Republicans want to expand Iowa's Don't Say Gay law to high schoolers - LGBTQ Nation

""The new legislation bars Iowa's public-school districts and charter schools from providing "any program, curriculum, test, survey, questionnaire, promotion or instruction relating to gender theory or sexual orientation" to K-12 students.""

""I think just as not all parents want others to teach their children about sex education because it involves family religious beliefs about sexuality, so not all parents want others to teach children about sexual orientation and gender identity, because it, too, involves family religious beliefs about sexuality and sexual ethics,""

""Iowans are definitely tired of this type of legislation, and we're seeing that with the voting records, not just in Iowa but across the United States," she said. "We are focusing on the wrong things when we bring bills like this.""

A legislative subcommittee in Iowa voted 2-1 to expand restrictions that previously barred instruction on gender identity and sexual orientation through sixth grade to cover kindergarten through 12th grade. The 2023 law, signed by Gov. Kim Reynolds, is being challenged as unconstitutional but remains in effect while litigation proceeds; it originally also ordered removal of school library books that depict "sex acts." The proposed bill would bar public and charter schools from providing any program, curriculum, test, survey, questionnaire, promotion or instruction relating to gender theory or sexual orientation. The measure drew support from Republican Sen. Sandy Salmon and opposition from Democratic Sen. Molly Donahue, who characterized the effort as a distraction.

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