‘Work doesn’t feel safe’: LGBTQ Florida teachers struggle to comply with ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law

By Brandon Gage Teachers in Florida are growing increasingly frustrated over how to manage their classrooms following Republican Governor Ron DeSantis’s signing of House Bill 1557 – the Parental Rights in Education Act, otherwise known as the “Don’t Say Gay” legislation – into law this past March that took effect in July. “HB 1557 is at the epicenter of a raging debate over what should be taught to children in America’s public school systems. Debates over teaching the nation’s history of systemic racism have roiled school districts and elections, and a now growing number of states are consider…

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