LVJUSD is a SAFE SPACE FOR ALL!

LGBTQ+ youth can best reach their full potential when they are accepted, respected, supported, and valued as members of the school community. To achieve this goal, education and advocacy must be focused on both promoting positive social-emotional and academic development for all youth and, simultaneously, on eliminating discrimination, harassment, and sexuality and gender-based biases.

All youth have equal opportunities to participate in and benefit from educational and mental health services within schools, regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression.

We support efforts to ensure that our schools are safe and inclusive learning environments for all students, family members, and school staff and respect a person's right to express their gender identity.

Source Credit: National Association of School Psychologists

San Francisco State University's Family Acceptance Program

This program provides information and resources for families on supporting the health and well-being of LGBTQ+ youth and children. Please check out the infographs below. Click on the pop out window in the upper right-hand corner to download and view.

The California Healthy Youth Act requires that...

All instruction and materials in grades K–12 must be inclusive of LGBTQ students. Instruction shall affirmatively recognize that people have different sexual orientations and, when discussing or providing examples of relationships and couples, must be inclusive of same-sex relationships. (EC Section 51933[d][5]). Instruction shall affirmatively recognize that people have different sexual orientations and, when discussing or providing examples of relationships and couples, must be inclusive of same-sex relationships. (EC Section 51933[d][5]). Instruction must also teach students about gender, gender expression, gender identity, and explore the harm of negative gender stereotypes. (EC Section 51933[d][6]). This means that schools must teach about all sexual orientations and what being LGBTQ means. The California Healthy Youth Act also prohibits sexual health education classes from promoting bias against anyone on the basis of any category protected by EC Section 220, which includes actual or perceived gender and sexual orientation.