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Florida education officials cannot ban teachers in public schools from talking about about sexual orientation and gender identity in their classrooms, after a settlement in a lawsuit against Florida’s so-called Don’t Say Gay law, which LGBTQ advocates have criticized as dangerous and homophobic.
Although Florida leaders claimed that the administration was protecting students from “radical gender and sexual ideology,” LGBTQ rights groups warned that the law would lead to further discrimination against gay and trans students already at higher risk of bullying, and also make teachers’ jobs more difficult and dangerous. Separate legislation that expanded the law to apply to students through 12th grade was signed last year, alongside a slew of anti-LGBTQ legislation.
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