Manny Diaz

FL Education Commissioner Defends Ban on Discussing Gender Identity: ‘We’re Sticking to the Standards’

Florida Commissioner of Education Manny Díaz Jr. on Thursday defended the Florida Board of Education rule seeking to prohibit classroom discussions of sexual orientation and gender identity for children through grade 12, explaining that they are “sticking to the standards,” which “don’t incorporate gender ideology or any of these theories in math, social studies, reading or anything else.”

Teacher with LGBT flag. (ajr_images/iStock/Getty Images Plus)