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.
Contents:
- FLORIDA TEACHERS NAVIGATE THEIR FIRST YEAR UNR THE 'DON'T SAY GAY' LAW
- FLORIDA TEACHER UNR VTIGATN FOR SHOWG DISNEY MOVIE WH GAY CHARACTER SAYS SHE DIDN’T KNOW LGBTQ RTRICTN APPLIED TO HER CLASS
- AS FLORIDA'S 'DON'T SAY GAY' LAW TAK EFFECT, SCHOOLS ROLL OUT LGBTQ RTRICTNS
- LGBTQ TEACHERS STGGLE TO NAVIGATE FLORIDA'S SO-CALLED 'DON'T SAY GAY' LAW
- FLORIDA TEACHER SAYS SHE IS UNR VTIGATN AFTER SHOWG 5TH GRA CLASS DISNEY MOVIE WH GAY CHARACTER
- FLORIDA SCHOOL SYSTEM HAS CLOSED VTIGATN TO TEACHER WHO SHOWED DISNEY MOVIE WH GAY CHARACTER
FLORIDA TEACHERS NAVIGATE THEIR FIRST YEAR UNR THE 'DON'T SAY GAY' LAW
* gay florida teachers *
She fears that if she mentns , she will get trouble unr the Parental Rights Edutn bill (known as the “don’t say gay” law) backed by Florida’s ernor, Ron the summer holidays approach, Florida teachers are feelg anx, nfed and beaten down by new laws, champned by DeSantis, that lim how issu of race n be tght, what teachers n say about sex, pecially about homosexualy, and what books are permted schools. ” When DeSantis signed the “don’t say gay” bill, he said parents “should be protected om schools g classroom stctn to sexualize their kids as young as five years old”. Schools have banned many books about gays.
The “don’t say gay” law bars any classroom stctn on sexual orientatn or genr inty before fourth gra, and om fourth gra on such stctn mt be “age-appropriate or velopmentally appropriate” “acrdance wh state standards”. ” In April, a state board expand Don’t Say Gay, banng lsons on sexual orientatn and genr inty gras fourth through twelve unls they’re mandated by state standards or are part of reproductive health lsons that stunts n opt out of takg. ”Cleaver is gay and says that adds “a ltle extra anxiety for me”.
“I’m not allowed to talk about anythg gay, but I’m teachg a roomful of kids that are hyper-aware of the LGBTQ+ muny and have a billn qutns, ” she said.
FLORIDA TEACHER UNR VTIGATN FOR SHOWG DISNEY MOVIE WH GAY CHARACTER SAYS SHE DIDN’T KNOW LGBTQ RTRICTN APPLIED TO HER CLASS
Teachers Florida are returng to school unsure how to abi by the state’s new so-lled ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law. * gay florida teachers *
Am I supposed to pretend that gay people don’t exist?
”Michael Woods, a special tn high school teacher Palm Beach unty who is gay, remembers havg a miserable experience as a high school stunt. ”“In my 29 years of teachg, my number one goal has always been to provi safe spac to kids, ” Woods cricized the “don’t say gay” law for beg vague. ”Woods worri that the new laws will make gay stunts feel timidated and bullied the way he was high school.
AS FLORIDA'S 'DON'T SAY GAY' LAW TAK EFFECT, SCHOOLS ROLL OUT LGBTQ RTRICTNS
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. * gay florida teachers *
One of the measur, the Parental Rights Edutn law — or what crics have lled the “Don’t Say Gay” law — bans stctn about sexual orientatn and genr inty “ krgarten through gra 3 or a manner that is not age appropriate or velopmentally appropriate for stunts acrdance wh state standards. “I’ve been extremely overwhelmed as a gay man who now is openly out, bee I have to be the advote, ” he said.
LGBTQ TEACHERS STGGLE TO NAVIGATE FLORIDA'S SO-CALLED 'DON'T SAY GAY' LAW
“People know I’m a unn lear, and they know that I’m a gay man.
“They’re jt ntug the fear mongerg om ssn, ” says Jon Harris Mrer, public policy director for Equaly Florida, scribg 2023 legislative chang that fall squarely to the more-of-the-same-homophobic-nonsense tegory.
FLORIDA TEACHER SAYS SHE IS UNR VTIGATN AFTER SHOWG 5TH GRA CLASS DISNEY MOVIE WH GAY CHARACTER
DeSantis support of anti-gay vio lled bad strategy, worse msage. A provisn that would extend the famo “Don’t Say Gay” provisns to middle schools.
Florida needs more public officials to fd the urage to stand up to Florida’s self-signated emperor and say “Governor, for someone so foced on ‘Don’t Say Gay, ’ you sure seem to brg up a lot.
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 SCHOOL SYSTEM HAS CLOSED VTIGATN TO TEACHER WHO SHOWED DISNEY MOVIE WH GAY CHARACTER
DeSantis expand his “Don’t Say Gay” law this year, and the Florida Board of Edutn voted Wednday for l that took even further — cludg by barrg teachers om askg stunts their preferred pronouns.
Michael Woods, a high school special tn teacher Palm Beach unty, Florida, wh 30 years of experience teachg and who grew up as a stunt the area who was bullied for beg gay, said he cried the night before this school year began Augt 2022 bee of anxiety related to Florida’s “don’t say gay” bill that went to effect July 2022. “As a gay teacher, as a queer male, ’s been paful for me, ’s been very paful and very upsettg, ” said Woods.
“The bills are all based on false pretens, they’re li, they’re based on li, they make assumptns that somethg is happeng our schools area, that teachers are somehow doctratg our stunts, teachg them to be gay, or whatever the se may be, ” said Andrew Spar, print of the Florida Edutn add: “I thk the biggt thg gog to the school year is the unknown, bee this bill and the other bills that are out there, give parents the abily to brg plats agast teachers, brg lawsus agast school districts, and we jt don’t know how ’s gog to play out.