Gender Identity

Under the bill filed by Rep. Adam Anderson, R-Palm Harbor, instruction about sexual orientation and gender identity would apply through the eighth grade.

Florida's medical boards have voted to ban gender-affirming care for transgender youth. Families with trans children and medical providers who care for them are worried about the impact.

Plaintiffs needed to show harm traced to the law that could be remedied by a favorable decision. The judge said most of the claims of harm come from the existence of the law, rather than enforcement.

The legislation will allow DeSantis to appoint a five-member board to oversee the government services it provides in Disney's sprawling properties in Florida.

Students are organizing a walk-out at the end of the month that will include other state public and private colleges and universities and high schools.

The judge initially rejected a request to have a South Carolina psychiatrist perform the evaluations but gave the state another chance to show how findings from exams would affect “the controlling substantive issue of whether treatments at issue are experimental.”

A small group of students gathered outside the Marshall Student Center on Tuesday to celebrate trans joy and protect civil rights.

The Agency for Health Care Administration, which largely oversees the Medicaid program, issued a contract for legal services and costs, including fees for "expert witnesses."

Proposals announced by DeSantis include a Teachers Bill of Rights, limits on unions, and partisan school board races. He also defended the state's cancellation of a Black studies AP course.

Florida state Sen. Shevrin Jones, a Democrat, says the proposed course "wasn't indoctrination, it wasn't ideology, it was facts." He fears blocking it will harm students in Florida and beyond.

Florida rejected an Advancement Placement course on African American studies, saying it's "filled with" critical race theory. But scholars who helped create the course say it's not in lesson plans.

His administration is requiring state universities to provide information from the past five years about services they have provided to people with gender dysphoria.