Donuts were delivered to the Orlando school’s office and about 80 students packed into the Queer and Ally Alliance meeting, held without the scheduled drag performer.
Students at Boone High School say they will continue to stand up for the LGBTQ+ community in Central Florida after school officials canceled their event.
Democratic Senator Shevrin Jones says the bills won’t make LGBTQ kids go away.“LGBTQ people will exist. Your children will have to learn how to coexist with those same individuals. Period. So you can legislate this type of stuff all you want, it’s not going anywhere," Jones said.
A Lakeland man who performs as a drag queen was scheduled to speak to the LGBTQ+ student club in Orlando this week, but the event was suddenly canceled.