Contents:
- OPPONENTS CALL IT THE ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL. HERE’S WHAT IT SAYS.
- READ THE 13 REJECTED AMENDMENTS TO FLORIDA'S 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL
- FLORIDA JT PASSED THE "DON'T SAY GAY" BILL. HERE’S WHAT IT MEANS FOR KIDS
- WHAT'S THE SO-LLED DON'T SAY GAY BILL THAT ULD IMPACT THE WHOLE UNTRY
- THE NSTUTNAL PROBLEM WH FLORIDA’S “DON’T SAY GAY” BILL
OPPONENTS CALL IT THE ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL. HERE’S WHAT IT SAYS.
AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTOpponents Call It the ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Bill. Ron DeSantis of Florida is expected to sign Hoe Bill 1557, which supporters ll the “Parental Rights Edutn” bill, but that opponents refer to as the “Don’t Say Gay” bill. ” Meanwhile, many nservativ have argued that the bill is limed spe and has been misterpreted by s of that has obscured the text of the bill self, which is plex — if at tim vague — and is about much more than gay rights.
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READ THE 13 REJECTED AMENDMENTS TO FLORIDA'S 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL
Florida lawmakers rejected several amendments to the "Don't Say Gay" bill Monday ahead of a vote on the ntroversial bill has sparked a natnal outcry om many people who say would e harm to LGBTQ+ stunts by creatg hostile environments for them at school. Several amendments to Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill were rejected Monday.
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 JT PASSED THE "DON'T SAY GAY" BILL. HERE’S WHAT IT MEANS FOR KIDS
Demonstrators gather on the steps of the Florida Historic Capol Mm ont of the Florida State Capol March Tallahassee, Fla, prottg what opponents ll the "Don't Say Gay" bill. Hoe Republins have troduced legislatn that some crics are scribg as a natnal "Don't Say Gay" bill – spired by the ntroversial Florida law that bans stctn on genr inty and sexual orientatn krgarten through third gra class. " Crics of the measure dubbed the Florida law "Don't Say Gay" and argue that s tent is to margalize LGBTQ people and their fai.
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WHAT'S THE SO-LLED DON'T SAY GAY BILL THAT ULD IMPACT THE WHOLE UNTRY
Activist Er Reed, who tracks anti-transgenr legislatn, argu that the parison to a "Don't Say Gay" bill mimiz the potential effects of this proposed legislatn. "Don't Say Gay/Trans was foced on 'classroom stctn' which was bad enough, " she wrote on Twter. In the likely event that Florida’s Parental Rights Edutn bill — the legislatn wily known as the “Don’t Say Gay” proposal — be law, no one actually knows the full extent of the behavrs forbids.
THE NSTUTNAL PROBLEM WH FLORIDA’S “DON’T SAY GAY” BILL
Unr current law, the Don’t Say Gay bill isn’t jt vague, is unnstutnally vague. ” If Keyishian remas good law — and there is no guarantee that the US Supreme Court’s Republin supermajory will apply Keyishian fairly to an anti-LGBTQ law — then Florida’s Don’t Say Gay bill do not clear this bar. The Don’t Say Gay bill, by ntrast, would take effect on July 1 if signed — one year before requir the Edutn Department to update s standards to provi guidance on how to ply wh the bill.
The Don’t Say Gay bill also an enforcement scheme remiscent of Texas’s SB 8 abortn ban: Unr the bill, parents n brg private lawsus agast school districts that vlate the ban. The Don’t Say Gay bill putiz the most pdish parents to enforce.
Settg asi the qutn of whether any Florida teacher has actually told a stunt to wa to “pick your genr, ” the Don’t Say Gay bill do a whole lot more than simply require teachers to provi more rmatn to parents. May a gay teacher display a picture of their spoe on their sk?