Students protest funding cut of diversity programs at Florida colleges

Students at the University of North Florida protested the imminent closing of the school’s four diversity centers, including the campus LGBTQ center. Student protests over Florida’s policies about LGBTQ issues have become common.

The protest took place the day the Florida Board of Governors, the governing body of the State University System of Florida, voted to prohibit funding for diversity, equity and inclusion programs and activities at the state’s public universities. 

The vote comes after Ron DeSantis signed a measure into law banning all of the state’s public higher education institutions from using state or federal funding for diversity programs.

Florida made national headlines when it enacted what critics have dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” law in 2022, which limited the instruction of sexual orientation and gender identity in public schools in kindergarten through third grade. DeSantis signed a bill last year that expanded the law to apply to students in kindergarten through eighth grade.

It's time to change, Florida!!!

Won't be erased by DeSantis!!!