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

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• FLORIDA’S NTROVERSIAL ANTI-GAY LAW SPARKS DISNEY CENSORSHIP SNDAL
• 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 SAYS SHE IS UNR VTIGATN AFTER SHOWG 5TH GRA CLASS DISNEY MOVIE WH GAY CHARACTER
• FLORIDA TEACHER UNR INVTIGATN FOR SHOWG DISNEY MOVIE WH GAY CHARACTER

FLORIDA’S NTROVERSIAL ANTI-GAY LAW SPARKS DISNEY CENSORSHIP SNDAL

Acrdg to dtry tra magaze Variety, LGBTQ+ Disney employe claimed that executiv at the parent pany have mand cuts to “almost every moment of gay displays of affectn, ” regardls of ristance and protts om the creative teams and learship wh the Pixar stud, which was purchased by the entertament giant 2006. /EFE)The Parental Rights Act, known progrsive sectors as the “Don’t say gay” law, regulat ntent schools on sexual orientatn and genr, topics that are weapons the iologil battlefield between Republins and Democrats.

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

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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.

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

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. The law — which crics have dubbed "Don't Say Gay" — bars classroom stctn related to sexual orientatn and genr inty krgarten through third gra. 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. “It’s jt a talked-about csh.” 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. “That school board member is currently on a rampage to get rid of every form of reprentatn out of our schools.” Teachers who vlate “Don’t Say Gay,” known formally as the Parental Rights Edutn Act, n be stripped of their tor’s license.

A fifth-gra teacher said she is beg vtigated by the Florida Department of Edutn after she showed her stunts “Strange World, ” a 2022 animated Disney movie featurg a character who is biracial and gay.

FLORIDA TEACHER SAYS SHE IS UNR VTIGATN AFTER SHOWG 5TH GRA CLASS DISNEY MOVIE WH GAY CHARACTER

DeSantis and other supporters phed the measure as a form of “parental rights, ” while opponents said tried to erase LGBTQ people om schools and dubbed the law “Don’t Say Gay. The movie also featured Disney’s first-ever out-gay character, voiced by edian Jaboie Young-Whe.

FLORIDA TEACHER UNR INVTIGATN FOR SHOWG DISNEY MOVIE WH GAY CHARACTER

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.

DeSantis, who is expected to n for the Whe Hoe 2024, has put teachers at the centre of his attack on “wokens” has also ma Disney a prime target after the entertament giant opposed his “don’t say gay” legislatn. He was Black, gay and the 'origal' kg of rock and roll.

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