When I read about the “Don’t Say Gay” bill making its way through the Florida Legislature, I thought about Ryan Camacho.
Camacho was a freshman at Chesterton High School last April when three teachers were told by administrators to remove the pride and Black Lives Matter flags they hung in their classrooms, arguing they were unrelated to curriculum.
Students at the Indiana school staged a walkout when the flags came down. A group of parents, students and alumni started a Facebook group called More Inclusive Chesterton. Two hundred or so people held a rally outside the school before the monthly school board meeting, and after the school board completed its regular agenda, parents and students took turns defending the flags and calling for their return.
