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Swelling mobilization by American conservatives over what is taught in schools has led several states to push for new curbs on what educators can discuss related to sexual and gender identity

— opening yet another front in the country’s rolling culture wars.

Derided by its opponents as the “Don’t say gay” bill, it has the backing of Florida’s Republican governor, Ron DeSantis, who is widely expected to run for president in the next election. Republicans say they too are motivated by a desire to protect children — from subjects they believe to be inappropriate for a young age.

Buttigieg cited a survey from the Trevor Project indicating that 42 percent of LGBTQ youth seriously considered suicide last year, asking: “Now they can’t talk to their teachers?” Sign of the tensions around the issue, a California mother named Jessica Konen has sued her local school district, arguing that two teachers encouraged her daughter, then in sixth grade, to use a male name and pronouns without discussing the issue with her.

In the central state of Oklahoma, a proposal seeks to ban school library books focused on “sexual preferences” or “gender identity.”

 

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