Louisiana legislators approved bills to ban classroom discussion on gender identity and orientation and to require teachers to be transparent with parents.
Lawmakers in Louisiana have advanced two bills that aim to prohibit classroom discussions about gender identity and orientation and require teachers to remain transparent with parents of students about pronoun usage.Democratic lawmakers
"Coming out was not an option for me. It was that or death. I don’t mean that as a hyperbole, I mean that literally," Elliot Wade, a member of Louisiana Trans Advocates, told lawmakers as he railed against the bill."If I didn’t come out and live as my truth then I was going to end my life. ... I wouldn’t be here talking to you today — I just wouldn’t be here. There are a lot of people who are not here, even without a bill like this passing.
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