include “gay history” passed the California Senate May 11 by a mostly party-line vote of 22–15 and now heads to the Assembly. The bill, SB 1437, would mandate that textbooks include “the contributions of people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender to the total…