Florida’s Parental Rights in Education bill was signed into law in March.
Zander Moricz’s graduation speech last month about his curly hair — a metaphor for being a gay young adult — has became a symbol for the impact of anti-LGBTQ sentiment and so-called “Don’t Say Gay” laws across the country.
“It would have felt inappropriate as the first openly gay class president in a public school, not to address a piece of legislation that’s going to harm gay children in public schools in Florida,” Moricz told ABC News.
He is one of many students in the state, both in and out of K-12 schools, who fear the impact of the bill. Student activists have continued to organize against the Parental Rights in Education law months after it was signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis in March.
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