Prior to a home game against the North Carolina Courage, players from Florida’s National Women’s Soccer League club, the Pride of Florida, protested the state’s “Don’t Say Gay” legislation.
In a video shared on social networks, the soccer players are seen getting off the bus, before the Challenge Cup match on Saturday, wearing a black shirt with the word “GAY” written in white on the chest.
One of the girls is even seen to show with her hand what is written on her shirt, while looking directly at the camera that is recording them.
This gesture by the players occurred two days before the state governor, Ron DeSantis, signed the bill that prohibits Florida public school teachers from including discussions of sexual orientation and gender identity in their lesson planning, until third grade.
Florida residents have expressed differing opinions about this controversial legislation.
After its approval, the law officially called “Parental Rights in Education” has brought a great wave of criticism, even the president of the United States, Joe Biden, has spoken to the respect.
The president assured that the current administration “will continue to fight for the dignity and opportunity of each student and family, in Florida and throughout the country.”
“All students deserve to feel safe and welcome in the classroom. Our LGBTQI+ youth deserve to be affirmed and accepted as they are,” Biden said through his social networks.
Another of the biggest critics has been Walt Disney Co., which is the company that has more employees in Florida.
“It should never have been passed or signed into law,” the company said in a statement declaring itself “dedicated” to supporting the rights and safety of its employees LGBT+ and the efforts of organizations that at the state and national level fight to get this law stopped in the legislature or in the courts.
Despite everything, DeSantis, who seeks to be re-elected for four more years in the elections next November and is seen as a possible candidate for the Republican nomination in the presidential elections of 2024, affirmed that he will remain firm in defending the right of parents to decide what what they want for their children in terms of education.
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