BREAKING: The Florida Board of Education votes to expand so-called 'Don't Say Gay' rules through 12th grade.
April 19, 2023, 12:10 PMIn this March 7, 2022 file photo demonstrators protest inside the Florida State Capitol in Tallahassee, Fla.on classroom instruction related to sexual orientation and gender identity.
This rule would build on the Parental Rights in Education law Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed in March 2022. The law bans classroom instruction on sexual orientation or gender identity for students in kindergarten through third grade. Critics of these restrictions argue that "everyone has a sexual orientation and a gender identity. It looks like this rule would make it impossible to do much instruction at all," Laura McGinnis, of the LGBTQ advocacy group PFLAG, previously told ABC News.
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