WHAT? Middle schoolers told to cross-dress, come as ‘queer hero’ for Pride Spirit Week

June 6, 2025

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From Fox News: An Oregon middle school encouraged students to dress up as “drag queens” and their favorite “queer hero” this week in celebration of Pride Month, but one parent said families weren’t notified ahead of time.

At the Arts & Technology Academy in the Eugene School District 4J, students celebrated “Pride Spirit Week” with a different theme each day intended to celebrate the LGBTQ+ community, according to a memo obtained by Fox News Digital.

On Monday, students were encouraged to “wear as many colors as they could” for “Rainbow-Out” day. On Tuesday, they were told to wear all black “in remembrance of lost members of the LGBTQIA+ community.”

Wednesday was “Drag Day” where students were told to “dress like a drag queen/king/monarch or dress up as a different gender.”

The dress-up game continued, as students were told to celebrate “Queer Hero Day” on Thursday, and for “Pride Flag Friday,” they were instructed to “dress up as the pride flag of your choice.”

According to one outraged parent, the “Pride Spirit Week” activities had already gotten underway when the school finally sent an email to all parents after school was out on Monday.

@AGPamBondi @Linda_McMahon
Hello Linda, here in OR we need your help!
This is Oregon dept of education teaching material. This is why our kids don’t learn anything, the OR DOE is so dysfunctional and ideologically DE-I captured its ridiculous.
If only they would care as much… pic.twitter.com/5uAwAlnzDF

— Making Our Country Great Again (@HelpBorder) June 6, 2025