Coco Gauff noted Wednesday her opposition to a bill in her home state of Florida that would prohibit classroom discussion of sexual orientation and gender identity.
The “Parental Rights in Education” bill has been a point of controversy in across the country in recent weeks. The Republican-backed measure “bars classroom instruction in public schools on sexual orientation or gender identity for children in kindergarten through third grade, or from about ages 5–9,” per Reuters.
“I'm against it,” Gauff told reporters Wednesday ahead of her first match at the Indian Wells tennis tournament in California. “I think these conversations are important, and for me, who has friends in the LGBTQ+ community, I couldn't imagine not being able to talk about your identity. I feel that's something that is normal.”
