A Michigan high-schooler who painted a mural at their local middle school’s health center found her work under fire from concerned parents Monday. The mural, painted by Grant Middle School sophomore Evelyn Gonzales, depicts students wearing colors found on LGBTQ pride flags, doodles of cartoon characters from “Amphibia” and “The Owl House,” a hamsa — a palm-shaped symbol considered to bring good luck and protection in many cultures — and video game fan art.
But some parents saw things differently.
At a school board meeting earlier this week, those parents decried the mural’s LGBTQ imagery and “witchcraft”-related symbols, as reported by WZZM, a local Grand Rapids news station. The parents also claimed that the video game art — identified as a “Genshin Impact” character by video game publication Kotaku — was actually a depiction of Satan.
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