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LGBTQ college students’ rights
have to be protected
Re: “Chaos in Sunol after flag ban” (Web page A1, Sept 14).
One other day brings one other assault on the protection of LGBTQ+ youth in our neighborhood — this time within the type of eradicating delight flags from faculty grounds. It’s a part of the broader push to erase LGBTQ+ historical past from faculty curricula and to pressure outings of scholars to oldsters below the guise of “dad and mom’ rights.”
But it surely’s not dad and mom’ rights in danger right here. It’s the rights of the kids in our neighborhood that we have to shield. LGBTQ+ youth are overrepresented within the homeless inhabitants, and an estimated 25-40% of LGBTQ youth turn into homeless because of their household’s opposition to their sexual orientation or gender identification.
We’d like our governor and statewide leaders to take swift motion to make sure that colleges are protected havens for LGBTQ+ youth and never a spot that exposes them to additional victimization. That’s a proper owed to our youngsters and one which’s steadily being stolen from them.
Josh Selo
CEO, Invoice Wilson Middle
Santa Clara
Freedom of speech,
however not too free
Re: “Faith is private, not public coverage” (Web page A6, Sept. 12).
The chilling blanket assertion of a current contributor that “Christians suppose they’ve the solutions to every part,” and “they focus a lot on intercourse” doesn’t symbolize my expertise. The Christians I do know, who’ve been neighbors and colleagues over a few years, have been among the many kindest folks I’ve ever met. Little question there are exceptions, however certainly such a broad stroke doesn’t appear truthful to outline any such group.
As to “they need to hold their non secular beliefs to themselves the place they belong,” I’ve equally heard that politics ought to be private, and saved non-public. Or problems with morality. Or intercourse. Or cash. Nicely, says who?
Everybody I do know who has taken a kind of positions insists they’re a staunch advocate of freedom of speech. Except, after all, the subject crosses a line they’ve arbitrarily drawn within the sand.
Thankfully, that author and this one can disagree.
Robin Bligh
Millbrae
Gun incident may
simply have been tragic
It retains hitting nearer to dwelling. Two weeks in the past, it was Yerba Buena Excessive College. Only a day in the past, it was Hollister Excessive College. And each single day generally two or three lockdowns throughout the US.
Each time, there may be that concern — is that this one other faculty capturing? Typically, it’s only a threatening social media put up or a call-in prank. Nevertheless, there was a weapon this time. Whereas it doesn’t level to an intent to “shoot up the varsity,” it does level to a priority for the protection of scholars and employees at HHS. This might be a actuality shift for a lot of throughout Hollister. What if that scholar had used that gun? That isn’t senseless hypothesis however somewhat an occasion that would turn into disturbingly actual.
Now could be the time for us to ensure each scholar has entry to assist and make faculty protected earlier than it’s too late.
Andrew Minnis
San Martin
Reparations a vital
step towards justice
Re: “Cost to offset slavery unpopular” (Web page A1, Sept. 11).
I assist reparations for slavery and its brutal legacy, together with systemic restructuring, coverage and rule modifications, and financial compensation.
My dad and mom obtained a token money fee from the federal authorities in 1988 for the compelled removing and incarceration of Japanese People throughout WWII. Throughout our extended motion for redress/reparations, Japanese People additionally heard folks complain that taxpayers shouldn’t pay for previous wrongs, which is a horrible argument.
Residents in addition to taxpayers owe it to ourselves and to future generations to be accountable for insurance policies and programs and the actions of our authorities bureaucracies. If nearly all of People who protested the deaths of George Floyd and others by the hands of police wish to dwell as much as these righteous sentiments, then we now have to assist reparatory justice as a approach to substantively transfer ahead and to make equal justice and democracy a actuality ultimately.
Susan Hayase
San Jose
Voters should impact
abortion rights change
Roe v. Wade gave girls a say in whether or not or not they may terminate a being pregnant. Dobbs v. Jackson took that energy, that fundamental human proper, away from girls.
