FL’s ‘Don’t Say Gay or Trans’ Law: Mental Health Experts React

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• SAY GAY EVERY DAY - GAY PRI MONTH LGBTQ ALLY TOTE BAG
• SAY GAY EVERY DAY GOLD
• HERE'S WHAT FLORIDA'S 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL WOULD DO AND WHAT WOULDN'T DO
• 11 CELEBRI THAT DENOUNCED FLORIDA’S ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL
• IOWA’S ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILLS SPARK NTROVERSY
• AS DISNEY REELS OVER “DON’T SAY GAY” BILL RPONSE, STAFFERS DEBATE WHETHER TO TAKE PUBLIC OR PRIVATE STAND
• WHY FLORIDA’S ‘DON’T SAY GAY OR TRANS’ LAW PUTS LGBTQ+ MENTAL HEALTH AT RISK
• "THAT'S SO GAY" IS JT SO WRONG
• SAY GAY EVERYDAY FOR GAY
• GAY DICTNARY
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But Florida’s Parental Rights Edutn act — which crics have dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” bill — has sudnly sparked a natnal war of recent weeks, lears of global rporatns, edorial boards of major newspapers and Hollywood actors have all weighed on the proposed legislatn, wh some llg “eply disturbg” and others “nonntroversial. ” Conversely, opponents say would unfairly target the LGBTQ muny — particularly gay and trans stunts — and is “pretendg to solve a problem that don’t exist. The bill, which passed Florida’s Senate last week and the state’s Hoe of Reprentativ Febary, do, however, nta the terms “sexual orientatn” and “genr inty, ” each legal experts say that whether the bill prohibs the word “gay” self is a “distractn.

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Hannah Altman, a member of the UIowa Outlaws, an LGBTQ+ Iowa Law School stunt group, said the group keeps an eye out for “Don’t Say Gay” legislatn when focg on LGBTQ+ rights laws. But, a dramatic parture om the pany’s long-standg culture of public posivy, some LGBTQ employe of the media giant have been breakg that le to object to Disney’s handlg of Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill. What prev eras might have sparked ternal employee gmblg about a pany policy stead went public spectacular fashn, thanks to mountg tratn over anti-gay legislatn croppg up natnally, a generatnal change how employe view their activism at work, and a tight job market animatn that means there are other attractive plac bis Disney to make animated films and TV shows.

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Even after Chapek’s apologetic March 11 memo and pse of polil donatns to Florida policians, employe were still anizg polil actns signed to keep the heat on the pany, cludg a seri of walkouts begng March 15, mandg that Disney permanently stop donatg to 22 Florida policians volved the creatn or passage of the “Don’t Say Gay” bill and that create an LGBTQ brand siar to the Onyx Collective, a ntent brand for creativ of lor that Disney lnched 2021. Disney employe and creators wh ti to the pany began sharg their feelgs about the pany’s stance on social media g the hashtags #dontsaygay and #disneydobetter, and, separate letters to Disney learship that were shared publicly, employe of Pixar Animatn, Disney TV Animatn and Disney Media & Entertament Distributn all exprsed their disappotment.

“Nearly every moment of overtly gay affectn is cut at Disney’s beht, regardls of when there is prott om both the creative teams and learship at Pixar, ” the letter said.

On March 28, 2022, Governor Ron DeSantis of Florida signed to law a bill that mental health profsnals and advot say will greatly harm LGBTQ+ Florida state legislatn, tled CS/CS/HB 1557: Parental Rights Edutn (monly referred to as the “Don’t Say Gay or Trans” bill), prohibs classroom discsn about sexual orientatn or genr inty certa gra also requir school districts to notify parents of healthre servic for their children. ”Rearch published this year the journal LGBT Health that looked at survey data om stunts om 117 schools showed that var psychosocial health measur improved for lbian, gay, bisexual, and heterosexual stunts when schools had LGBTQ-supportive polici pared wh schools that didn’t.

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