A group of students and the authors of 'Tango' — a kids' book that centers around a penguin family with two dads — are suing a Florida school district and top state education officials for restricting access to the book.
Lake County school officials restricted access to “Tango” in December for students below fourth grade, citing the state’s prohibition on teaching about sexual identity and gender orientation from kindergarten through third grade contained in the 2022 parental rights law. | Nam Y. Huh/AP PhotoTALLAHASSEE, Fla.
“The book was restricted because of the content it contains—namely, the depiction of two same-sex penguins and their adoption of a penguin chick—and viewpoint it expresses—namely, that same-sex relationships and families with same-sex parents exist; that they can be happy, healthy, and loving; and that same-sex parents can adopt and raise healthy children,” attorneys representing the group wroteFilled in the U.S.
Instead, they argue that the book, along with 39 others currently restricted in Lake County, is being targeted for expressing a “message of inclusion and tolerance” or for acknowledging the “existence, of LGBTQ+ individuals—a viewpoint disfavored by” school leaders. The lawsuit also targets the state Board of Education, which crafts policies to enact state laws, and Education Commissioner Manny Diaz Jr.
In fighting the district’s decision, the lawsuit noted that the book is without offensive language or sexually explicit content and stays true to a biological fact that same-sex behavior is “a nearly universal phenomenon in the animal kingdom.”
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