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Group recommends limiting LGBTQ, people of color references in Colorado social studies curriculum

Language in history and civic guidelines is softened, using terms like “diverse groups” and “various peoples and cultures”

Becca Jay of Douglas County Collective, ...
Hyoung Chang, The Denver Post
Becca Jay with Douglas County Collective, front, explains about the importance of LGBTQ references for young students in social studies standards at the Colorado Department of Education in Denver on Wednesday, April 13, 2022.
DENVER, CO - OCTOBER 03: Denver Post reporter Jessica Seaman. (Photo By Patrick Traylor/The Denver Post)
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Proposed changes to statewide guidelines used by Colorado teachers to develop curriculum for history and civics classes include fewer mentions of people of color and those in the LGBTQ community, the latest draft of the revisions show.
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