Two years after Florida’s governor received national attention over a new law restricting LGBTQ+ instruction in schools,
A rainbow LGBTQ+ pride flag and a transgender pride flag flap in the breeze on a pole in Wilton Manors, Fla on Jan. 17, 2024 Florida and LGBTQ+ advocates on March 11 settled a lawsuit over whether the state’s 2022 Parental Rights in Education Act is constitutional. Detractors referred to the law as “Don’t Say Gay.''
"After nearly 2 years of fighting DeSantis’ "Don’t Say Gay or Trans" law in the courts, we’ve reached a historic settlement with the state that puts an end to some of the most dangerous impacts of this law for students, parents, & teachers," statewide LGBTQ+ advocacy groupdeclaring the settlement"a major win against the activists who sought to stop Florida’s efforts to keep radical gender and sexual ideology out of the classrooms.
"Just as no one would suggest that references to numbers in a history book constitute ‘instruction on mathematics," the statute does not prohibit"incidental references in literature" to LGBTQ+ identity, the settlement says. Settlement clarifies the law prohibits instruction on any sexual orientation, including heterosexuality.
Other statutory restrictions affecting educational materials and educators’ use of gender-affirming pronouns remain.
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