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      AP Psychology Effectively Banned in Florida Over Lesson on Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity

      "Sadly, it's all part of the DeSantis playbook of eroding rights, censoring those he disagrees with, and undermining access to knowledge," said one critic.

      Brett Wilkins
      Aug 03, 2023

      The Republican-controlled Florida Board of Education on Thursday effectively banned Advanced Placement Psychology by notifying school district superintendents that teaching about sexual orientation and gender identity—key subjects in college-level psychology curricula—is prohibited under the state's so-called "Don't Say Gay or Trans" law.

      That means class schedules for the fall semester—which begins next week in most Florida school districts—are in limbo for thousands of students. Last year, around 28,000 pupils in more than 500 Florida high schools took AP Psychology.

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      Queens Gay Pride Parade.

      Fight Back Against the Epidemic of Hate This Pride Month

      “More than 75 anti-LGBTQ+ bills have been signed into law this year alone, more than doubling last year’s number, which was previously the worst year on record,” the Human Rights Campaign said.

      Amy Goodman
      Denis Moynihan
      Jun 11, 2023

      The modern struggle for equality for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transsexual people has been waged for over a century. Despite significant gains, the work is sadly far from over as Pride Month begins. Just as massive plumes of sun-dimming smoke from wildfires now raging north of the border billow over the eastern half of the United States, darkening the sky and driving people indoors, so too has an epidemic of discrimination and hate targeting traditionally marginalized LGBTQ+ communities swept the land, unleashed by demagogues, cynical politicians, and bigots. State and local governments from coast to coast are passing repressive bills, banning books, and criminalizing people.

      The rash of laws, often accompanied by intimidation and acts of violence, has prompted the Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest LGBTQ+ civil rights organization, to announce:

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       The Democratic National Committee's mobile billboard drives through the streets of Miami ahead of Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' presidential campaign launch on May 24, 2023. ​

      Rights Groups Alarmed as 'Fascist, Anti-Choice' DeSantis Launches Presidential Campaign

      "From his hostility toward racial equity and LGBTQ+ rights, to book bans, to one of the most draconian abortion bans on record, he poses an immense threat to our freedoms and our country's most vulnerable communities," said one critic.

      Jessica Corbett
      May 24, 2023

      "Of all the extremists gunning for the GOP nomination, Ron DeSantis might be the worst."

      That's what NARAL Pro-Choice America president Mini Timmaraju said in a statement Wednesday as Florida's Republican governor formally launched his long-anticipated campaign for the party's 2024 presidential nomination.

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