/tags/lgbtq LGBTQ en-US WLRN Wed, 11 Sep 2024 22:15:33 GMT /education/2024-09-11/for-the-third-year-proposal-to-recognize-lgbtq-month-turns-chaotic-at-miami-school-board-meeting Over the past three years, there has been debate in the state of Florida over the role schools should play in discussing LGBTQ-related topics. In a Miami-Dade School Board meeting, chaos broke out during public discussion about a resolution to recognize October as LGBTQ History Month. Wed, 11 Sep 2024 22:15:33 GMT /education/2024-09-11/for-the-third-year-proposal-to-recognize-lgbtq-month-turns-chaotic-at-miami-school-board-meeting Clara-Sophia Daly | Miami Herald /law-justice/2024-08-29/appellate-court-allows-florida-to-enforce-gender-affirming-care-ban Florida can enforce its law banning gender-affirming care for minors and restrictions on adults pending appeal of a federal court ruling that the ban is unconstitutional. Thu, 29 Aug 2024 20:05:58 GMT /law-justice/2024-08-29/appellate-court-allows-florida-to-enforce-gender-affirming-care-ban Jackie Llanos | Florida Phoenix/The 19th /government-politics/2024-08-22/florida-quietly-removes-lgbtq-travel-info-from-state-website Key West, Fort Lauderdale, Wilton Manors and St. Petersburg are among several Florida cities that have long been top U.S. destinations for LGBTQ+ tourists. So it came as a surprise this week when travelers learned that Florida’s tourism marketing agency quietly removed the “LGBTQ Travel” section from its website sometime in the past few months. Thu, 22 Aug 2024 17:00:00 GMT /government-politics/2024-08-22/florida-quietly-removes-lgbtq-travel-info-from-state-website The Associated Press /education/2024-08-06/teachers-unions-target-a-florida-pronoun-law Accusing Florida of "dangerous political theater," state and national teachers unions have urged an appeals court to side with a transgender Hillsborough County teacher who challenged a law requiring educators to use pronouns that align with their sex assigned at birth. Tue, 06 Aug 2024 12:37:00 GMT /education/2024-08-06/teachers-unions-target-a-florida-pronoun-law Jim Saunders - News Service of Florida /law-justice/2024-08-01/appeals-court-sides-with-florida-in-a-title-ix-fight A federal appeals court on Wednesday temporarily halted a new federal rule about sex-based discrimination in education programs. Thu, 01 Aug 2024 20:23:35 GMT /law-justice/2024-08-01/appeals-court-sides-with-florida-in-a-title-ix-fight Jim Saunders | News Service of Florida /law-justice/2024-07-31/judge-refuses-to-block-title-ix-rule-on-sex-based-discrimination-in-education-programs Rejecting arguments by Florida and three other states, a federal judge Tuesday refused to grant a preliminary injunction against a new federal rule about sex-based discrimination in education programs. Wed, 31 Jul 2024 16:00:00 GMT /law-justice/2024-07-31/judge-refuses-to-block-title-ix-rule-on-sex-based-discrimination-in-education-programs News Service of Florida /education/2024-07-31/broward-school-board-suspends-employee-who-allowed-her-transgender-daughter-to-play-girls-volleyball A Florida school employee who let her transgender daughter play on her high school’s girls volleyball team is being suspended by the district's board for 10 days. The Broward County school board found on Tuesday that Jessica Norton violated state law but said firing her would be too severe. Wed, 31 Jul 2024 13:43:43 GMT /education/2024-07-31/broward-school-board-suspends-employee-who-allowed-her-transgender-daughter-to-play-girls-volleyball Terry Spencer | Associated Press /education/2024-07-23/broward-schools-unlikely-to-fire-mom-whose-trans-daughter-played-on-girls-volleyball-team The Broward County school board was poised to reject Superintendent Howard Hepburn’s recommendation that Jessica Norton be fired as a computer information specialist at Monarch High School, where her daughter played on the varsity team last year. But the board delayed its decision. Tue, 23 Jul 2024 21:55:02 GMT /education/2024-07-23/broward-schools-unlikely-to-fire-mom-whose-trans-daughter-played-on-girls-volleyball-team Terry Spencer | Associated Press /health/2024-07-22/florida-is-quietly-denying-transgender-residents-updated-birth-certificates The rejection comes without public notice or new law — even when all other government-issued identification reflects their current gender identity. Mon, 22 Jul 2024 19:16:05 GMT /health/2024-07-22/florida-is-quietly-denying-transgender-residents-updated-birth-certificates Orion Rummier | the 19th /law-justice/2024-07-12/federal-judge-gives-go-ahead-to-challenge-florida-school-pronoun-law A federal judge this week refused to toss out a lawsuit challenging a controversial Florida law requiring teachers to use pronouns that align with their sex assigned at birth. Fri, 12 Jul 2024 15:54:31 GMT /law-justice/2024-07-12/federal-judge-gives-go-ahead-to-challenge-florida-school-pronoun-law Dara Kam | News Service Florida