Florida County Takes Down LGBTQ Anti-Bullying Video

The Jacksonville Today reports:

Duval County Public Schools has taken down a 12-minute anti-bullying video that taught middle and high school students how to support their gay and transgender peers, the latest in a string of vanishing LGBTQ resources in the district. Besides the video, the district is planning to dramatically reduce a LGBTQ+ support guide, and the School Board will vote Monday on a policy that could require schools to notify parents if students want to use different names or pronouns in unofficial records, like ID cards and yearbooks.

“Here is what the students have access to for training,” the grant coordinator wrote to the district’s policy team on April 5, 2022. The email was marked “high importance.” “I just wanted to make sure you both have a look before taking it down,” she wrote, attaching screenshots from the video detailing how to support LGBTQ+ peers, combat bullying in schools and respond when peers come out.

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In April, the district’s CDC DASH grant coordinator emailed Duval’s policy directors: “I just wanted to make sure you both have a look before taking it down,” attaching screenshots from the video that detail how to create a safe environment for LGBTQ peers. pic.twitter.com/SkAExBNoc6

— Claire Heddles (@claireheddles) July 11, 2022