Renca Dunn interviews new Florida Association of the Deaf President Derick Horne at the NAD Conference in Orlando, Florida and gets an update on what the FAD has done since it was embroiled in a controversy with the NAD over Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill.

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Background info: In April, there was a controversy between the Florida Association of the Deaf (FAD) and the NAD regarding Florida’s new law that aims to limit classroom instruction about LGBTQ+ topics in elementary schools.

The bill is called the Parental Rights in Education bill, but it is also known as the “Don’t Say Gay” bill.

The FAD’s former president and spokesperson said in April that they fully supported the new law and would disassociate from the NAD due to the NAD’s public opposition against the new bill. The FAD said they wouldn’t be involved with the NAD Conference in Orlando in July.

Chris Wagner, a former FAD president — and also a former NAD president — said in April that the FAD’s disassociation from the NAD was “null and void” because three FAD officials acted independently without involving other FAD board members or regular FAD members.