In Focus delivers deeper coverage of the political, cultural, and ideological issues shaping America. Published daily by senior writers and experts, these in-depth pieces go beyond the headlines to give readers the full picture. You can find our full list of In Focus pieces here.LGBT “Pride” month has come to a close, but the constant insistence of LGBT activists on pushing their movement onto children takes no breaks. But the LGBT “Pride” movement belongs far away from children and children’s spaces.In May, the Denver Public Schools Board of Education voted to fire a high school French teacher, Jennifer Honka. Honka allegedly used classroom assignments to coerce female students into kissing each other during “skits” under threat of receiving a failing grade. According to an investigation, which included interviewing several students, Honka never chose male students for the skits and coerced the students into participating with a classroom policy of “The answer is always ‘yes’ in this class.” The accusations go back three years to the 2023-2024 school year, but Honka had worked for the school district for eight years.
FEDERALLY FUNDED GENDER CENTER ‘UNDER GUISE OF CARE’ USES DUBIOUS DIAGNOSES FOR HORMONE DRUGSAccording to the administrative law judge who conducted the investigation, “Regardless of whether Respondent ‘forced’ the participants to kiss, her choice of script forced them to express their preferences and consent about a very personal and sexualized activity on the spot in front of their peers.”A report from CBS Colorado included two key details about the story. The first was that, somehow, no criminal charges have been filed against Honka. The second is that “Honka, per the report, had openly disclosed to the class and the school’s principal that she was a lesbian and active in LGBTQ support,” and that Honka viewed the investigation and accusations as discrimination.Meanwhile, in New York, criminal charges have been brought against Travis Longo, the vice president of the Cazenovia Central School District Board of Education. Longo boasted (truthfully or not) that he was the first drag queen to be elected to a school board. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Longo was arrested on charges of “receiving and possessing child pornography.”Herein lies the problem with promoting the LGBT movement in schools. The movement is inherently about sex and sexual attraction. The “L,” “G,” and “B” all refer to sexual preferences. People who make their sexual desires a core part of their identity should not be put in positions of power and influence over children, regardless of what those sexual desires are. There is nothing inherently wrong with having LGBT teachers in schools. There is something clearly wrong with having the LGBT movement, a movement about sex, forced upon children in schools.In Michigan, the Grosse Pointe Public Schools System allowed a nonprofit, Welcoming Everyone Grosse Pointe, to host a “Pride” event at one of the district’s elementary schools. The event included scantily dressed drag queens interacting with children. Complaints came in that pictures and video of the event, which showed just how inappropriate the event was, were posted on social media for the public to see.
