![]() ![]() “Do you know the trauma that is going to cause to some of my students?” Barbee said. Ironically, she added, no parental permission was required. That’s what I do.”īarbee said that as part of the investigation by the state’s education department, her pupils were now being hauled out of class one by one to be interrogated by officials. So I just said, OK, awesome, I’m not pushing anything, just being accepting. He has a brief crush on another male character.īarbee said that the sexual orientation of the character had nothing to do with her choice of film: “I have a lot of fifth-grade students who have come to me this year, long before showing this movie, talking about how they’re part of community. The fictional plot centers on a team of explorers searching for a rare plant that provides energy for their society.Ī central character in the animated film, Ethan Clade, who is played by the comic Jaboukie Young-White, is gay. She had signed permission slips from the parents of all pupils in the class, giving their approval for showing PG movies.ĭisney released Strange World last year. She saw the film as directly relevant to the curriculum they were studying on Earth science and ecosystems. In her TikTok statement, Barbee said she had decided to show Strange World to her fifth-grade class to give them a break after a morning of exams. She is now under official investigation for possible violations of the Parental Rights in Education Act, dubbed the “don’t say gay” law, which was introduced by Florida’s Republican governor, Ron DeSantis, last year and which bans teaching about gender and sexual identity to school students at all ages. Barbee, who is in her first year as a teacher, said she was reported to Florida’s state education department for “indoctrination” before anyone had even spoken to her. ![]()
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