San Francisco fights over JROTC class
San Francisco's Lincoln High has maintained a JROTC class, taught by retired Col. Robert Powell for 20 years. Powell remembers several gay, lesbian, and transgender students during his time, and did his best to guide them all. School board member Mark Sanchez plans to write a resolution to phase out all San Francisco's JROTC programs on the basis they discriminate against gays and lesbians, both in their students, and in their teachers, who have to be retired military officers. Other board members insist that San Francisco is bridging a divide and leading the way on incorporating gays and lesbians into the military: "We have kids who are wearing JROTC uniforms at school who also belong to the Gay-Straight Alliance."
SF Examiner
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