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The Scoop: Tues. May 21th, 2024 Tampa Bay and Florida headlines by WMNF
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Transgender Hillsborough teacher can use preferred pronouns, federal judge says
Listen: In April, a federal judge ruled that a transgender Hillsborough County teacher can use her preferred pronouns. The teacher considers this a win in a state that some may consider hostile to LGBTQ educators....
Sunshine Skyway sheds rainbow lights for red, white, and blue this Pride month
Listen: The Sunshine Skyway won’t light up in its usual rainbow colors for Pride month this year. This comes amid an FDOT rule that affect all state bridge lightings this summer. Since 2021 the Sunshine...
Florida will appeal a judge’s ruling on a pronoun law
Florida filed a notice that it will appeal a court ruling that blocked enforcement of a law requiring a transgender teacher to use pronouns that align with her sex assigned at birth.
A federal judge said a Florida law restricting teachers’ use of their preferred pronouns violates the First Amendment.
Ashley Brundage filed the paperwork to run in House District 65, which is held by Rep. Karen Gonzalez Pittman, R-Tampa.
A judge blocked enforcement of a Florida law requiring a transgender teacher to use pronouns that align with her sex assigned at birth.
A judge will decide on Florida’s teacher pronoun law
A federal judge on Friday heard arguments in a court battle over a law restricting educators’ use of personal pronouns and titles in schools.
A judge will weigh Florida’s restrictions on pronouns in schools
A judge will hear a request to block part of a 2023 Florida law restricting the pronouns and titles of educators in public schools.
Local leaders talk Tampa Pride, Dozier school payments, and more
While Tampa Pride’s roots go all the way back to the early-’80s when Pride was a 20-person picnic on a lawn at the University of South Florida, its parade—which runs down Seventh Avenue in Ybor...
Florida settles a lawsuit over its “Don’t Say Gay” law
The state of Florida has over its "Don't Say Gay" law that restricts teaching gender identity & sexual orientation in schools.
Florida bill targeting trans driver’s license identification stalls in Senate, passes House
A bill forcing transgender people to identify their sex assigned at birth on their driver’s license will not be heard in the Senate.
