"As the Trump administration continues waging an unprecedented war on transgender people in every facet of American society, local school boards have continued to serve as crucial battlegrounds. In the face of escalating attacks on LGBTQ+ students and teachers, curricula, books, and diversity initiatives, queer leaders are not retreating. They are stepping up to serve and lead in some of the most embattled public institutions in America."
""I've been on the board for three years, president this year, gonna start my fourth year in December," he told The Advocate. "I'm directly a product of the election where I think we saw that shift of Moms for Liberty and people with just extremist views running to change a bunch of things at our school board level. Even in West LA, even in a blue state of California, we see the difference.""
The Trump administration is waging an unprecedented campaign targeting transgender people across American society, and local school boards have become central battlegrounds. Escalating attacks on LGBTQ+ students, teachers, curricula, books, and diversity initiatives have prompted queer leaders to take public leadership roles rather than retreat. In Culver City, school board president Triston Ezidore, elected at 22, saw national talking points about vaccines, "critical race theory," and transgender youth filter into his West Los Angeles community. After Trump's return to power, rhetoric intensified as some community members echoed conservative media and pushed to make schools ideological battlegrounds. Districts had to weigh federal funding threats against Title IX enforcement, adult education, and services for English learners while confronting existing budget pressures.
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