The cast say they’ve been “Don’t Say Gay-ed.”
“It’s baffling that a show written about the detrimental effects of censorship is being censored,” Scotti said. “What about love should be censored? How is this impure?”are somehow uniquely mature borders on farce,” Moser told. “Our school has produced story after story, many of them containing adult content….The truth is, this story is being silenced.”
Mickey Titus, 17, a senior, was cast as part of the show musical ensemble to play accordion. He spent his winter break learning the instrument for the production. “Our cast, as a whole, is very disappointed and hurt,” he said. “We have already worked for so long even before rehearsals. We are more hurt that it happened and we have no control or voice to change it.”
Students and educators across Florida have expressed concern over LGBTQ+ censorship as school districts grapple with how the law applies to discussions and depictions of queer identities. Officials at Duval County Public Schools — and other school districts across Florida — spent months discussing how to comply with the new Parental Rights in Education law. At the beginning of the school year, teachers said Duval County schools officials directed them to
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