Dont say gay bill article

Notice: Transcripts are machine and human generated and lightly edited for accuracy. This was a big win for his conservative base inwhen it was passed. Teachers can put safe space stickers up and also have gay-straight alliances and other kind of LGBTQ clubs at schools.

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What the law has meant in Florida is teachers afraid to even use the words gay or transgender when speaking to students outside the classroom or even celebrating their own identity or support of the LGBTQ community with, say, rainbow stickers.

Help us understand what this settlement actually changed. But with this settlement, at least some of those concerns may be put to rest. The Bill is framed around the. And moving forward, as we heard in your clip, parents and teachers and students will be able to speak freely and write freely about gender identity and sexuality in classroom discussions, on essays, on projects.

They may contain errors. But the fallout that gave it that nickname is nixed under the deal. How do you figure that? However, the law was not repealed and still forbids explicit class curriculum dealing with LGBTQ topics. The State of Florida and plaintiffs who challenged a parental rights law that critics nicknamed “Don’t Say Gay” agreed to a settlement on Monday that clarifies the reach of the legislation.

TALLAHASSEE, Florida — The Florida Department of Education must clarify a controversial parental rights law branded as “Don’t Say Gay” by its critics under a settlement reached Monday. So that's a win for the governor and for his party.

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So a lot of the law and the policies around the law still are very much in effect here in Florida. So the law is still in effect, as well as a lot of the policies that were kind of inspired by the law, things like banning AP African American history because there was a queer theory unit, or making it so that sociology is no longer a core curriculum course for undergrads here because it talked about human sexuality.

Geoff, this may be a state law, but it has reached beyond Florida, with other conservative states inspired by the prohibitions. Florida passes controversial 'Don’t Say Gay' bill The Parental Rights in Education Bill includes a ban on lessons regarding "sexual orientation or gender identity" for students grades K It.

In MarchFlorida Governor Ron DeSantis signed into law the Parental Rights in Education bill, better known as the “Don’t Say Gay” bill (the Bill) by its opponents. According to the text of the Bill, its aim is to prohibit “classroom discussion about sexual orientation or gender identity in certain grade levels” in Florida’s primary schools.

Yes, so the law still bans outright instruction about gender identity and sexuality here in Florida. Stephanie Sy Stephanie Sy. Shoshana Dubnow Shoshana Dubnow. Students and teachers in Florida can now discuss sexual orientation and gender identity in a classroom setting as long as it's not part of formal instruction.

So that would include like a class or a book or even a unit in a section of a textbook that would instruct people in any way about gender identity and sexuality. Florida’s law was created to push back against what conservatives characterize as efforts to.

There is no question that, following this settlement, students, teachers, parents of LGBTQ students and LGBTQ parents can say gay, can say trans, can be gay, can be trans in Florida's public school system and not be afraid of the bullying and the weaponization of this law to lead to sweeping censorship.

I understand the text of the law was altered. But it's also a big win for LGBTQ advocates, folks who have lived under this law for two years and were afraid to be out publicly in the school system, fearing what might happen if you said the wrong thing or as a teacher maybe have the wrong book in their classroom.

It's still very much in effect. That's an important change that's part of a new settlement reached between state education officials and civil rights attorneys who challenged a law labeled by critics as the don't say gay law.

The Florida law labeled by critics as “ Don’t Say Gay ” is remaining in place under a settlement reached this week between the state and parents, students, teachers and advocacy groups who challenged it in court. Kids can read books again with gay characters.

Yes, so, basically, the law, it's not overturned and it's not repealed. You have been reporting on the impacts, Danielle, of this law, the impacts it's had on kids and families who identify as LGBTQ.