Students at a central Florida high school are declaring victory after taking their protest to their school board over plans to censor a yearbook page showing a student walkout against the state’s so-called “Don’t Say Gay” law
Highlights
- Florida school board overruled superintendent’s plan to cover up a yearbook page showing a student walkout.
- Page showed students waving rainbow flags and a “love is love” sign during a walkout against the state’s so-called “Don’t Say Gay” law.
- The Florida bill, signed by Republican Gov.
- Ron DeSantis in March, bans classroom instruction on sexual orientation or gender identity in kindergarten through third grade.
- Students at Lyman High School in Longwood, Florida, responded to the censorship plan by creating a hashtag “#stopthestickers" in social media.
- The board voted 5-0 to order smaller stickers that don’t cover up the page’s words and pictures.