New Orleans high school students are protesting against what is being called anti-LGBTQ law in Louisiana.
On Friday morning, students from Ben Franklin High School held a walkout to voice out their opposition to Louisiana’s House bill 570, which would forbid transition-related healthcare for transgender children.
The students are also protesting against Bill HB837, which is being called the Louisiana version of Florida’s recently passed “Don’t Say Gay” bill. The bill’s text forbids the discussion of LGBTQ topics in Louisiana schools.
This legislation will seriously harm and very likely kill our queer youth,” Step Up Louisiana Co-Director and Co-Founder Benjamin Zucker said in a statement, according to WGNO.
