Wednesday, July 1, 2020

Name The School Mascot


Seattle could soon see a school named after Marsha P. Johnson, James Baldwin, Cheryl Chow or another prominent LGBTQ+ individual. Under a new a resolution the Seattle School Board passed unanimously this Pride month to support queer youth identity, the state’s largest school district is on the hook to consider several measures: Creating a new LGBTQ+ culture and identity curriculum, include an all-genders bathroom in any new school construction projects, offer LGBTQ+ sensitivity training to staff and rename one school.
Seattle Times

I try to look at the silly side of these stories. As I was reading the very first thought I had before I finishing the first sentence was what will these folks have for a mascot?. I was sort of hoping other names would be on the list. Truman Capote High School sounds fun.

The mascot would obviously have to have the colors of the rainbow. Know what? When I was in high school our mascot was a Toreador. It only came about because some guy who was a Hollywood producer made a movie with a toreador in it and there was a left over costume so he, a graduate of Boone High School, gave it to the school. Our mascot had the colors of green, gold, silver, red and, of course, stockings that were pink. We were way ahead of the game.



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