South Florida tennis star Coco Gauff spoke out against the recent Florida bill that prohibits classroom discussion on sexual orientation and gender identity for young students in the state.
“I’m against it,” Gauff said, according to multiple reports prior to Wednesday’s match at the Indian Wells 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.”
Florida lawmakers passed HB 1557, known as the “Parental Rights in Education” bill, on Tuesday. It bans “classroom instruction in public schools on sexual orientation or gender identity for children in kindergarten through third grade,” according to multiple reports.
