Teachers in Florida have legal restrictions to follow when it comes to certain topics due to the Parental Rights in Education law, known by critics as Don’t Say Gay, which forbids instruction about sexual orientation
For the second time in less than a year, a Central Florida federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit challenging a 2022 state law that restricts instruction about gender identity and sexual orientation in schools. U.S.
Hillsborough County School District has announced it will now only teach excerpts from some of Shakespeare’s most famous works, such as Macbeth, Hamlet, and Romeo and Juliet, to avoid any violation of the law.
Activists from the human rights organization Dream Defenders have been arrested after occupying the office of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis in protest against the expansion of the state’s Don’t Say Gay law. The law prohibits “classroom instruction on sexual orientation or gender identity” for pupils up until the eighth grade, and has now been expanded to include older students.
Boone High School’s Queer and Ally Alliance club in Orlando, Fla. had planned their third annual Drag and Donuts event, which was supposed to take place on campus on March 23rd. The event was designed to help students build self-esteem and promote self-love in high school
LGBTQ+ parents and pediatric psychologists say ‘Don’t Say Gay’ laws stigmatize being gay or transgender and could harm the mental health of LGBTQ+ youth. These same youth are already more likely to face bullying and attempt suicide than children who are cisgender and straight.
Florida Republican state lawmakers are proposing a slew of new bills that would expand the state’s already restrictive laws on a discussion of gender and sexuality in schools across the state.
A Utah lawmaker who introduced a bill concerning appropriate classroom instruction that was nearly identical to Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill has removed LGBTQ+ specific references from the measure, representing a victory for LGBTQ+ equality advocates.
Florida Rep. Adam Anderson, a Republican elected in 2022, filed a bill that purportedly sets policy relating to a person’s sex while at public K-12 education institutions. The bill defines sex as binary and says it must be treated by the state as an immutable biological trait.
Proving that Haley is ready to make LGBTQ+ youth a target in her campaign, the politician gave an interview to FoxNews.com after the town hall, elaborating on her desire to make the mention of gay and transgender people verboten in elementary schools.
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