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Lois Beckett in Los Angeles

Outrage as anti-LGBTQ+ protest at California school board turns violent

A woman gives a thumbs down after a speaker for LGBTQ+ rights talks before a school board meeting in Glendale, California, on Tuesday.
A woman gives a thumbs down after a speaker for LGBTQ+ rights talks before a school board meeting in Glendale, California, on Tuesday. Photograph: Keith Birmingham/AP

Democratic politicians across California condemned a volatile anti-gay protest outside a suburban Los Angeles school board meeting on Tuesday, as the school board heard public comment on whether to officially designate June as LGBTQ+ Pride month.

Footage from a local television station showed crowds of people shoving, kicking and throwing punches outside a school district building in Glendale, California.

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