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Another Failure in their Commitment to Students: Florida’s Department of Education Orders the Removal of Gender and Sexuality Unit from AP Psychology Course [1]

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Date: 2023-08

“Psychology is centered around people– all people. Erasing us from the curriculum ignores our existence, sets back Florida students who want to pursue psychology in higher education and disrupts pathways for future mental health professionals to provide comprehensive, culturally competent mental healthcare for the LGBTQ+ community. College Board’s AP Psychology curriculum is science-driven and endorsed by both educators and experts. Educational systems that reject the inclusion of LGBTQ+ people from their psychology courses are failing in their commitment to students.



“As anti-LGBTQ+ lawmakers pass discriminatory legislation and spread dangerous misinformation, we’re continuing to see disturbing attempts to rewrite history and censor education, misaligned with the realities of our country. The Florida Board of Education’s recent decision to pass African American History standards that try to spin slavery as beneficial for Black people is not just abhorrent, it is an absolute injustice for Black Americans and all Florida students who deserve to have a fact-based, complete understanding of our nation’s past. Now, Florida’s Department of Education has further compromised the quality of education in the state by acting as if LGBTQ+ people don’t exist. LGBTQ+ people do exist, and any decision to remove us from curricula isn’t going to change that.”



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