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• 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
• FLORIDA SCHOOL SYSTEM HAS CLOSED VTIGATN TO TEACHER WHO SHOWED DISNEY MOVIE WH GAY CHARACTER
• A FLORIDA TEACHER SHOWED A DISNEY FILM WH A GAY CHARACTER. NOW SHE'S UNR INVTIGATN
• FLORIDA TEACHER INVTIGATED AFTER SHOWG KIDS DISNEY MOVIE WH GAY CHARACTER
• FLORIDA TEACHER UNR FIRE FOR SHOWG DISNEY MOVIE WH GAY CHARACTER
• FLORIDA TEACHER UNR INVTIGATN FOR SHOWG DISNEY MOVIE WH GAY CHARACTER
• HOW TO BE A GAY OR TRANSGENR TEACHER IN FLORIDA UNR THE NEW ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ LAW
• FLORIDA TEACHER VTIGATED FOR SHOWG DISNEY MOVIE WH GAY MA CHARACTER
• FLORIDA TEACHER SAYS SHE IS UNR VTIGATN AFTER SHOWG 5TH GRA CLASS DISNEY MOVIE WH GAY CHARACTER
• FLORIDA TEACHER UNR VTIGATN FOR SHOWG A DISNEY FILM WH A GAY CHARACTER
• FLORIDA TEACHER UNR VTIGATN FOR SHOWG DISNEY MOVIE WH GAY CHARACTER
• FLORIDA TEACHER IS UNR INVTIGATN AFTER SHOWG 5TH GRA CLASS DISNEY MOVIE WH GAY CHARACTER
• FLORIDA TEACHER UNR INVTIGATN FOR SCREENG DISNEY’S ‘STRANGE WORLD,’ WHICH INCLUS OPENLY GAY CHARACTER
• FLORIDA TEACHER SAYS SHE IS UNR VTIGATN AFTER SHOWG 5TH GRA CLASS DISNEY MOVIE WH GAY CHARACTER

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.

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

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.

Crics were already llg the “don’t say gay” bill. She thought about the handwrten letter one of her first stunts, a boy, once hand her: “So I have a secret that is that I am gay!

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

In that role, which she started jt after graduatg om Florida Internatnal Universy wh a gree psychology, Solomon traveled to schools and unseled LGBTQ stunts, helpg transgenr children change their nam and gay, lbian or queer children e out to parents and, Solomon realized her favore part of the job was beg si schools, spendg time wh young people.

“I remember one cint, she did have a stunt who was gay, ” Arriete said.

‘Bee she’s gay’From the start, there was a part of her life that Solomon hid om her the first three years of her teachg job, no one told her explicly to nceal the fact she was married to a woman. “No one else was gay at the school, you know — no one else knew anythg about that.

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

”Over the years, a half-dozen children me out to her as gay or transgenr. ”But as Solomon’s stunts ma her feel need, some of her lleagu were dog the the job, one teacher — who figured out Solomon was gay after watchg Hayley help Solomon rt suppli to her classroom — told her the middle of a sual nversatn, “I like you as a person, but I don’t support gay marriage. ” Arriete, whose brother is gay, walked away rather than start an, Arriete nomated Solomon for a “Rookie Teacher of the Year” prize, award through a faculty-wi vote.

As staff members were stg down to vote, Arriete said she heard another teacher mutter that she refed to vote for Solomon “bee she’s gay. “A lot of people didn’t vote bee she is openly gay, and that is wrong, ” she said. The years of homophobic ments om her lleagu now seemed enshred state law, their msage — “you don’t belong here” — triumphant and stunts cried when she told them.

FLORIDA TEACHER INVTIGATED AFTER SHOWG KIDS DISNEY MOVIE WH GAY CHARACTER

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.

A Florida elementary school teacher is reportedly unr vtigatn by the state Department of Edutn after she showed stunts a Disney movie that featured a gay Barbee, a fifth gra teacher at Wdg Waters Hernando County, was reported by a stunt’s parent after screeng the movie “Strange World” as a “bra break” between stunts’ standardized ttg, she said a TikTok vio said she thought the animated movie was “perfect” bee her stunts had been studyg earth science and esystems and the PG movie is about a fay of explorers navigatg an alien world. Florida public school teachers are prohibed om teachg about genr and sexual inty due to the Parental Rights Edutn Act — dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” bill — which was signed by Gov.

FLORIDA TEACHER UNR FIRE FOR SHOWG DISNEY MOVIE WH GAY CHARACTER

Florida Teacher Unr Fire for Showg Disney Movie wh Gay Character.

A teacher Florida says she's unr vtigatn for showg her class an animated Disney film featurg a character who is gay. 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.

FLORIDA TEACHER UNR INVTIGATN FOR SHOWG DISNEY MOVIE WH GAY CHARACTER

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.

HOW TO BE A GAY OR TRANSGENR TEACHER IN FLORIDA UNR THE NEW ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ LAW

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’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill isn’t yet effect, but the hostile environment that surrounds the law the state’s K-12 schools has already potentially rulted a teacher’s firg.

FLORIDA TEACHER VTIGATED FOR SHOWG DISNEY MOVIE WH GAY MA CHARACTER

”Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill, officially named the Parental Rights Edutn bill, was signed to law by Gov. Check this out: Meet the Teens Fightg Florida's “Don't Say Gay” BillStay up-to-date wh the polics team. The new law explicly prohibs school personnel om “classroom stctn” related to sexual orientatn and genr inty gras K-3, which has some teachers unr the imprsn that they have to nceal their personal liv, particularly teachers who are transgenr or gay.

What should be unrstood, however, is that explag to a class what means to be gay or what means to have, say, a “trans fem” partner, is not wh the bounds of what the state has termed is appropriate for a stunt gras K-3. Ultimately, by employg the simple tips, is possible to ntue teachg Florida’s public schools, even as a gay or transgenr person.

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

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

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 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. 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. A Florida teacher says she is beg vtigated by her school and the state’s Edutn Department after showg her fifth gra stunts a Disney animated movie featurg an openly gay character. The PG-rated animated film, about a fay of legendary explorers, featur a gay character, Ethan Cla, who has a csh on another male character the movie.

FLORIDA TEACHER UNR VTIGATN FOR SHOWG A DISNEY FILM WH A GAY CHARACTER

Florida lawmakers enacted a ntroversial tn law last year that crics have dubbed the “Don’t’ Say Gay” law. Sce g out agast the so-lled Don’t Say Gay law, the pany has been largely at odds wh DeSantis. 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 VTIGATN 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.

Jenna Barbee, a 5th-gra teacher Hernando County Wdg Waters K-8 school, Florida, went viral after she shared a vio on TikTok sayg she was unr vtigatn after showg her class a Disney movie wh a gay character. Don’t Say Gay.

This the wake of the ntroversial “Don’t Say Gay” legislatn passed by Florida’s Governor Ron DeSantis, which banned certa stctns about sexual orientatn the classroom.

FLORIDA TEACHER IS UNR INVTIGATN AFTER SHOWG 5TH GRA CLASS DISNEY MOVIE WH GAY CHARACTER

Another poted out that the subtle nature of the approach to gay topics the movie did not warrant all that drama, “The crazy thg is they never talk about the kid beg gay the movie. “A lot of tst is given to teachers, and ma seem like I wasn’t tsted bee there’s somethg wrong wh me for beg gay, ” he said. “It mak seem like beg gay is somethg vile or disturbg or disgtg when ’s scribed as makg children unfortable knowg that I’m married to a man.

” While the Orlando parents did not succeed havg Thollanr discipled or oted, he and other LGBTQ teachers the state worry that newly signed state law — tled Parental Rights Edutn but dubbed by crics as the “Don’t Say Gay” law — will galvanize parents to take siar actn agast them. Lawmakers who support the law have repeatedly strsed that would not prohib teachers and stunts om talkg about their LGBTQ fai or bar classroom discsns about LGBTQ history, cludg events like the 2016 attack at the Pulse nightclub, a gay club Orlando.

FLORIDA TEACHER UNR INVTIGATN FOR SCREENG DISNEY’S ‘STRANGE WORLD,’ WHICH INCLUS OPENLY GAY CHARACTER

They need tors that look and remble them, ” said Kerek, who is gay.

”“Teachers do not go out of their way to create the moments where we’re ‘doctratg’ stunts, ” said Woods, who is gay. 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.

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

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.

Jenna Barbee, a fifth-gra Florida teacher, is unr vtigatn by the Florida Department of Edutn after showg her class the animated Disney movie “Strange World, ” which featur an openly gay character. Ron DeSantis’ “Don’t Say Gay” legislatn that has limed nversatns about sexual orientatn and genr inty schools. The movie also featured Disney’s first-ever out-gay character, voiced by edian Jaboie Young-Whe.