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It’s a muggy Friday evening in Washington, D.C.’s Farragut Square, and a couple hundred dykes are readying themselves to hit the streets. The park, which is just a stone’s throw from the White House and bordered on all sides by the national offices for America’s labor unions and federal contractors, feels eerily quiet, and not just because the suits and commuters have already cleared out for the day. I spot crowds of D.C. bike cops before I see the marchers themselves standing on the grass under a gray sky.

The Miami-Dade School board rejected a resolution on Wednesday that would recognize October as LGBTQ History Month, marking the third year in a row the board has voted down the item.

The story of recognizing LGBTQ history, the way school districts historically recognize Women’s History Month, Black History Month or Hispanic Heritage Month has become a tale of two counties.

While a majority of Broward County School Board member decided to recognize the contributions of LGBTQ community members to our nation’s history, the majority of Miami-Dade School Board members, for the third year in a row, have not.

“This year, I think there's a real sense of hope for our community as we recover from the chaos of 2022 and 2023,” Fenning said. “I'm excited to talk about that – the firm belief that we can and will take back our state and create a world where queer people finally feel safe.”