Name: Settlement allows Florida teachers to 'say gay' | REUTERS
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Florida's teachers can discuss LGBTQ and gender identity issues in the classroom again as long as it's not part of what they teach.

That's under a settlement reached on Monday with state officials.

Both LGBTQ advocates and state officials have claimed victory over the outcome.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis had signed the Parental Rights in Education bill into law two years ago.

It banned classroom instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity for young students.

Labelled don't say gay by critics, the bill stirred national controversy, including protests by students and employees of Walt Disney, whose biggest theme park is in Florida.

An appeals court on Monday left the law in place banning classroom instruction about sexual orientation or gender identity for roughly five to nine year olds, but

it also set guidelines for teachers that allowed open discussions involving sex and gender topics.

In response to Monday's settlement, DeSantis office called it a major win against the activists.

In a statement, the governor said critics and the media had mischaracterized the law, saying its aim was meant to, quote, keep radical gender and sexual ideology out of the classrooms.

Equality Florida, one of the groups that sued to stop the 2022 law, said the settlement would protect student clubs, reinforce non discrimination protections and prevent the banning of library books related to classroom topics.

It said the court's decision dismantles the most harmful impacts of the law, ensuring it cannot be wielded as a tool of discrimination.