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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 UNR FIRE FOR SHOWG DISNEY MOVIE WH GAY CHARACTER
• FLORIDA TEACHER FACG VTIGATN FOR SCREENG DISNEY MOVIE WH GAY CHARACTER TO STUNTS
• FLORIDA TEACHER UNR VTIGATN FOR SHOWG DISNEY MOVIE WH GAY CHARACTER
• FLORIDA TEACHER UNR VTIGATN FOR SHOWG DISNEY MOVIE WH GAY 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 SAYS SHE IS UNR VTIGATN AFTER SHOWG 5TH-GRA CLASS DISNEY MOVIE WH GAY CHARACTER
• FLORIDA TEACHER UNR INVTIGATN FOR SHOWG STUNTS DISNEY MOVIE WH A GAY CHARACTER
• FLORIDA TEACHER UNR INVTIGATN FOR SHOWG DISNEY MOVIE ‘STRANGE WORLD’ THAT INCLUS A GAY CHARACTER
• FLORIDA TEACHER UNR VTIGATN FOR SHOWG DISNEY MOVIE TO CLASS FEATURG GAY CHARACTER
• FLORIDA 5TH GRA TEACHER UNR VTIGATN FOR SHOWG DISNEY MOVIE WH GAY 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. 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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

FLORIDA TEACHER UNR FIRE 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.

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

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 VTIGATN 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. 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

(CNN) - A fifth gra teacher Florida says she’s unr vtigatn by the state after she showed her stunts the Disney animated feature “Strange World, ” which featur a gay teen Florida teacher Jenna Barbee says she showed her fifth gra class the Disney movie “Strange World” to teach them about the environment. ”Bee “Strange World” featur a gay character, may vlate Florida’s Parental Rights Edutn Act, dubbed by opponents as the “Don’t Say Gay Bill, ” signed to law last year by Gov.

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

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

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

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FLORIDA TEACHER UNR INVTIGATN FOR SHOWG STUNTS DISNEY MOVIE WH A GAY CHARACTER

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FLORIDA TEACHER UNR INVTIGATN FOR SHOWG DISNEY MOVIE ‘STRANGE WORLD’ THAT INCLUS A GAY CHARACTER

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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.

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FLORIDA TEACHER UNR VTIGATN FOR SHOWG DISNEY MOVIE TO CLASS FEATURG GAY CHARACTER

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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 is unr vtigatn by the state's Department of Edutn after showg her classroom the PG-rated, animated Disney film Strange World, which featur a gay character. The movie featur Disney's first-ever openly gay character, a 16-year-old member of the Cla fay voiced by edian Jaboie Young-Whe, who mentns early on the film that he has a csh on another male character but whose sexualy is not the fol pot of the plot.

FLORIDA 5TH GRA TEACHER UNR VTIGATN FOR SHOWG DISNEY MOVIE WH GAY CHARACTER

The film, the district adds, nnot be shown as may vlate Florida's "Parental Bill of Rights, " also known as the "Don't Say Gay" bill, which was signed to law by Gov. Barbee, a fifth-gra teacher at Wdg Waters K-8 school Brooksville, Fla., chose Disney’s “Strange World” bee the film about journeyg to a myster unrground land related to recent science lsons about the “Strange World” is also Disney’s first movie featurg an openly gay character, a fact that led a school board member to report Barbee to state officials, the teacher told the Hernando County School Board at s May 9 meetg.