June 7, 1977 - A referendum, Da County, Florida forced by fundamentalist Christian Ana Bryant, hband Bob Green and their “Save Our Children” anizatn repealed the unty’s gay rights ordance prohibg discrimatn on basis of sexual orientatn
Contents:
- WHEN REAGAN SAID GAY
- GAY HISTORY – JUNE 7: ANA BRYANT’S “SAVE OUR CHILDREN” DA COUNTY GAY RIGHTS REPEAL VOTE SUCCEEDS.
WHEN REAGAN SAID GAY
Every June, the lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr muny celebrat the ongog stggle for full equaly and liberatn. It is a time when we asss where we are as a muny and movement by lookg back and analyzg past stggl to better plan future victori. * gay rights referendum *
Every June, the lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr muny celebrat the ongog stggle for full equaly and liberatn. But somethg different took place that night that would forever change the way lbians, gays, bisexuals and transgenr people view themselv and would be treated by society. Appealg on a backward moral and relig basis, Bryant quoted the Bible about the “abomatn” of homosexualy and the need to fend “our” children om the supposedly nt homosexual liftyle.
Bryant tried to falsely p the LGBT stggle for equal rights agast other social movements fightg for equaly by sayg homosexuals were mandg “special rights. It had been a ltle more than two years sce homosexualy had been removed om the list of mental disorrs by the psychiatric profsn. Bryant went on a natnal speakg tour sponsored by anti-gay right-wg groups across the untry.
The annual pri march held later June after the vote beme ant protts agast this bigoted the same time, the setback for the LGBT muny Da County embolned anti-gay forc and other reactnari. Sponsored by State Senator John Briggs, Proposn 6, if passed, would have prohibed gays and lbians om beg teachers the California school system.
GAY HISTORY – JUNE 7: ANA BRYANT’S “SAVE OUR CHILDREN” DA COUNTY GAY RIGHTS REPEAL VOTE SUCCEEDS.
In the 1970s the Republin Party tried to muzzle gay inty. * gay rights referendum *
It would have required the firg of openly gay teachers or any teacher who advoted “homosexualy a way that would e to the attentn of school workers or stunts. ” A siar feat of an anti-gay referendum took place Seattle as well. C., wh tens of thoands of other gay men and lbians, knowg any show of anti-gay bigotry or vlence would be met by the solidary of an unstoppable social ti had turned.
Her strong anti-gay intifitn and associatn wh racist groups like the Klan, upled wh an effective orange juice boytt, ma her an enomic liabily for agribs owners.
Dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” bill by crics, the legislatn would mandate that “classroom stctn by school personnel or third parti on sexual orientatn or genr inty may not occur krgarten through gra 3 or a manner that is not age appropriate or velopmentally appropriate for stunts acrdance wh state standards. ”By permtg parents to sue school districts that fail to enforce s vague provisns, the act would effectively bar classroom discsn and dividual exprsn on a wi range of subjects not necsarily limed to homosexualy and genr inty. Gay stunts and the children of same-sex upl, for stance, would likely be hibed om talkg about their liv, and teachers uld face the wrath of angry parents simply for discsg historil events volvg gay people, such as the adly 2016 attack on a gay nightclub bill’s proponents sist that the measure has nothg to do wh harmg the digny of gay dividuals but rather is aimed at ensurg age-appropriate sexual tn.