Gender Identity

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In a letter to state superintendents, Florida Education Commissioner Manny Diaz Jr. said the state believed the psychology course could be taught "in its entirety."

The board approved changes to a rule to help carry out a controversial new law that expanded a prohibition on instruction about sexual orientation and gender identity in schools.

Central Florida mental health providers are voicing support for the College Board’s decision to keep gender identity and sexuality in AP Psychology classes in Florida.

With the help of GOP supermajorities in the statehouse, Gov. DeSantis has been able to push through an aggressive agenda that forms the base of his White House run.

Gov. DeSantis is set to conclude a session that establishes him as perhaps the most accomplished conservative governor in the nation’s bitter culture wars.

Among those who were in support of the ousted Florida principal was the director of Florence's Accademia Galleria, where Michelangelo's David is housed. On Friday, the two finally got to meet.

The request for info from the American Academy of Pediatrics and Florida Psychiatric Society comes amid wrangling in a lawsuit challenging the state’s prohibition against Medicaid coverage of gender-affirming care.

A lawsuit alleges that the state’s prohibition on Medicaid coverage for gender dysphoria is unconstitutional and violates federal laws prohibiting discrimination based on sex.

The House voted 82-31 to OK the measure, which would largely put into law rules approved by the state medical boards. While the Senate has approved the bill, the House made changes, meaning it will have to go back to the Senate for a final vote.

Lawmakers are poised to extend the Parents Rights in Education law to higher grade levels, but the education board beat them to it by expanding the rule to including Grades 4-12.

The House is scheduled to debate the issue during a floor session Tuesday. The Senate passed its version earlier this month.