In 2004, Jackie Goldberg, then a California assemblywoman, married her partner at San Francisco City Hall in one of the first same-sex weddings in the country, their nuptials celebrated with cheers from family, friends and political allies. Legally unable to marry up to that point, the couple had already been together for 28 years and had raised Goldberg’s son.

On June 2, more than 19 years later, Goldberg, the president of the Los Angeles Unified school board, waded through a crowd of protesters upset that the district’s educators were celebrating Pride Month in part by reading “The Great Big Book of Families” at an assembly.

In 2004, Jackie Goldberg, then a California assemblywoman, married her partner at San Francisco City Hall in one of the first same-sex weddings in the country, their nuptials celebrated with cheers from family, friends and political allies. Legally unable to marry up to that point, the couple had already been together for 28 years and had raised Goldberg’s son.

On June 2, more than 19 years later, Goldberg, the president of the Los Angeles Unified school board, waded through a crowd of protesters upset that the district’s educators were celebrating Pride Month in part by reading “The Great Big Book of Families” at an assembly. Click here to read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/06/13/jackie-goldberg-saticoy-protest/?utm_source=The+74+Million+Newsletter&utm_campaign=45e0e66daf-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2023_04_25_02_50_COPY_01&utm_medium=email