That's a hideous looking font.

The last Hanover County thing they put out looked like a swastika, so this is an improvement

That’s catastrophically lame.

Real funny sticker for a school district that just spent the last year working out policies to discriminate against trans students

Klanover.

They call us snowflakes but they can't deal with a rainbow.

I think the Hanover Patriots had something to do with it (I don’t particularly respect that group.)

ALL ARE WELCOME ^just ^not ^the ^gays

“Joke’s on you kid, the district doesn’t think you’re people”

How very “Christian” of the ones who banned it. Sky-daddy isn’t going to like this! Don’t they know he created the rainbow originally?

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Man even M&Ms we’re deemed too offensive

I’d make them fire me over a rainbow sticker. But I quit teaching in Hanover after 7 years two weeks before the beginning of school bc they put me in a bad spot so obviously I don’t have much regard for their administration.

All are welcome just not only gay people or people who have been harmed by gender ideology and deserve a space free from it

Ugh this is so sadly true. That was So messed up.

that group is straight evil

does it rly have to be a rainbow

Does the county really have to mandate that teachers can't display a rainbow?

I don't get it. Is this an LGBTQ pride sticker, where the rainbow was replaced with the blue background?

https://media.cnn.com/api/v1/images/stellar/prod/220804113135-hanover-virginia-school-logo-swastika.jpg?c=16x9&q=w_800,c_fill

The party of small government strikes again.

wait really, it's actually been set in stone this time?

lordy mb i didn't know that actually went thru

Surprised it doesn’t have a confederate flag. They don’t call it Klanover for nuthin.

I would have expected more of a Confederate Gray background.

Would any it be amazing if conservatives cared about more than just rainbows and candy?

I'd love a little more background on this. I'm not surprised in the least, but what lead to this?

Imagine being such a bored, unfulfilled, useless twat that a fucking rainbow in a school is unimaginable enough for you to take direct political action against it. $20 the people championing the rainbow ban are railing heckin dudes behind the Night N Day.

ALL ARE WELCOME^except ^you ^in ^particular

How accepting of the blue people from the Avatar.

This. All damned day. Home of the micro-penis truck.

Does the rainbow include straight people? Real question. I’ve always thought of the rainbow as representing LGBTQ+ ppl. So you would use the rainbow in the context of saying like an event or space is welcoming of them, but IDK if it applies to literally everyone.

the hanover patriots are a domestic terrorist group that supports acts of political violence. ask me how i know. its not just some conservative community group. they are willing to hunt people down that they view as the enemy, threaten them, and attempt to take their life. members of that group have done it to me personally because they thought i was an "antifa scout"

Oh trust me I can’t stand them. Pretty sure the leader and some of his pals went to January 6. If you want me pissed off, all you have to do is imply that elections officers aren’t properly checking people in and miscounting votes. (I am an elections officer so that’s why I get pissy about them.) I would never ally myself with those people, especially because of their stance on LGBT+ people. (Also unless you want to support someone who supports them, don’t shop at Books Beads and More. The owner is a fan of that group)

Hey, thanks for being an elections officer! That is pretty awesome

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It’s fun, if you can you should do it. We’re always looking for more people. I was 19 when I started

Congratulations on leaving the place. I respected almost all of the teachers I had in Hanover

Kicking and screaming will this county be dragged into the present.

It includes allies. So yeah. It does include everyone except those that don't think LGBTQ+ people should be treated equally.

i too liked my teachers at cold harbor/stonewall and Lee Davis.

I only hated three of mine. Two openly played favorites and one was not a great teacher in general.

they misspelled Virginia Virgina on my high school yearbook, so I dunno how much I expect from them.

Nothing. There was no event or inviting incident.

I am pretty sure they held special sessions just to push this through the school board.

What a complete waste of time.

Plus they are hurting so badly for teachers that you can get away with just about anything right now.

Also, they are embroiled in a lawsuit from the ACLU about trans bathroom policies and are about to be under another lawsuit for backroom deals to stack the school board with evangelicals so they can "clean up the county".

They definitely have way more to worry about than this bullshit.

But these fucking people that live here can't even be bothered to let us vote to see if the county wants an elected school board.

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Makes sense. Still feels a little weird to have at school if you view it as a battle flag, since school ideally isn’t a battleground the way Twitter or TikTok are. However maybe I’m the odd man out in thinking one doesn’t need to be in battle mode all the time.

DC did something similar. But they aren’t in Virginia so it’s only slightly better.

https://www.washingtonian.com/2022/09/23/yes-dc-misspelled-virginia-avenue/

leader also has several DV charges. beats the shit out of his wife (shocker)

Honestly not surprised but also after reading some of his posts on his personal account. I honestly can’t stand him and would never dream of joining the organization

one of the guys who has an ar-15 tattoo on his forearm and a serious case of meth mouth was spotted as an "election officer" (read: voter intimidator) during the 2020 election

We have rules about what we can and cannot say as elections officers. Anybody who breaks the rules gives us a bad name and I despise them. We cannot mention anything that could be deemed political

Perfectly fine.

I like the colors and the font too. They did a good job on these.

they were just standing far enough away from the polling places and saying crazy shit to people. not actual election officers

I’m just glad I’ve never actually met any of the poor sods. I honestly can’t stand them, I know once upon a time I would have thought they were acceptable but I educated myself and recognize they spew hate speech not love

A rainbow is not a battle flag at all. Its recognition, freedom, acceptance and so many other things. The only ones viewing it as a battle flag are those that dont believe queer people are valid.

They’re a dime a dozen in Hanover

Imagine feeling threatened by a fucking rainbow lmao

Is it just me or does that look more like a human centipede ouroboros than a swastika?

Turns out one of the members has a sub stack (sort of like a newsletter blog thing) called “Tales from a Domestic Terrorist” and yeah, I’m quite unimpressed (read I am quite uncomfortable)

it's four nazis buttfucking around a maypole

SO ^what ^else ^is ^new

Ooo didn't know about that, feel free to dm me a link. I like to keep tabs on those sociopaths. Know your enemy and all that

EDIT: nevermind I found it. The ramblings of a lunatic

Should have been in yellow with poorly painted text that rambles on about like those big yellow tea party signs that used to be up everywhere when I was growing up there.

..are they still there? I miss them and the chuckle I'd get driving by.

I really want to point out to her a peanut is a legume because I am that guy

I work for a county government. This is the perfect example of how governments try to appease everyone without appeasing anyone. It doesn’t go far enough for the communities it directly affects, and at the same time, too radical for the communities that haven’t been in school since Nixon was in office.

That’s kind of what I was thinking on this. With so many ideologies being forced on us constantly, it would be nice to walk into a public space and not see posters or or other displays that are always pandering to a minority. Kids should be walking into a place to learn free from stuff like this shoved down there throat. This seems to be the pendulum finally swinging back but over correctly a bit too much.

This looks like a crappy DIY guitar pedal.

If rainbows are excluded then all ARE NOT Welcome.

I mean the rainbow has become a political symbol, just look at the responses in this thread. I think schools should be impartial and just simply say everyone is welcome.

Yup. What everyone in this thread doesn’t understand is the rainbow has become a political symbol, which schools should be impartial to. Weird world we live in when people get offended because a sticker simply says “all are welcome”.

“Has become a political symbol”

Nailed it.

The only people making it a battle flag are piss baby right wingers who hate gay people

My MIL has this shirt, I’m asking her to give it to me lol

My ex-wife could never understand why I didn't want to be a teacher. Garbage like this.

For an area that had no issue with traitor statues and schools named after bigots for a century, they jumped on this issue pretty quickly.

Hanover county public school have really outdone themselves this year!

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I love living here. I love that my Target is never crowded. I love the country roads. I’m hoping that more progressive young families like ours will take over.

How do you even manage to take a message of equality and acceptance and call it a battle flag, like come on now.

Rainbows are allowed. We have been specifically told we cannot have stickers from Safespace RVA. Prior they provided all our Rainbow stickers. At my school with have a teacher with a trans flag on the door, the counselours have rainbows on their windows, and we have an openly genderqueer teacher. A total ban on Rainbows would be news to me

The only people who see rainbows as political are homophobes and bigots who don't view anyone who is slightly different from them as real people.

also Sugar Sweet Desserts in Kings Charter. She has a rainbow on her FB cover and it says “is a proud ally”. There are more of us moving into the county

Hanover County: “All are welcome. Wait, no. Not you.”

Never thought I’d see a comment about someone going to the same elem and middle school as me. Wild.

I liked nearly all of my Hanover teachers and still keep in touch with a few of them to this day thanks to social media. Did have a couple shitty ones too tho but they were definitely outnumbered by great teachers and staff.

Lastly, eff this sticker and banning the rainbows in the schools. Shit like this is why I left Hanover and Virginia

It's only political because one side says it is. Just let people be what they want to be as long as they aren't hurting anyone and keep the government out of it

It’s used as a way to identify “which side” one is on. Otherwise the words on this print out are sufficient to share the message you mention. The same way the Don’t Tread On Me license plate is a battle flag for tea partiers

There are no sides, there is just a bunch of bigots who wish they lived in the bronze age and then there is the rest of us who live in a society.

Nice

What you’re describing is a symbol that carries a lot with it, and when brought to an ideological battleground, is used as battle flag. Maybe poor terminology on my part, but either way, the words on this print out sufficiently state all are welcome, and the rainbow brings a lot with it politically that is best avoided at a school. Same way I wouldn’t want teachers wearing MAGA hats even though the literal words on the hat are fine, the symbolism just stirs people up.

It looks like Family Dollar version of Comic Sans.

Come to the light……all are welcome.

Yep. Still here. And still so uninformed it’s laughable.

>the words on this print out sufficiently state all are welcome

If all are welcome why did Hanover seek the ADF's review of policies regarding trans students? Hanover refused to adopt policies that allow a trans student to use the bathroom that aligns with their gender identity. And then they go and seek the opinion of ADF which has goals of "ensuring the law respects God created order for marriage, the family, and human sexuality.”

Are the words enough? No. Not when Hanover is seeking input from a group that doesn't see trans rights as human rights. Not when Hanover's school board has to individually approve which bathroom a trans student can or cannot use.

Edit: I did notice in your original comment you mentioned how you didn't feel the need to be in "battle mode" all the time. I don't know you or your political ideology, but trans people are continually being targeted by Republicans and the alt-right every day.

Accepting people’s sexual preferences is not picking a side. It’s the neutral, expected way to be. Anything outside of that is just antiquated bigotry that will fade into the abyss in the next few decades.

This is the issue- this isn’t sides on an ideological discussion (no matter how bad folks on the right want to present it as such), the symbol is about recognizing people’s right to be treated as people, plain and simple.

Treating a rainbow flag like it’s representing some kind of special interest group, or even a symbols of “wokeness” is a discursive tactic that makes it seem like a political discussion but it’s really not- its very simply a message that a large spectrum (hence the rainbow) of sexual and gender identities that have a history of discrimination against them are accepted unilaterally and equally as human beings. This shouldn’t even be politicized at this point, let alone seen as a “battle” statement.

Geeeee, now who made that flag a political football? Step 1: identify a representation of a group you hate, Step 2: be offended by that representation, Step 3: call for that symbol to be banned by a government entity to protect your feelings when it’s really just about sticking your finger in the eye of the “others” you hate.

Jesus you're probably one of those "All Lives Matter" people.

Look the pride flag, rainbow, BLM logo isn't saying white people don't matter or cis gendered people don't matter. It's saying that these people are equal to the cis gendered and white people.

HaVe yOu CheckeD yOur XboX LaTeLy!?!!!!!!!!1

What's next? Banning Reading Rainbow?!

They have the BEST carrot cake in RVA and are crazy friendly.

Tell me blue lives matter without telling me blue lives matter……

I know you're getting a lot of replies but I hope you have time to read this.

The reason that it's not a battle flag is because it's inherently not two-sided. If the sides were, "Nobody can be gay" and "Everybody has to be gay", you would have a valid point. However, that's not the case.

Right now the conflict is one side saying, "Nobody can be gay" but the opposition is just saying "It's okay to be gay and you should expect the same respect the rest of society gets by default".

If you're not gay that's fine. Nobody is excluding straight people from anything. People are just asking to be able to show support to a group that's currently and historically been given a hard time just for existing.

The local Hanover Patriots who have spent all last year targeting trans kids realized that some teachers had "Safe Space" stickers and decided to spam the school board with emails. The school board who worked with ADF (big anti-lgbtq legal group) last year responded by removing all of the safe space stickers in the schools.
So bigotry - that's what lead to this.

Why can’t they use the safe place stickers?

I’d say there’s even more than they’re used to be unfortunately 🥴

To be clear, "which side" is a choice between "I think people deserve to be treated with respect" vs. "I'm a bigot". This is a "I like pancakes" and "so you hate waffles?" situation.

Aside from Klanover being what it is, SafeSpaceRVA is an Organization that the School board does not want to claim association with

Excuse me sir they are the C-Feds now. /s

Matches all hanover county public schools branding.

Yes it does sound like a variation of “all lives matter”

Can you tell me where I’d find more info on this group? I live in Henrico but work in Hanover and reading these comments….I gotta know more.

Look up Hanover Patriots on Facebook. If you scroll long enough you will find the post about the stickers

Honestly I thought that was a little too coincidental as well. Out of every color and that particular shade screams “police” to me.

Thank you!

They really try to frame themselves as Good Samaritans just trying to help the community but those of us who have been down the rabbit hole of research know the truth

I’m of the middle side where I just want people to be free to exist doing whatever but don’t want a political battle happening in school between the sides you mention. The absence of displaying a rainbow is not the absence of support for the meaning behind it, but it feels like that’s how people interpret it.

The side posting flags etc is the middle side. They're the ones saying be gay if you are and don't be if you're not. Nobody is forcing anyone to partake in anything they don't want to

Yo that’s my school track too

Edit ooooo you and I played backyard football growing up. Nice to see you cman

Good.

I understand idealogically what you're saying. However , the words Make America Great Again are actually not fine on their own at all. The words All Are Welcome obviously are fine on their own, as you said, because they dont not recklessly harken to the past.

I think a better comparison would be to say it's like banning the color red because it's also the color of blood/gore. Politicians are actively making a battle out of rainbow 🌈 coloring. Which is so silly and a waste of time because a rainbow also happens to be a useful set of colors in a school ground, whether paired with welcoming words or not.😂

All are welcome some exceptions applied

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Fuck 'em. As a Hanover resident and a a long time supporter of SafeSpace the school board can eat a dick.

If you were a teacher, there's a good chance they'd eat your job too.

It's giving cop energy

That whole trope was just nonsense. I'm convinced some of these people are clinically delusional

So now we only associate rainbows with the LGBTQA+ (hope I included everyone) community? Like I'm straight, don't have a problem with others, but I do love a rainbow. They're pretty

Kinda missing the point if the symbol that indicates inclusivity is not allowed lol

Anyone else hear the character of Tangina from Poltergeist? Just me?

that’s not creepy at all, but hi

The politically appointed chumps have had a big year. The teachers are mostly fantastic and do their job despite political shenanigans and not because of them.

Just moved to Mechanicsville from the city/west end last year 👋

I thought the M&M thing wasn't about them being offensive, but the cartoon candy mascots not being fuckable enough.

Welcome! We moved from Scott’s Addition three years ago. Feel free to PM me :)

I crudely made this to counteract their “Tradition of Excellence”

My mom teaches in Hanover and this tracks big time

Is there a particular reason for not wanting association or is it the school board's senseless grab at trying to "protect the kids" from "turning gay"

you guys are really reaching on that one.

the school board just doesn't want to associate with that organization anymore. rainbow stickers are not banned. no one is discriminating in hanover.

nobody calls it that except like three people on reddit who do it just to be edgy.

they don't. they just don't want them displaying the sticker from the safespace rva organization. no one is banning rainbows. stop spreading hate

You got it in the last part.

To them, simply acknowledging the statement to “protect trans kids” is effectively “shoving sexuality down their throats” and “turning” them trans. Just by teaching about those differences or discussing it is, apparently, “grooming” them.

It’s absolute nonsense, but you really can’t talk sense into someone who believes that stuff to begin with.

I was taught to pray the gay away. All that taught me was to hate myself for 10 years and pretend to be straight when I clearly wasn’t.

Edit: a word

Except "that organization" is any organization that supports LGBTQ+ students in any capacity - not just one. Meanwhile the school brings in an openly anti-LGBTQ legal organization to help write school policies.

Sure - no discrimination.

You obviously don't live in Hanover, know our school board, or the Hanover Patriots that were the cause of this.

Man, I feel so bad for grade school kids, I barely just escaped when the pandemic hit. We're snowflakes bc we want to be treated like humans, but they can't handle a rainbow sticker that says SafeSpace... Right

They literally see queer people being happy and get mad, jealousy much? Lol

Yesterday, Henrico County Public Schools posted a "Yay of the Day" picture yesterday with a teacher from Highland Springs School who was wearing a "protect trans kids" shirt.

As we can predict, several commenters were livid. They dragged their BS religious excuses into it and said that HCPS was grooming children. It's "against their religion" to refer to a child in a gender that they weren't born with, one said.

They can't point to a Bible verse that even says that, unless they're going as literal to call it a "lie," but they'll sure as hell make it sound like it's in there.

God I hate people, that teacher looks like a really lovely man and I'm sure his students absolutely adore him.

That group is practically a terrorist group in my eyes. They event participated in Jan 6 (they went up there, idk if they helped storm the capital or not).

To each their own.

They pitch themselves as a "Community Service" group, but that's just a façade. I don't know if anyone from the group actually went into the capital - but they recently had a fundraiser for someone from Hanover who did - they called him a "political prisoner".

Having sat through quite a few school board meetings watching some of their more outspoken members - they're not nice people.

And they’re delicious! They’ve thrown in extra donut holes too. Really nice people.

Lol that shirt is cringe, surely he can change into this outfit after school before going to whatever protest he's going to. Just let school be school, jeez o wheez. Not sure what he's trying to accomplish. I wish people would just shut the fuck up and let the kids learn. People need to touch some grass, get off the cable news and internet.

Lol what I’m saying is that people who have been harmed by this ideology; primarily women and gay people deserve spaces free from it in public.

Pink Floyd getting raked

Straight-up swastika...with balls!

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Hanoverian here, and I like it too. Can't get more inclusive than this!