It's beyond freaky that it's 2022 and we're just circling back to the same battles we thought we'd won. Throughout history, humans have made this a habit, for sure, and empires have fallen over these kinds of cycles. Can you imagine if aliens did swing by and notice that we're facing the same issues--from book burning to outlawing abortion, the plague to child soldiers and human trafficking--that were probably going on during their last visit? I doubt they'd want to stop by again!
Right now, Florida has yet another one of those freakishly outdated and harmful "Don't Say Gay" bills in motion, which would block teachers from protecting--and even talking about--LGBTQIA kids. Make no mistake, this is the most vulnerable population in many schools and this legislation is basically a warrant to bully and make lives miserable at best. Like states creating laws to run lesson plans by parents (and create them once a year, which would cause me to quit teaching if I was back in a classroom), let parents choose which books to read and which to ban and laws banning trans kids from sports and bathrooms, it's yet another way legsilators are overstepping their boundaries and harming our kids.
Sign here to tell Florida to stop this ridiculous bill and protect LGBTQIA kids. Then post the actions that you're taking, locally or nationwide, in the chat.