For Florida’s LGBTQ teens and teachers, the law is a moving target
Aiden Cordero, 18, was suspended from her Florida high school in February for using the girls’ bathroom. Cordero is a transgender girl and a senior at Frank W. Springstead High School, in a suburb of Tampa, where, she said, she’s been using the girls’ restroom for the last three years without issues. However, one of a few laws targeting LGBTQ students or topics Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis signed in May 2023 requires that she use either the boys’ restroom or the single-occupancy restroom in the school’s clinic, which she said is far from her classes. In February, she had an emergency, so […]