• Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) signed the Parental Rights in Education Act in March 2022, which critics dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” bill.
• Despite DeSantis’ claims that the bill only prohibits “sexual instruction” directed at young students, several Florida schools have already removed books with LGBTQ characters from their libraries, citing the Parental Rights in Education Act.
• The Florida Department of Education is currently in the process of developing a training for school librarians regarding the selection of library materials, which encourages librarians to remove books with LGBTQ themes from elementary school libraries by conflating the standards for instructional materials and library books.
• A group of LGBTQ students and their parents have filed a lawsuit in federal court, alleging that the law violates the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution.
Published January 5, 2023. Visit Popular Information to read Judd Legum’s original post.
