NBC 6- A Florida trainer claims she’s being investigated by the state’s division of training for exhibiting her class a Disney film with a homosexual character.
Jenna Barbee, a fifth-grade trainer in Hernando County, stated a faculty board member and fogeys reported her to the Florida Division of Schooling for exhibiting college students the film “Unusual World.”
The 2022 animated film stars Jake Gyllenhaal and is Disney’s first with an overtly homosexual character.
Barbee stated the film tied in together with her “Earth Science” class and didn’t have any sexually inappropriate content material.
“None of my college students cared or batted a watch, they didn’t even know this was a giant deal till the board member and the state made it a giant deal,” she stated. “They’re utilizing it towards me saying they’re defending the kids and it’s for his or her security, however what is that this really exhibiting them.”
Barbee stated each scholar in her class had a signed mum or dad permission slip that stated PG films have been allowed.
Florida’s Parental Rights in Schooling legislation, dubbed “Don’t Say Homosexual” by critics, bans classroom instruction about sexual orientation and gender id.