The incident comes amid Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ ongoing war against Disney, and the state’s recent expansion of its “Don’t Say Gay” law to cover all public classrooms K-12.
, voiced by Jaboukie Young-White. Since her students were studying plants and ecosystems at the time, Barbee said she thought that, which follows a family of adventurers who seek out new worlds, would be relevant viewing.Barbee said she had been told by school administrators that fifth grade students needed to have a signed permission slip from a parent in order to watch PG movies.
“Is a character in the movie LGBTQ? Absolutely,” Barbee said. “Is that why I showed it? No.” The teacher went on to explain that long before she showed the movie, a lot of fifth-grade students had told her they were “a part of that community.” She emphasized that the “LGBTQ aspect” ofis harmless; Ethan, the character in question, discusses a same-sex crush in a scene that totals just over two minutes, she noted.
Barbee said that an investigator from the Florida Department of Education pulled her students out of class individually to ask them questions about the incident, which she noted did not require parental permission.
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