'Don't Say Gay' Law

Equality Florida calls the proposal part of the Florida legislature’s continued attacks on LGBTQ kids and families.

Billboards supporting LGBTQ visibility will be displayed in five major markets in Florida for eight weeks starting Monday, said New York City Mayor Eric Adam.

Elliot Long has a first-grade child at Classical Preparatory School. He said this bill addresses an issue that “doesn’t exist” and criticized DeSantis for signing it.

NPR's Kelsey Snell speaks with Florida's Lt. Gov. Jeanette Nuñez about the state's "Parental Rights in Education" law. The law has seen its first legal challenge this week from LGBTQ advocates.

Florida Education Association President Andrew Spar says the problem with this language is that it is vague.

Gov. Ron DeSantis, the State Board of Education, the state Department of Education and Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran are named as defendants, along with the school boards in Manatee, Sarasota, Miami-Dade, St. Johns and Jackson counties.

Now that Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed the Parental Rights in Education bill into law, teachers fear it will muzzle speech and further stigmatize LGBTQ youth.

DeSantis said parents, not teachers, should be broaching subjects of sexual orientation and gender identity with their children.

On this week's Florida Roundup, we discuss Disney workers' response to Florida legislation that would ban classroom discussion of sexual orientation and gender identity in kindergarten through third grade, along with a new report on climate change.

Ambiguity in the bill's language has transgender youth and therapists worried. They say it could lead to further restrictions.

It stems from LGBTQ advocates and Disney employees questioning CEO Bob Chapek’s slow response in publicly criticizing Florida legislation that critics have dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” bill.

The legislature controversial legislation on abortion, immigration and a measure opponents say is intended to whitewash the teaching of history in schools and stifle workplace diversity training.