Yet Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill is just one part of a nationwide trend. President Biden and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and his husband Chasten condemned the bill as hateful and dangerous actress Kerry Washington said she was “ horrified by what’s happening ” and activists say the law would effectively “erase young LGBTQ students across Florida.” Since Florida’s House committee passed the Parental Rights in Education bill - known as the “Don’t Say Gay” bill - in January, a national spotlight has turned on the state as it proposes banning school instruction on LGBTQ+ people and issues. Florida is one of several states to propose anti-LGBTQ+ curriculum legislation.Activists, parents and lawmakers say such bills are harmful to students and warn of “entire chapters of textbooks being erased.”.Florida’s House committee this week passed an updated version of its Parental Rights in Education bill, which would ban classroom instruction on sexual orientation or gender identity.
