Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill signed to law – The Hill

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• FLORIDA JT PASSED THE "DON'T SAY GAY" BILL. HERE’S WHAT IT MEANS FOR KIDS
• SOMEONE CHANGED A FLORIDA TRAFFIC SIGN TO SAY 'KILL ALL GAYS,' PROMPTG A POLICE VTIGATN
• ORLANDO POLICE VTIGATE A HATEFUL ANTI-GAY MSAGE WRTEN ON A TRAFFIC SIGN
• FLORIDA TRAFFIC SIGN HACKED TO DISPLAY 'KILL ALL GAYS'
• FLORIDA ERNOR SIGNS NTROVERSIAL 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL TO LAW
• FLORIDA’S ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL SIGNED TO LAW
• GAY FLORIDA

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

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SOMEONE CHANGED A FLORIDA TRAFFIC SIGN TO SAY 'KILL ALL GAYS,' PROMPTG A POLICE VTIGATN

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. Police are lookg for those rponsible for alterg an Orlando traffic sign to say "KILL ALL GAYS.

The cint took place Wednday, Internatnal Day Agast Homophobia, Biphobia, and Transphobia. Orlando Police Department has lnched an vtigatn to fd those rponsible for alterg a traffic sign to display a threateng homophobic officers received a ll about the anti-LGBTQ msage Orlando's Medil Cy, near Lake Nona, at around 4 a. In bold orange letters, s msage read: "KILL ALL GAYS.

ORLANDO POLICE VTIGATE A HATEFUL ANTI-GAY MSAGE WRTEN ON A TRAFFIC SIGN

"Wednday was Internatnal Day Agast Homophobia, Biphobia, and Transphobia, which is observed annually to memorate jtic agast LGBTQ muni around the world. Ron highlighted a number of laws and polici aimed at transgenr Floridians, as well as the so-lled "Don't Say Gay" bill, addn to recent protts outsi Florida venu hostg drag shows.

But Florida’s Parental Rights Edutn act — which crics have dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” bill — has sudnly sparked a natnal war of words.In 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.” Kate McKnon ripped to the bill durg a recent “Weekend Update” segment on NBC’s “Saturday Night Live.” The hosts of the ABC talk show “The View” mulled over the policy for more than seven mut on air last month. Ron DeSantis, who has said he supports the bill but hasn't signed yet, and Disney CEO Bob Chapek.Supporters of HB 1557 say would give parents greater ntrol over their children’s tn, vditg their “parental thory.” 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.”So, which is ?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 twice.But legal experts say that whether the bill prohibs the word “gay” self is a “distractn.”“In the same way that cril race theory isn’t beg tght schools, that hasn’t stopped people like the ernor of Florida om ployg the term ‘cril race theory’ efforts to engage certa kds of polil manvergs,” said Charlton Copeland, a profsor at the Universy of Miami School of Law who wr about sexual orientatn and genr inty. “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 orientatn.The 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.

FLORIDA TRAFFIC SIGN HACKED TO DISPLAY 'KILL ALL GAYS'

Florida drivers were met wh a vlent and homophobic msage on a road Orlando this msage, wrten all pal letters on a digal traffic sign, said “KILL ALL GAYS. Orlando was the se of the 2016 mass shootg at the gay nightclub Pulse, which a gunman killed 49 people.

Carlos Guillermo Smh, who is gay and nng for a seat the Florida Senate, said the msage is a “sign of the hate and divisn that has taken hold Florida” and blamed the cint, part, on the state’s Republin ernor. Last year, he ma natnal headl by signg what crics dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” law, and on Wednday he signed four bills rtrictg LGBTQ rights, cludg a measure that bans transn-related re for mors and one tend to rtrict drag performanc.

Police Orlando said they have opened an vtigatn after a digal traffic sign was hacked to read “KILL ALL GAYS” earlier this week. On Wednday, May 17, the Internatnal Day Agast Homophobia, Biphobia, and Transphobia. \u201cThis happened Lake Nona \u2014 the homophobia and transphobia needs to stop.

FLORIDA ERNOR SIGNS NTROVERSIAL 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL TO LAW

“The fact that someone or some group would go as far as to hack a nstctn sign to send a msage to ‘kill all gays’ — the are dividuals who are affirmed and empowered by the polici around them, and by the elected officials around them who echo that same sentiment, whether they say as bluntly or not.

”The cint agast the backdrop of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and his advocy of anti-LGBTQ+ laws, cludg the notor “don’t say gay” law.

Hours after the traffic sign cint, the Republin ernor signed four anti-LGBTQ+ new laws that expand the state’s “don’t say gay” laws, ban genr-affirmg re, rtrict bathroom age for trans people, and rtrict drag shows. Ron DeSantis has signed the Parental Rights Edutn bill, dubbed the "Don't Say Gay" bill by bill bans classroom stctn on sexual orientatn or genr inty krgarten through third gra and stat that any stctn on those topics nnot occur " a manner that is not age-appropriate or velopmentally appropriate for stunts acrdance wh state standards, " acrdg to the legislatn, HB 1557.

FLORIDA’S ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL SIGNED TO LAW

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. Hillsborough High School stunts prott a Republin-backed bill dubbed the "Don't Say Gay" that would prohib classroom discsn of sexual orientatn and genr inty, a measure Democrats nounced as beg anti-LGBTQ, Tampa, Fla., March 3, 2022.

Make no mistake, by signg the ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill, Ron DeSantis is takg the si of hatred, bullyg and discrimatn and sendg a clear msage to children Florida that he don’t re about them or their fai if he n e their pa to sre polil pots wh his base, " Florida Democratic Party Chair Manny Diaz said. "This bill is not tend to out gay children. Pedophilia and homosexualy are not nnected.

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Earlier this month, drivers Orlando, Florida, were subjected to a msage on a digal traffic sign, which appeared to have been tampered wh, readg: “KILL ALL GAYS.