Democratic lawmakers worry the amendment would increase suicide rates among LGBTQ youth and increase their risk of homelessness.
“This looks to be another dark day in the Florida Capitol,” said Agriculture Commissioner and Democratic Gubernatorial hopeful Nikki Fried at a press conference Tuesday morning.“And to think, if I wasn’t there and if he was not allowed to talk to his teachers or to councilors, what could have happened to my step-brother,” said Fried.
But Democrats and LGBTQ advocates are most concerned about the amendment they say would require students to be outed to their parents, even if there’s reason to believe they could suffer abuse, neglect or abandonment. It gives the school no more than six weeks to disclose this information to a parent while full knowing that doing so will actually put the child in harm’s way,” said State Representative Carlos Guillermo Smith .
“Knowing the sponsor as well as I do, I don’t believe that is his intent,” said Anthony Verdugo with the Florida Christian Family Coalition.
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