Ron “Don’t Say Gay” DeSantis can’t stop racking up humiliating losses in Florida
briefing while staying informed on all things LGBTQ+ entertainment, life, and more!But now, after two years of legal fights, the law is being clawed back.
A Florida court ruled last week that “classroom instruction” only equates to teaching, not “mere discussion.”The ruling says the statute “would leave teachers free to ‘respond if students discuss . . .
their identities or family life,’ ‘provide grades and feedback’ if a student chooses ‘LGBTQ identity’ as an essay topic, and answer ‘questions about their families.’”In addition, the law doesn’t prohibit “incidental references in literature to a gay or transgender person or to a same-sex couple.”The court’s ruling is significant, because it finally places some parameters around the legislation.
Cecile Houry, the mother of a seven-year-old daughter and one of the plaintiffs who challenged the law, says the decision is a big win for teachers and students.The Florida Senate rejected DeSantis’ appointment of Moms for Liberty co-founder Tina Descovich to a state ethics board. “It’s going to make a huge difference because the law was so vague that people stayed away from everything,” she told the Tampa Bay Times. “Here it really defines what is not allowed, and everything else that is allowed.”One of the defining traits of “Don’t Say Gay” was the law’s vagueness.
