Florida is vtigatg a teacher who showed Disney movie wh a gay character : NPR

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• FLORIDA SCHOOL SYSTEM HAS CLOSED VTIGATN TO TEACHER WHO SHOWED DISNEY MOVIE WH GAY CHARACTER
• FLORIDA IS VTIGATG A TEACHER WHO SHOWED A DISNEY MOVIE WH A GAY CHARACTER
• FLORIDA TEACHER UNR VTIGATN FOR SHOWG DISNEY MOVIE WH GAY CHARACTER SAYS SHE DIDN’T KNOW LGBTQ RTRICTN APPLIED TO HER CLASS
• A FLORIDA TEACHER SHOWED A DISNEY FILM WH A GAY CHARACTER. NOW SHE'S UNR INVTIGATN
• FLORIDA TEACHER FACG VTIGATN FOR SCREENG DISNEY MOVIE WH GAY CHARACTER TO STUNTS
• FLORIDA TEACHER UNR INVTIGATN FOR SHOWG DISNEY MOVIE WH GAY CHARACTER
• FLORIDA TEACHER UNR VTIGATN FOR SHOWG DISNEY MOVIE WH GAY CHARACTER
• FLORIDA TEACHER VTIGATED FOR SHOWG DISNEY MOVIE WH GAY MA CHARACTER

FLORIDA SCHOOL SYSTEM HAS CLOSED VTIGATN TO TEACHER WHO SHOWED DISNEY MOVIE WH GAY CHARACTER

A first-year teacher at Wdg Waters K-8 school, Barbee said she showed the 2022 film bee directly related to class curriculum, not bee portrayed Disney’s first openly gay character. Ron DeSantis signed legislatn March 2022 sayg was a form of “parental rights, ” while opponents said tried to erase LGBTQ people om schools and dubbed the law “Don’t Say Gay. A Florida teacher is unr vtigatn by the state's Department of Edutn after she showed her stunts a Disney movie that featur a gay character.

FLORIDA IS VTIGATG A TEACHER WHO SHOWED A DISNEY MOVIE WH A GAY CHARACTER

The law — which crics have dubbed "Don't Say Gay" — bars classroom stctn related to sexual orientatn and genr inty krgarten through third gra. A Florida teacher unr a state vtigatn for showg a Disney movie featurg a gay character said she wasn’t aware the state’s ntroversial law banng stctn about certa LGBTQ topics had been recently expand to apply to her gra level. The Disney film tells the story of a fay of explorers and featur a gay character.

When DeSantis signed the ban to law last year, he and other Florida Republins touted as a protectn of parents’ rights, while opponents slammed as yet another effort by GOP lawmakers the state to erase and opprs LGBTQ people schools, llg the “Don’t Say Gay” bill. Florida’s state Department of Edutn has opened an vtigatn to a teacher who showed her stunts a Disney film featurg a gay character. The movie, which is Disney’s first film wh an openly gay character, has a subplot about a boy havg a csh on another boy, but Barbee said that was not the reason she showed the film.

” The ntroversy after Florida’s state tn board voted to expand s ntroversial “Don’t Say Gay” law to all gra levels last month, and as Disney fac a legal battle wh Governor Ron DeSantis for what said was retaliatn for speakg up agast the legislatn. ” Teachers who vlate “Don’t Say Gay, ” known formally as the Parental Rights Edutn Act, n be stripped of their tor’s license.

FLORIDA TEACHER UNR VTIGATN FOR SHOWG DISNEY MOVIE WH GAY CHARACTER SAYS SHE DIDN’T KNOW LGBTQ RTRICTN APPLIED TO HER CLASS

A Florida teacher is facg an vtigatn by the state Department of Edutn after she screened a Disney movie wh a gay character to her stunts the classroom, she said.

Ron DeSantis’ so-lled “Don’t say gay” law which bans teachgs about genr and sexual inty to stunts Florida public schools. The animated film clus a central character named Ethan Cla who is gay and has a csh on another male character as a small si plot. However, Barbee said her stunts didn’t thk anythg of the gay character until the vtigatn began and they were terrogated by state vtigators one by one.

The film, “Strange World, ” is rated PG and featur a character who is very briefly shown to be gay. An elementary school teacher Florida is unr vtigatn by the Florida Department of Edutn (FDOE) for showg a Disney movie featurg a gay character, an actn that a right-wg member of the school board claims is vlatn of the state’s “Don’t Say Gay” law. One of the characters is a gay teenager, whose sexualy is not an important part of the plotle and is only allud to briefly the film.

A FLORIDA TEACHER SHOWED A DISNEY FILM WH A GAY CHARACTER. NOW SHE'S UNR INVTIGATN

Barbee has said on social media that although she didn’t select the film solely bee of the gay character, she do have LGBTQ stunts and felt was important to foster an clive classroom.

FLORIDA TEACHER FACG VTIGATN FOR SCREENG DISNEY MOVIE WH GAY CHARACTER TO STUNTS

The state’s “Don’t Say Gay” law bars K-3 teachers om discsg LGBTQ issu the classroom, but allows “age-appropriate” nversatns about such topics for olr gras. Although the state legislature recently passed an expansn of “Don’t Say Gay” that forbids discsn of LGBTQ topics at any gra level, Gov.

An elementary school teacher Florida is unr vtigatn by the Florida Department of Edutn (FDOE) for showg a Disney movie featurg a gay character, an actn that a right-wg member of the school board claims is vlatn of the state's "Don't Say Gay" law. Barbee has said on social media that although she didn't select the film solely bee of the gay character, she do have LGBTQ stunts and felt was important to foster an clive classroom. The state's "Don't Say Gay" law bars K-3 teachers om discsg LGBTQ issu the classroom, but allows "age-appropriate" nversatns about such topics for olr gras.

FLORIDA TEACHER UNR INVTIGATN FOR SHOWG DISNEY MOVIE WH GAY CHARACTER

Although the state legislature recently passed an expansn of "Don't Say Gay" that forbids discsn of LGBTQ topics at any gra level, Gov.

FLORIDA TEACHER UNR VTIGATN FOR SHOWG DISNEY MOVIE WH GAY CHARACTER

A teacher Florida is beg vtigated by the state for ‘doctratn’ after showg a Disney film which featur a proment gay character.

FLORIDA TEACHER VTIGATED FOR SHOWG DISNEY MOVIE WH GAY MA CHARACTER

The film featur Ethan, an openly gay character, and a romantic plot between Ethan and his csh, Diazo. The vtigatn as Florida ernor Ron DeSantis seeks to crack down on all thgs LGBTQ+, amid an ongog war wh Disney stemmg om his ntroversial ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill. The ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law, which bans classroom discsns of genr and sexualy, has been expand multiple tim and now vers all gras Florida.

A Florida teacher unr vtigatn bee she showed her class the Disney animated movie Strange World which featur a gay character has fend herself on social media, sistg the film related to the curriculum and warng that state vtigators were trmatizg her 10- and 11-year-old Barbee, a teacher at Wdg Waters school Hernando unty, Florida, released a six-mute TikTok vio which she gave her si of the story.

She is now unr official vtigatn for possible vlatns of the Parental Rights Edutn Act, dubbed the “don’t say gay” law, which was troduced by Florida’s Republin ernor, Ron DeSantis, last year and which bans teachg about genr and sexual inty to school stunts at all her TikTok statement, Barbee said she had cid to show Strange World to her fifth-gra class to give them a break after a morng of exams. A central character the animated film, Ethan Cla, who is played by the ic Jaboie Young-Whe, is gay.