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We see through the lies, Gov. DeSantis, and know exactly what 'Don't Say Gay' is all about [View all]
We see through the lies, Gov. DeSantis, and know exactly what ‘Don’t Say Gay’ is all aboutMiami Herald, 3/29, Opinion by Fabiola Santiago
With the country watching — and even international media covering the ambitious governor’s anti-gay slap and Florida’s general descent into fascism — DeSantis surrounded himself at the event with a group of preppy-uniformed, private-school-educated children.
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Some of the children were wee young, but here they were, props for a governor signing a measure to censor a subject, sexual identity, that they’re not supposed to be hearing about.
The law quashing classroom discussions related to sexual orientation and gender identity in kindergarten through third grade also inflicts a chilling effect on instruction for older kids. But the speech ban applies only to public schools.
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Yet, there’s DeSantis shoving his straight-white-man discomfort down Floridians’ throats at a West Coast charter school. Classical Preparatory School was started in 2014 by the wife of DeSantis’ education commissioner, Richard Corcoran.
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Some of the children were wee young, but here they were, props for a governor signing a measure to censor a subject, sexual identity, that they’re not supposed to be hearing about.
The law quashing classroom discussions related to sexual orientation and gender identity in kindergarten through third grade also inflicts a chilling effect on instruction for older kids. But the speech ban applies only to public schools.
...
Yet, there’s DeSantis shoving his straight-white-man discomfort down Floridians’ throats at a West Coast charter school. Classical Preparatory School was started in 2014 by the wife of DeSantis’ education commissioner, Richard Corcoran.
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/news-columns-blogs/fabiola-santiago/article259905550.html
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