{"id":506452,"date":"2022-11-03T17:27:39","date_gmt":"2022-11-03T17:27:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glaad.logalt.net\/tap\/lee-zeldin\/"},"modified":"2025-02-07T12:36:38","modified_gmt":"2025-02-07T17:36:38","slug":"lee-zeldin","status":"publish","type":"gap","link":"https:\/\/glaad.org\/gap\/lee-zeldin\/","title":{"rendered":"Lee Zeldin"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2014Proposed restrictions<\/a>\u00a0on sex education in schools that goes farther than Florida\u2019s “Don’t Say Gay\/Trans”\u00a0law, which only explicitly affects students up to the third grade. At an appearance at the church of anti-LGBTQ state senator Ruben Diaz, Sr., said teachers should not be allowed to answer sex education questions asked by students as old as 13 in the seventh grade and that teachers should notify the student\u2019s parents about the question and leave it up to them to answer it.<\/p>\n

\u2014Applauded former President Trump\u2019s attacks on trans rights<\/a>, including efforts to bar transgender people from the bathroom.<\/p>\n

\u2014Campaign website makes no mention of LGBTQ people or rights, but includes a mention of ending “all indoctrination and brainwashing” on his education<\/a> page, terms widely used by activists making inaccurate claims about policies that support LGBTQ students and families, and education about race and racism.<\/p>\n