A Ramona, Calif., sixth-grader was forbidden to give a presentation on Harvey Milk to her class

Natalie Jones said that she was inspired to learn more about Milk after watching the Oscar-winning film about his career in politics and activism,

The day before her planned presentation at Mt. Woodson Elementary School she was called into the principal's office. It was there that Jones was told she could not talk about Milk because it violated the school district's strict policy on "family life and sex education."

The school's policy stresses that parents will be notified if their children are being exposed to lessons about "human reproductive organs and their functions, processes, or sexually transmitted diseases" as well as "family life, human sexuality, AIDS, or sexually transmitted diseases."

"Schools that act as if any mention of the existence of gay people is something too controversial or 'sensitive' to discuss are doing a disservice to their students,"