Senate panel advances Louisiana’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill and pronoun ban

ROUGE—The Senate Education Committee advanced bills Thursday that would ban discussion of gender and sexual orientation in schools and prohibit teachers from using a student’s preferred name or pronoun without their parent’s written permission if it differs from their biological sex. The bill to restrict gender discussion was modeled after a Florida law that critics refer to as the “Don’t Say Gay” law. The Louisiana version, House Bill 466, was sponsored by Rep. Dodie Horton, R-Haughton. The other bill, House Bill 81, would require parents to submit a form in...