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Florida education officials and a group of LGBTQ advocates and families have reached a legal settlement that clarifies the scope of a statute referred to by critics as the “Don’t Say Gay ...
In 2022, the state of Florida passed a bill titled CS/CS/HB 1557 — Parental Rights in Education. This bill restricts all LGBTQ topics for grades K-3 and requires teachers, educators, and school staff to inform guardians when their student informs them about a change of gender identity or sexual orientation.
Another Williams Institute report, which was conducted in March 2023, when the bill’s expansion was being debated, surveyed 106 Florida parents, both LGBTQ and non-LGBTQ, and found 40% said they ...
The big story: Several Florida mayors are taking a stance against the state government’s recent efforts to diminish LGBTQ+ student rights in schools. They have signed resolutions and ...
The National Center for Transgender Equality (NCTE) is a nonprofit social equality organization founded in 2003 by transgender activist Mara Keisling in Washington, D.C. [5] The organization works primarily in the areas of policy advocacy and media activism with the aim of advancing the equality of transgender people in the United States. [6]
Equality Florida consists of two organizations - Equality Florida Institute, Inc., the 501(c)(3) educational charity and Equality Florida Action, Inc., the 501(c)(4) advocacy organization. [ citation needed ] Together with over 300,000 supporters, these organizations form the largest civil rights organization dedicated to Florida's LGBTQ community.
Florida education officials and civil rights attorneys for LGBTQ advocates, students, teachers, and parents have settled a two-year lawsuit filed after the passage of the so-called Don’t Say Gay ...
On February 24, 2022, the Florida House of Representatives passed the Parental Rights in Education Act with 69 in favor and 47 against. [15] Commonly referred to as the "Don't Say Gay" bill by its opponents, it prevents public schools from holding discussions on sexual orientation and gender identity, stating that lessons "may not occur in kindergarten through grade 3 or in a manner that is ...