Florida restricted teaching around sex, gender and race. Lux is now giving students a forum for these issues
On a Tuesday night, at Florida’s only public liberal arts college, a small group of students gathered in a classroom to discuss issues deemed “controversial” on state campuses: transgender rights, feminism, immigration. But perhaps what they wanted to address most was how to combat despair.
“It’s important to stand and resist,” said Nya Jacobson, a New College of Florida senior. “But this place is a lost cause.”