Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Nevada, New Jersey, and Oregon) have passed legislation in support of an LGBTQI+ inclusive curriculum. (6) In March 2022, Governor Ron DeSantis of Florida signed HB 1557 into law. Commonly known as the Don’t Say Gay or Trans legislation, this law prevents teachers from administering instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in kindergarten through third grade and, in 2023 the Florida legislature expanded this prohibition on instruction to 8th grade (HB 1069), and the State Board of Education further expanded this prohibition through 12th grade, with the exception of health education. (7) According to the Movement Advancement Project, between 2021 and May 2023, 9 States passed curriculum censorship laws that restrict instruction on LGBTQI+ people and issues (Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Montana, and Tennessee). (8) According to the African American Policy Forum, at least 16 States have passed racial and gender equity curriculum prohibitions. (9) According to the ACLU, there have been over 200 anti-LGBTQI+ school and education bills introduced in 2023 in State legislatures around the country, as of May 2023. (10) According to GLSEN, 4 States (Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma, and Texas) still have no promo homo laws in place that prohibit positive and affirming representations of LGBTQI+ identities in schools. (11) According to the CDC’s 2021 Youth Risk Behavior Survey of high school students, girls are more likely to be bullied at school and electronically than boys. (12) LGBTQI+ youth experience high rates of mistreatment in schools: (A) According to the CDC’s 2021 Youth Risk Behavior Survey of high school students, lesbian, gay and bisexual students are nearly twice as likely to be bullied at school and are more than twice as likely to be bullied electronically than their non-LGB peers. (B) According to CDC’s 2017 Youth Risk Behavior Survey, high school students who identify as transgender are more likely to be bullied at school and