Students in Southern California Protest After the Pride Flag is Banned on Campus

Temecula has made the news for being discriminatory yet again. Earlier this year the small city came under fire when students walked out to protest the ban on Critical Race Theory in their school district. Things became heated when the President of the Black Student Union on Temecula Valley High’s Campus was met with aggression from a Derek Kinnison who happens to be one of the extremist indicted for the Capital breach on January 6th.

On September 22nd the students in Temecula came together to protest the banning of LGBTQIA+ flags and the public outing of students on campus. A Junior by the name of Moxxie (aka Flag Boy) at Great Oaks High School in Temecula Valley handed out gay pride flags to send a message to administrators.

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“There’s always that risk of being unsafe when you’re part of a marginalized community like the LGBTQ community, especially when you’re so vocal about it,” he said. “The Pride flag, to me, symbolizes being allowed to be who you are, that sense of community.”

It’s sad these youth have to deal with hate and division from adults at such a young age. We would love to see the issues in Temecula be spoken about on a larger scale within our community. Between the book ban directed at Critical Race Theory and Harvey Milk, the threat to publicly out students and the banning of flags on campus besides the state flag and the American flag, Temecula seems unfit for anyone to thrive besides good ole boys.

Interested in supporting queer youth in Temecula? Click HERE to donate to Flag Boy and all his amazing friends and stay tuned for updates on the progress of their cause!