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“They had LGBTQ-inclusive books in every single classroom and school library,” Maxx Fenning says of his high school experience. “They were even working on LGBTQ-specific course codes to get approved by the state,” he said, describing courses on queer studies and LGBTQ Black history.

Maxx Fenning, executive director of PRISM, which works with LGBTQ youth in South Florida, says this law could be devastating.

“It's a major component of our outreach, where we reach tens of thousands of teens every month. Bans on social media for youth strip young people of critical resources that t

"That mitigates so much harm that students have been facing for the last year-and-a-half," said Maxx Fenning, the executive director of PRISM, a LGBTQ+ organization for young people in South Florida.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is on a losing streak. From presidential primaries to drag queens to Disney, DeSantis hasn’t racked up one major victory since his re-election in 2022.

Now you can add a loss on “Don’t Say Gay.”

Late Monday afternoon, the Associated Press (AP) reported that Florida education officials reached a settlement in a civil rights lawsuit targeting the 2022 law known as “Don’t Say Gay.”