Fla. Gov. DeSantis Signs Historic 'Don't Say Gay Bill,' Enabling Hate
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed controversial legislation derided as the “don’t say gay” bill into law Monday. A representative from Lambda Legal has confirmed with The Advocate that the legislation is the first of its kind to bar discussions about a specific group of people in the state.
Other topics have their appropriateness decided by state standards that are not typically enshrined in law.“We have seen a curriculum embedded for very young children, classroom materials about sexuality and woke gender ideology,” DeSantis said at a Monday press conference. “We've seen libraries that have clearly inappropriate, pornographic materials for very young kids.
And we've seen services that were given to students without the consent or even knowledge of their parents across the country and unfortunately, that's happened here in the state of Florida.”Here he was likely referring to George M.
Johnson’s book All Boys Aren’t Blue. A Florida school board member filed a criminal report over the memoir. The bill is officially entitled “Parental Rights in Education,” and sponsors during the legislative session stressed the true focus is on leaving discussions about sexual orientation and gender identity to parents to broach for the first time.
