The advocacy group, The Trevor Project, has denounced them and said its research shows LGBTQ students who learned about LGBTQ issues or people at school had 23% lower odds of reporting a suicide attempt in the past year. Shevrin Jones, Florida’s first openly gay state senator, became emotional during the.
Nationwide, there are 18 similar bills moving through nine state legislatures. The controversial bill passed 22-17 in the Senate, almost two weeks after passing the state House. It's an aggressive attack,' Equality Florida's Senior Political Director Joe Saunders said. 'So, it applies to K through 12 classrooms, and it grants the right for any parent who believes that a conversation is happening about our families to sue a school district. That's not what we're doing,' Harding said.īut critics say just the threat of lawsuits could have a chilling effect on those discussions and language in the bill banning those lessons when 'not age appropriate or developmentally appropriate for students in accordance with state standards' could apply to any grade. And when discussions come up as a dad of four kids, children ask questions. 'We want the focus to be on those basic, fundamental things. To its credit, CNN ran the most accurate headline: Florida House approves bill prohibiting schools from discussing sexual orientation and gender identity in K3 classrooms.
