Fact-checkg 3 proment claims about Florida's ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill - Poynter

Contents:

• HERE'S WHAT FLORIDA'S 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL WOULD DO AND WHAT WOULDN'T DO
• FLORIDA'S ERNOR SIGNS NTROVERSIAL LAW OPPONENTS DUBBED 'DON'T SAY GAY'
• FLORIDA JT PASSED THE "DON'T SAY GAY" BILL. HERE’S WHAT IT MEANS FOR KIDS
• FLORIDA'S 'DON'T SAY GAY' (HB1557) EXPAND TO ALL GRAS. EVERYTHG YOU NEED TO KNOW:
• FLORIDA'S NTROVERSIAL 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL: WHAT'S SI THE PROPOSED LAW
• A BREAKDOWN OF THE LANGUAGE FLORIDA’S SO-LLED ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL
• FLORIDA PASS ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL
• DESANTIS-BACKED 'DONT SAY GAY' BILL SPARKS OUTRAGE
• FACT-CHECKG 3 PROMENT CLAIMS ABOUT FLORIDA’S ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL
• FLORIDA ‘DON’T SAY GAY BILL’ SIGNED BY GOV. RON DANTIS

HERE'S WHAT FLORIDA'S 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL WOULD DO AND WHAT WOULDN'T DO

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.

FLORIDA'S ERNOR SIGNS NTROVERSIAL LAW OPPONENTS DUBBED 'DON'T SAY GAY'

For starters, cricism that the “Don’t Say Gay” bill do not fact say “gay” anywhere s text is te. 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.

“The ‘Don’t Say Gay’ moniker is a moniker about a certa polil amg of this suatn. ”Beyond brandg, a re argument over the bill centers around whether would prohib the “stctn” or “discsn” of sexual bill’s sponsors have emphatilly stated that the bill would not prohib stunts om talkg about their LGBTQ fai or bar classroom discsns about LGBTQ history, cludg events like the 2016 adly attack on the Pulse nightclub, a gay club Orlando. The bill, which some opponents have lled "Don't Say Gay, " was signed by DeSantis on Monday.

The "Don't Say Gay" moniker om crics of the measure who blast this ia and sist this policy will hurt LGBTQ children. "Florida's HB 1557, also known as the 'Don't Say Gay' bill, should never have passed and should never have been signed to law, " the statement read.

FLORIDA JT PASSED THE "DON'T SAY GAY" BILL. HERE’S WHAT IT MEANS FOR KIDS

The Florida Senate passed the ntroversial so-lled “Don’t Say Gay” bill on Tuday, sendg the Republin-backed legislatn banng LGBTQ stctn primary schools to Gov. The proposed law, often referred to by crics as the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, bans public school districts om teachg about sexual orientatn or genr inty krgarten through the third gra, or “ a manner that is not age-appropriate or velopmentally appropriate for stunts”—language that crics say uld extend the ban to higher gra levels.

” Read more: Kid of the Year Falist Kai Shappley, 11, Tak on Lawmakers Her Fight for Trans Rights What impact uld the ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill have?

Shevr Jon, Florida’s first openly gay Florida state senator, who told the legislative body: “To those who thk you n legislate gay people away, I’m sorry.

FLORIDA'S 'DON'T SAY GAY' (HB1557) EXPAND TO ALL GRAS. EVERYTHG YOU NEED TO KNOW:

Florida’s ntroversial Parental Rights Edutn Act, also lled the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, has been expand to now clu fourth through 12th gras. Ron DeSantis and is expected to go to effect after a procral notice perd of about a ’s what you need to know about the bill’s expansn:What is Florida’s "Don’t Say Gay" law (HB 1557)?

”Expandg the bill:Florida bans teachg of genr inty, sexualy through 12th graFlorida LGBTQ advot:Expandg so-lled 'Don't Say Gay' law says 'quiet part out loud'The Natnal Edutn Associatn (NEA) poted out that the vaguely word law don’t explicly fe the terms “stctn, ” “sexual orientatn” or “genr inty, ” and lead to nfn among LGBTQ tors who said they weren’t sure if they need to hi their own inti and how nfn raised more qutns that the wordg the bill uldn’t answer. Edorial:Whether 'Don't Say Gay' or 'Sue the Schools', state should scrap bad lawmakgHow has the bill impacted Florida schools?

FLORIDA'S NTROVERSIAL 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL: WHAT'S SI THE PROPOSED LAW

Florida's Parental Rights Edutn bill, dubbed the "Don't Say Gay" bill by LGBTQ activists, is on Gov. Meanwhile, bate ntu on this legislatn and what would mean for schools, teachers, stunts and bill n be read full do the 'Don't Say Gay' legislatn exactly say?

Defg those terms, cludg "heterosexualy, homosexualy or bisexualy" and "genr-related inty, appearance or behavr, " uld clear up what the bill would ban, she said. Florida Hoe Republins advanced a bill, dubbed by opponents as the "Don't Say Gay" bill, to forbid discsns of sexual orientatn and genr inty schools. Danny Burgs also later add that the standard unrstandg of the terms is what the law would activists ll "Don't Say Gay"?

A BREAKDOWN OF THE LANGUAGE FLORIDA’S SO-LLED ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL

Durg the Senate bate, Baxley slammed the nickname bee the bill do not have the word "gay" .

However, the bill's nickname om activists has bee "Don't Say Gay" and "Don't Say Trans" bee advot have said they believe would make LGBTQ people taboo once aga classrooms, settg back the progrs ma by the LGBTQ muny the last few advocy anizatns say the bills are remiscent of the "no promo homo" laws of the 1990s that barred tors om discsg LGBTQ topics school classrooms. A sign was ed a "Don't Say Gay" prott downtown Fort Myers, March 6, 2022. The march was held to prott Florida's "Don't Say Gay" Wt/The News-Prs via USA Today NetworkAt least four stat still have such laws on the books, cludg Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Oklahoma.

FLORIDA PASS ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL

"One of the differenc between the bills and some of the 'no promo homo' laws that passed the 1990s is the heavy-hand mandate on parent and fay volvement, " Melanie Willgham-Jaggers, the executive director of LGBTQ advocy group GLSEN, told ABC add: "We've learned that the prence of even one supportive adult mak all the difference. Jon is the first openly gay man the Florida Senate. Members and supporters of the LGBTQ muny attend the "Say Gay Anyway" rally Miami, March 13, 2022.

DESANTIS-BACKED 'DONT SAY GAY' BILL SPARKS OUTRAGE

"This bill is not tend to out gay children.

Members and supporters of the LGBTQ muny attend the "Say Gay Anyway" rally Miami, on March 13, 2022.

FACT-CHECKG 3 PROMENT CLAIMS ABOUT FLORIDA’S ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL

Opposn Democrats and LGBTQ rights activists have lobbied agast the "Don't Say Gay" law, which will affect kids krgarten through third gra.

Ron DeSantis signed the “Parental Rights Edutn” bill Monday, which opponents ri as the “don’t say gay” bill, he repeated what he has been sayg sce the ntroversial bill first emerged Florida: “Leftist policians, activists and rporate media” are gettg the tent of the bill all wrong. ”The text of the seven-page bill never mentns the word “gay. But some LGBTQ advot worry that the provisn uld lead to schools outg gay or transgenr kids to their parents, potentially exacerbatg mental health challeng stunts already Manny Diaz, R-Hialeah, told the Senate durg legislative bate on March 8 that a unselor would not be required to ntact a parent if a stunt to them to say “they are nfed and they feel like they may be gay.

FLORIDA ‘DON’T SAY GAY BILL’ SIGNED BY GOV. RON DANTIS

”But this is the provisn that giv opponents the most ncern bee they believe s vague wordg will prompt teachers to self-censor and avoid g words like “gay” and other genr-clive terms their classrooms, no matter the gra.

The Florida Senate passed a ntroversial bill on Tuday that prohibs classroom stctn of sexual orientatn and genr inty for some younger age groups the state spe fierce opposn that rose om the lol and natnal levels as well as the Whe measure, dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” bill by opponents, has garnered natnwi attentn, cludg a “Saturday Night Live” sketch mockg the legislatn and strong nmnatn om feral officials. Shevr Jon, the first openly gay Florida state senator, a tearful addrs asked his lleagu to support an amendment that would have altered the bill’s language to say that classroom stctn should not be tend to “change a stunt’s sexual orientatn or genr inty. A Florida bill that would lim classroom discsns on sexual orientatn and genr inty and enurage parents to sue schools or teachers that engage the topics ntu to move through the state Hoe and 's beg lled a "Don't Say Gay" bill by LGBTQ advot, who fear that if this bill is signed to law, uld act as a plete ban on the lsons on LGBTQ opprsn, history and discsns about LGBTQ amendment to the bill was proposed Friday that also would require school officials to disclose a stunt's sexual or genr inty to their parents wh six weeks of fdg out about the stunt's inty.