The Temecula Valley school board in Southern California’s Riverside County wants to erase slain gay rights leader Harvey Milk from history.

On May 16, the board voted three to two to ban the use of a social studies curriculum for the district’s eighteen elementary schools because it mentions Milk and discusses the existence of the LGBTQ community and gay rights movement. At the meeting, board member Danny Gonzalez falsely called Milk — the first openly gay person elected to public office in California — a “known pedophile.” Board president Joseph Komrosky said, “My question is, why even mention a pedophile?” as part of school materials. A third board member, Jennifer Wiersma, said, “We can do better.”

The Temecula vote anticipated similar conflicts in Southern California, including a protest last Tuesday outside a Glendale school district building and a protest the week prior at a Los Angeles elementary school. Both concerned public schools’ recognition of LGBTQ Pride Month.