Iris Tarou, the mother of a gender-nonconforming student, explained of her child, "They came out at school before anywhere else, because this school is genuinely inclusive of everybody. Other schools and other places might say that they are, but I know that there is a difference at this school. It has profoundly impacted us as a family."
The small Castro school is one of the only schools in the district to offer a civil rights curriculum and one of the few with numerous gender non-conforming bathrooms. One parent described it as a "safe haven" for LGBTQIA+ students, and many said they were worried about losing their community.
Harvey Milk, located at 19th Street in the Castro, is one of 11 San Francisco public schools that have been proposed for possible closure or merger, according to a list published earlier this month by Mission Local and verified by SFUSD.
We Love Our School and Save Harvey Milk were written on handmade signs carried by students and staff rallying shortly after the end of the school day - the second such rally at Harvey Milk in just a week.
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