Republican lawmakers in Florida are pressing on with a bill that would restrict teachers and schools from discussing sexual orientation and gender identity in the classroom despite widespread condemnation from Democrats.
Dubbed by critics as the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, the legislation would prohibit any discussion of sexual orientation and gender identity in school classrooms up through third grade and further places restrictions on classroom discussions for all other grade levels. Proponents of the legislation say it is necessary to protect young students from age-inappropriate instruction, while critics have derided the bill as dangerous to gay and transgender students.
If teachers are prohibited from discussing sexual and gender identity with gay and transgender students, critics say, those students will be more likely to commit suicide due to a lack of an"affirming" space. Often cited is a study from the Trevor Project, a gay and transgender nonprofit organization, that found"LGBTQ youth who reported having at least one LGBTQ-affirming space had 35% reduced odds of reporting a suicide attempt.
Today, conservative politicians in Florida advanced legislation designed to attack LGBTQI+ kids. Instead of making growing up harder for young people, @POTUS is focused on keeping schools open and supporting students' mental health.Chasten Buttigieg, the husband of Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg, said the legislation “will kill kids” and accused Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican, of “purposefully making your state a harder place for LGBTQ kids to survive in.
Florida has been the site of two recent lawsuits by parents who have sued their children’s schools after teachers and administrators secretly facilitated gender transitions for their daughters.
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