LGBTQ group sues Florida over so-called Don’t Say Gay law

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis displays the signed Parental Rights in Education, aka the Don’t Say Gay Bill, flanked by school children (Douglas R. Clifford/Tampa Bay Times/AP)

An LGBTQ advocacy group in the US has sued Florida Governor Ron DeSantis in an attempt to block a new law forbidding classroom instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity from pre-school through to third grade.

The law has catapulted Florida and DeSantis, a potential 2024 Republican presidential candidate, to the forefront of the country’s culture wars. Critics call it the “Don’t Say Gay” law and argue that its true intent is to marginalise LGBTQ people and their families.