According to the state of Florida, under the guidance of Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, 16- and 17-year-old kids aren't old enough to learn that gender and sexuality have an impact on human development. Well, sort of. Florida has not yet banned school dances, where students frequently bring dates. Students are not yet required to shave their heads and wear nothing but potato sacks to school, to block any display of gender identity. As far as we know, students are still allowed even to say they have a "boyfriend" or "girlfriend." But, according to Florida law, inside the walls of a high school psychology classroom, acknowledgment that humans have gender and sexuality is strictly forbidden.
In DeSantis' Florida, AP psychology has been effectively banned in high school, rather than let students learn "how sex and gender influence socialization and other aspects of development." The psychology class was pulled from the state due to a law signed by DeSantis last year which forbids "classroom discussion about sexual orientation or gender identity."
