Dont say gay bill status

So a lot of the law and the policies around the law still are very much in effect here in Florida. Students and teachers in Florida can now discuss sexual orientation and gender identity in a classroom setting as long as it's not part of formal instruction.

The Parental Rights in Education Act (HB ), commonly referred to as the Don't Say Gay law, is a Florida statute passed in that regulates public schools in Florida. Yes, so, basically, the law, it's not overturned and it's not repealed. So that would include like a class or a book or even a unit in a section of a textbook that would instruct people in any way about gender identity and sexuality.

Help us understand what this settlement actually changed. Geoff, this may be a state law, but it has reached beyond Florida, with other conservative states inspired by the prohibitions. Florida’s law was created to push back against what conservatives characterize as efforts to.

So that's a win for the governor and for his party. I understand the text of the law was altered. So the law is still in effect, as well as a lot of the policies that were kind of inspired by the law, things like banning AP African American history because there was a queer theory unit, or making it so that sociology is no longer a core curriculum course for undergrads here because it talked about human sexuality.

What the law has meant in Florida is teachers afraid to even use the words gay or transgender when speaking to students outside the classroom or even celebrating their own identity or support of the LGBTQ community with, say, rainbow stickers.

Court overturns large part

Florida passes controversial 'Don’t Say Gay' bill The Parental Rights in Education Bill includes a ban on lessons regarding "sexual orientation or gender identity" for students grades K It. The Florida law labeled by critics as “ Don’t Say Gay ” is remaining in place under a settlement reached this week between the state and parents, students, teachers and advocacy groups who challenged it in court.

There is no question that, following this settlement, students, teachers, parents of LGBTQ students and LGBTQ parents can say gay, can say trans, can be gay, can be trans in Florida's public school system and not be afraid of the bullying and the weaponization of this law to lead to sweeping censorship.

This was a big win for his conservative base inwhen it was passed. They may contain errors. Teachers can put safe space stickers up and also have gay-straight alliances and other kind of LGBTQ clubs at schools.

It's still very much in effect. But the fallout that gave it that nickname is nixed under the deal. Notice: Transcripts are machine and human generated and lightly edited for accuracy. A settlement has been reached that rolls back part of Florida's so-called "don't say gay" law, which bans instruction on gender identity.

That's an important change that's part of a new settlement reached between state education officials and civil rights attorneys who challenged a law labeled by critics as the don't say gay law. How do you figure that? And moving forward, as we heard in your clip, parents and teachers and students will be able to speak freely and write freely about gender identity and sexuality in classroom discussions, on essays, on projects.

Yes, so the law still bans outright instruction about gender identity and sexuality here in Florida.

What Florida’s Don’t Say

Historic Settlement Achieved in Challenge to Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay or Trans” Law TALLAHASSEE, FL — Equality Florida celebrates a landmark achievement in the fight for LGBTQ+ rights in Florida by announcing a historic settlement in the challenge against the "Don't Say Gay or Trans" law.

Stephanie Sy Stephanie Sy. Shoshana Dubnow Shoshana Dubnow. Kids can read books again with gay characters. But with this settlement, at least some of those concerns may be put to rest. However, the law was not repealed and still forbids explicit class curriculum dealing with LGBTQ topics.