TITLE

Facing lawsuit, Maryland school board to revise sexed curriculum

PUB. DATE
June 2005
SOURCE
Gay & Lesbian Times;6/2/2005, Issue 910, p30
SOURCE TYPE
Newspaper
DOC. TYPE
Article
ABSTRACT
Reports that the largest school district in Maryland is scrapping sex education materials that have come under fire for implying that homosexuality is a biological trait.
ACCESSION #
17348297

Tags: SCHOOL districts;  HOMOSEXUALITY;  SEX education;  HOMOSEXUALITY & education

 

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