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    LGBTQ Youth Fight For Equality In Sex Ed In South Carolina Classrooms

    A 32-year-old law makes it illegal for teachers in that state to speak about queer relationships, unless it's about sexually transmitted infections. But a federal lawsuit could change that.
    by Hannah Hagemann Mar 01, 2020 2 minutes
    A South Carolina law prohibits teachers from discussing relationships that are not heterosexual, unless they're talking about sexually transmitted infections.

    Eli Bundy, a 15-year-old sophomore at Charleston County School of the Arts in South Carolina, knows how it feels to be ignored in the classroom. In South Carolina, it's illegal for teachers to address queer relationships, unless they're talking about sexually transmitted infections, also called STIs.

    Eli, who identifies as queer, says they and their classmates have broached the subject of non-heterosexualrelationships in health

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