“Don’t Say Gay" prohibits teachers from leading instruction on gender identity and sexual orientation to pre-K through grade eight students and was expanded this year to restrict the usage of pronouns in schools. | Lynne Sladky/AP PhotoTALLAHASSEE, Fla. — School board members in Miami rejected a proclamation early Thursday morning that would have recognized October as “LGBTQ history month” in the latest example of Florida’s parental rights laws influencing public education.
“This is about someone’s sexual preference, and not a cultural issue,” said Roberto Alonso, a Miami-Dade County school board member endorsed by DeSantis who voted against the recognition. “It’s imposing ideologies and a sexual discussion that should not be happening inside of our schools.” Better known as “Don’t Say Gay,” the policy prohibits teachers from leading instruction on gender identity and sexual orientation to pre-K through grade eight students and was expanded this year to restrict the usage of pronouns in schools. Under a separate Board of Education rule, teachers run the risk of losing their educator credentials for leading instruction on those topics to students through 12th grade.
“This didn’t happen in 2021 before the Parental Rights in Education bill,” Baez-Geller said during the meeting.
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