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North Coast Current

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Education Matters: The controversy over Diversity Equity Inclusion Belonging

Marsha Sutton July 8, 2023
We don’t give our kids enough credit. Give them the chance to learn our country’s history, which is both inspirational and disturbing, and have faith that they can be critical thinkers who can be empowered to participate fully and intelligently in shaping America’s future. Students want this, teachers want this, and communities need this.
Unity pride flag. (Photo by BrutallyHonestFREE via Pixabay)

Education Matters: Carlsbad Unified’s betrayal of the LGBTQ+ community 

Marsha Sutton June 14, 2023
As we move into summer, where policies about flying Pride and other flags will be developed and debated, I fully expect that the final Carlsbad Unified School District policy will prohibit all flags except the U.S. and California flags. I hope I’m proven wrong.
Carlsbad High School. (OsideNews file photo)

Concerns over lack of LGBTQ+ support lead to Carlsbad students’ walkout

North Coast Current May 31, 2023
Students at Carlsbad and Sage Creek high schools in Carlsbad walked out of their classes on Tuesday, May 30, in protest of controversial comments attributed to a vice principal and a recent decision by the City Council that they saw as biased against the LGBTQ+ community.

OCEANSIDE: Pride by the Beach returns June 11

OsideNews June 2, 2022

Oceanside CA— The North County LGBTQ Resource Center’s Pride by the Beach will hold its annual festival from noon to 6 p.m. on Saturday, June 11, at Civic Central Plaza. This is the 15th Pride celebration...

Oceanside, California. (Steve Marcotte, OsideNews)

OCEANSIDE: Pride by the Beach returns June 11

June 2, 2022
The North County LGBTQ Resource Center’s Pride by the Beach will hold its annual festival from noon to 6 p.m. on Saturday, June 11, at Civic Central Plaza in Oceanside.
Encinitas City Council members (left to right) Joy Lyndes, Mayor Catherine Blakespear, Tony Kranz, Kellie Hinze and Joe Mosca prepare to raise the Progress Pride Flag on June 2 at the Encinitas Civic Center. (Photo courtesy of Scott Chatfield)

Encinitas City Council raises flag in celebration of Pride Month

North Coast Current June 3, 2021
Encinitas City Council members gathered Wednesday, June 2, to mark Pride Month with a moment of silence and the raising of the Progress Pride Flag at the Civic Center.

Education Matters: Advocating for transgender rights

Marsha Sutton June 27, 2020
Gender identity, as apart from assigned sex at birth, is a real thing. Attempts to deny this only serve to divide us and create hostility against “the other.” As one wise person said when asked how they felt about “the other,” the reply was, “We are all human. There is no ‘other.’”

Carlsbad makes The Advocate’s ‘Queerest Cities in America’ list

North Coast Current January 12, 2015

Carlsbad made the top 15 list of The Advocate’s “Queerest Cities in America,” according to an article published Jan. 12 in the national LGBT magazine. The goal of the annual list, formerly known...

MiraCosta grants its first LGBTQ scholarship

North Coast Current August 4, 2014

A student club’s effort to launch a scholarship for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender students and their supporters at MiraCosta College recently reached fruition with its first award, the college...

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