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The class print at a Florida high school says he wasn’t allowed to share his experience as a gay stunt his graduatn speech or how the state’s so-lled “Don’t Say Gay” law will affect stunts like him, so he talked about somethg else that mak him a ltle different om his classmat – his curly hair.

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A FLORIDA CLASS PRINT ULDN’T DISCS BEG GAY HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATN SPEECH – SO HE TALKED ABOUT HIS CURLY HAIR

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High school grad uldn't say 'gay' speech, so he did this stead. The class print at a Florida high school says he wasn’t allowed to share his experience as a gay stunt his graduatn speech or how the state’s so-lled “Don’t Say Gay” law will affect stunts like him, so he talked about somethg else that mak him a ltle different om his classmat – his curly hair.

Moricz me out durg his hman year and was the first openly-gay class print at the school, so he felt a rponsibily to addrs the ntroversy. A Florida high school stunt opted for a hair metaphor after he says faculty members threatened to censor his graduatn speech if he spoke about his LGBTQ activism or experienc as a gay teen.

Zanr Moricz, senr class print of Pe View School for the Gifted Osprey, Florida, planned to e his speech on Sunday to cricize the state’s Parental Rights Edutn, or “Don’t Say Gay” law. So, when Moricz, 18, livered his speech at Pe View’s graduatn ceremony, he shared quips about his curly hair as phemisms for beg gay. He also anized stunt walkouts prott of the “Don’t Say Gay” law, and is named a lawsu agast the state of Florida related to the legislatn.

FLORIDA STUNT FDS CLEVER WAY TO SHRED 'DON'T SAY GAY' LAW IN GRADUATN SPEECH

Zanr Moricz, a Florida high school senr, says he was threatened by school officials if he mentned the “Don’t Say Gay” bill his graduatn speech. * gay valedictorian speech florida *

A Florida high school stunt who is openly gay is speakg out after he says he was subjected to censorship by school officials if he mentned the state’s “Parental Rights Edutn” law, also lled the “Don’t Say Gay” law by crics, his graduatn Moricz, a senr and the print of his graduatg class at Pe View School Osprey, Florida, claimed he was beg “silenced” a Twter thread two weeks ago. ”Moricz is also one of the youngt platiffs a lawsu filed agast the state of Florida over the “Parental Rights Edutn” 18-year-old told "Good Morng Ameri" he was worried ahead of the speech but felt supported by his fellow classmat and peers, some of whom wore “Say Gay” stickers and stood up and cheered durg his speech Sunday. "Moricz, an outspoken advote for LGBTQ rights, referred to his "curly hair" as a phemism for beg gay his speech.

Moricz said he “strongly believ” the requt was rponse to a newly enacted state law, which crics have dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” law. Proponents of the measure have ntend that giv parents more discretn over what their children learn school and say LGBTQ issu are “not age appropriate” for young crics have argued that the law uld stifle teachers and stunts om talkg about their inti or their lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer fay members.

GAY HIGH SCHOOLER SAYS HE'S 'BEG SILENCED' BY FLORIDA'S LGBTQ LAW

A Florida high school graduate says he was told not to say "gay" his graduatn speech. So he said "curly hair" stead. * gay valedictorian speech florida *

”“The reason somethg like the ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law seems like nothg but is actually everythg is that when you nnot talk about or share who you are, there is a nstant subnsc affirmatn that you are not valid, that you should not exist, ” Moricz fight agast the legislatn is personal for Moricz, he add. logoNewslettersSubscribeacunt innavigatnSenr and LGBTQ+ advote Zanr Moricz a brilliant metaphor to make his Nick Hobson, Chief behavral scientist, Apex Srg Solutns, BAD Scienc at Potential Project@NickMHobsonPhoto: Getty ImagValedictorian and class print Zanr Moricz was asked by the admistratn at Pe View School Osprey, Florida, to do the graduatn speech, but unr one le: He uldn't say the word gay.

A difficult spot to be , Moricz knew that if he said "gay, " his mic would be cut. Instead of sayg "gay" he spoke about "havg curly hair.

A FLORIDA VALEDICTORIAN IS TOLD TO NOT SAY 'GAY' HIS GRADUATN SPEECH. WHAT HE DO NEXT IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF LEARSHIP

I am the first openly gay Class Print my school’s history – this censorship seems to show that they want me to be the last. * gay valedictorian speech florida *

Senr Class Print Zanr Moricz was tapped wh givg a mencement speech at Pe View School Osprey, Fla., but was given a rtrictn not normally attached to such an openly gay activist who is the youngt platiff a lawsu agast a new state law that rtricts what teachers n say class about genr and sexual orientatn, the teenager said publicly that he had been warned by his prcipal not to mentn his activism or say the word “gay.

Kelsey Whealy, a spokwoman for Sarasota County Schools, said a May 10 email that Pe View’s prcipal “did meet wh Zanr Moricz to remd him of the ceremony expectatns” but did not say he had been told not to say “gay. ”The Parental Rights Edutn bill — which crics have labeled the “don’t say gay” bill — was signed March 28 by Florida Gov.

TOLD NOT TO SAY ‘GAY’ GRADUATN SPEECH, HE MA HIS POT ANYWAY

The senr class print was warned not to speak about his experience as a gay stunt or cricize the state's “Don’t Say Gay” law durg his graduatn speech. * gay valedictorian speech florida *

The law go to effect July platiffs the lawsu allege that the law harms LGBTQ stunts and fai and vlat their First Amendment right to eedom of speech, as well as their nstutnal right to equal protectn unr the n watch Moricz’s speech here:florida high school class print zanr moricz was told by his school that they would cut his microphone if he said “gay” his grad speech, so he replaced gay wh “havg curly hair.

THIS FLORIDA HIGH SCHOOL STUNT WASN’T ALLOWED TO SAY GAY HIS GRADUATN SPEECH

Zanr Moricz, a Florida high school senr, says he was threatened by the school if he mentned the "Don't Say Gay" bill his graduatn speech. * gay valedictorian speech florida *

48 hours later, 10, 000 Say Gay stickers were claimed across Florida.

"Durg a graduatn ceremony Sunday, Zanr Moricz spoke about his experienc and activism as the first openly gay class print of Pe View School Osprey, Florida, but his mencement addrs, he never said he was gay.

"Opn: Three generatns later, LGBTQ children still need supportIn se you missed :LGBTQ groups, parents file feral lawsu opposg Florida's 'Don't Say Gay' lawMoricz is the youngt platiff a lawsu agast Florida's parental rights and tn law, often referred to as the "Don't Say Gay" bill, and has been outspoken his opposn to and how would affect his speech, he didn't say "gay" once. Edwards, who is openly gay, said Moricz served to be celebrated for who he is. The 18-year-old said the cisn to censor his speech was “humanizg, ” but he didn’t want to risk g the ceremony for his fellow he did what he was told to– never mentned the word “gay, ” but ma his pot right their face anyway.

'CURLY HAIR' BE FOR GAY FLORIDA HIGH SCHOOL GRAD SPEECH AFTER SENR SAYS HE WAS CENSORED

Zanr Moricz, the first openly gay class print at Pe View School Osprey, Florida, ed the phrase "curly hair" to liver a powerful speech about his experienc and the jtic facg the LGBTQ+ muny. * gay valedictorian speech florida *

The senr class print and openly gay Zenr Moricz has recently shared how his high school prcipal threatened to cut off his microphone if he talked about his activism and ed the word “gay”Image creds: zanrmoriczZanr Moricz, a senr and the print of his graduatg class at Pe View School Osprey, Florida, tweeted that he was beg “silenced” a thread two weeks ago. “This effort to ntrol young mds through state censorship — and to mean LGBTQ liv by nyg their realy — is a grave abe of power, ” is what the lawsu was not allowed to talk about his activism but he me up wh a brilliant way to shred “Don’t Say Gay” law this censored graduatn speechImage creds: Liz BallardImage creds: Liz BallardImage creds: Liz BallardImage creds: Liz BallardImage creds: Liz BallardImage creds: Liz BallardImage creds: Liz BallardImage creds: Liz BallardMoricz exprsed his worry ahead of the speech but told Good Morng Ameri on Monday that he felt the support om his fellow classmat and peers.

GAY FLORIDA STUNT BRILLIANTLY OUTSMARTS SCHOOL ADMISTRATN WHO CENSORED HIS GRAD SPEECH

The class print at a Florida high school says he wasn’t allowed to share his experience as a gay stunt his graduatn speech or how the state’s so-lled “Don’t Say Gay” law will affect stunts like him, so he got creative. * gay valedictorian speech florida *

Some of them wore “Say Gay” stickers and stood up and cheered durg his speech said: “There was a lot of hate and a lot of fear surroundg the speech about what people were gog to do if someone was gog to react poorly bee was really prent the muny – that hatred and that fear – and so I was worried and I knew that there was a potential to cut the mic. He had been warned not to speak about his experience as a gay stunt, but he found a workaround by g his hair as a metaphor, WWSB Moricz, the senr class print of Pe View School for the Gifted, wanted to e his graduatn speech Sunday to speak about his experience as a gay stunt or cricize Florida Hoe Bill 1557, lled “Parental Rights Edutn” but lloquially known as the “Don’t Say Gay” bill.

-- A Florida high school stunt who is openly gay is speakg out after he says he was subjected to censorship by school officials if he mentned the state's "Parental Rights Edutn" law, also lled the "Don't Say Gay" law by crics, his graduatn Moricz, a senr and the print of his graduatg class at Pe View School Osprey, Florida, claimed he was beg "silenced" a Twter thread two weeks ago. "Moricz is also one of the youngt platiffs a lawsu filed agast the state of Florida over the "Parental Rights Edutn" 18-year-old told "Good Morng Ameri" he was worried ahead of the speech but felt supported by his fellow classmat and peers, some of whom wore "Say Gay" stickers and stood up and cheered durg his speech Sunday.

"MORE: So-lled 'Don't Say Gay' bill now officially state lawMoricz, an outspoken advote for LGBTQ rights, referred to his "curly hair" as a phemism for beg gay his speech.

FLA. CLASS PRINT TOLD HE ULDN’T SPEAK ABOUT BEG GAY HAIR METAPHOR

"SEE ALSO: Hundreds of stunts hold 'We Say Gay' rally NYC to nounce Florida's 'Don't Say Gay' bill Moricz said havg to modify his graduatn speech was more than jt disappotg.

LGBTQ+ activists and alli natnwi are speakg out agast Florida’s hateful “Don’t Say Gay” bill, a new law that prohibs the discsn of sexual inty and genr inty the classroom. When Zanr Moricz — the first openly gay class print at Pe View School Osprey, Florida — was prohibed by school admistratn not to e the word “gay” his graduatn speech, he didn’t avoid the nversatn. ”Zanr is a platiff a lawsu that is challengg the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, which is known officially as the Parental Rights Edutn bill.

“I am the first openly-gay Class Print my school’s history–this censorship seems to show that they want me to be the last. I am the youngt public platiff the “Don’t Say Gay” lawsu.

FLORIDA STUNT ALLEG HE WAS TOLD NOT TO MENTN 'DON'T SAY GAY' LAW GRADUATN SPEECH

I am my Florida high school’s first openly-gay Class Print. The class print at a Florida high school says he wasn't allowed to share his experience as a gay stunt his graduatn speech or how the state's so-lled "Don't Say Gay" law will affect stunts like him, so he got creative.

A Sarasota County high school stunt — and one of the platiffs a lawsu agast what crics ll the 'Don't Say Gay' law — says he has been told to keep his activism out of his graduatn law, formally tled "Parental Rights Edutn, " was passed by the Florida Legislature and signed to law by Gov.

He spoke to WUSF last month about his need to fight agast the "Don't Say Gay" law.

FLORIDA HIGH SCHOOL STUNT GIV GRADUATN SPEECH USG “CURLY HAIR” AS CO FOR “GAY”

"READ MORE: A Sarasota stunt fears the so-lled 'Don't Say Gay' law will harm LGBTQ kids' school experienceIn a statement, the Sarasota County School district says that schools review expectatns and guil for speech, as well as stunts' speech.

A Florida stunt says he was banned om sayg the word ‘gay’ his graduatn speech, so he talked about his ‘curly hair’ ‘curls’ as an analogy for his sexualy, Florida class print of Pe View School, Zanr Moricz, ma a heartfelt speech to peers about stgglg to e to terms wh the style of his ‘hair’ a vio that has now been viewed more than 8. "He also went on to say the growth of his ‘hair’ was a msy and tumultuo procs; however, he’s e out the other end thanks to supportive iends and teachers of the end his speech by sayg was important for him to speak out as other curly-haired stunts might also make the mistake of tryg to ‘adjt’ to ‘Florida’s humidy’ stunt’s emotnal speech jt a few months after the state signed the ‘Don’t Say Gay Bill’, which prevents the teachg of sexual orientatn and genr inty om pre-school to third Douglas R.

In Florida, 's hard havg curly Pe View School's graduatn ceremony Sunday, Zanr Moricz spoke about his experienc and activism as Pe View School's first openly gay class print, but his mencement addrs, he never said he was gay. Opn: Three generatns later, LGBTQ children still need supportIn se you missed :LGBTQ groups, parents file feral lawsu opposg Florida's 'Don't Say Gay' law"There are gog to be so many kids wh curly hair who need a muny like Pe View and they won't have one, " Moricz said his speech. His tweet thread accumulated hundreds of thoands of lik and is the youngt platiff a lawsu agast Florida's parental rights and tn law, often referred to as the "Don't Say Gay" bill and has been outspoken his opposn to and how would affect his speech, he didn't say "gay" once.

HIGH SCHOOL GRAD ULDN’T SAY ‘GAY’ SPEECH, SO HE DID THIS STEAD

DeSantis expand his “Don’t Say Gay” law this year, and the Florida Board of Edutn voted Wednday for l that took even further — cludg by barrg teachers om askg stunts their preferred pronouns.

A SARASOTA STUNT SAYS HE N'T DISCS 'DON'T SAY GAY' HIS GRADUATN SPEECH

When Christian Bal's school refed to let him give a speech durg graduatn, the high school valedictorian took a bullhorn to the lawn outsi and gave , who is gay, said he isn't sure whether his sexual orientatn is what alarmed school officials Covgton, Ky. Zanr Moricz, the gay Florida class print barred om sayg "gay" his graduatn speech, got around the prohibn a clever is the first out class print at Pe View School Osprey. His prcipal, Stephen Covert, had warned him agast discsg his gay inty and LGBTQ+ activism while speakg agast graduatn light of Florida's recently adopted "don't say gay" law, which rtricts school-sponsored mentn of sexual orientatn and genr inty.

Managed to get his pots about beg gay across whout sayg the word. "I don't want him to be a victim this, " Tom Edwards, the gay man who is vice chair of the school board, told the Sarasota Herald-Tribune. A gay valedictorian had the last lgh when his high school attempted to cut off his graduatn speech after he discsed his g out June 17, Bryce Dershem was liverg a speech to his fellow classmat at Eastern Regnal High School Voorhe, New Jersey when the school prcipal turned off his mic.

STUNT BANNED FROM SAYG 'GAY' AT GRADUATN MAK PASSNATE SPEECH ABOUT 'CURLY HAIR' INSTEAD

'CURLY HAIR': PE VIEW CLASS PRINT PHEMISM FOR GAY GRADUATN SPEECH

RON DESANTIS'S FLORIDA BOARD OF EDUTN: HEY, WHAT ABOUT THE “PERSONAL BENEF” OF BEG A SLAVE?FLORIDA’S NEW AIN AMERIN STUDI CURRICULUM STANDARDS WILL FORCE PUBLIC SCHOOL STUNTS TO LEARN ABOUT SOME OF THE SUPPOSED UPSIS OF SLAVERY.BY ERIC LUTZJULY 20, 2023RON DESANTIS SPEAKS DURG A MPAIGN EVENT IOWA JULY 14.RACHEL MUMMEY/BLOOMBERG VIA GETTY IMAGSAVE THIS STORYSAVESAVE THIS STORYSAVERON DESANTIS’S WAR ON “WOKENS” SCHOOLS ASCEND TO DANGERO NEW HEIGHTS WEDNDAY, AS FLORIDA’S STATE BOARD OF EDUTN APPROVED NEW AIN AMERIN STUDI CURRICULUM STANDARDS THAT, AMONG OTHER THGS, WOULD FORCE PUBLIC SCHOOL STUNTS TO LEARN ABOUT SOME OF THE SUPPOSED UPSIS OF SLAVERY — A WHEWASHG OF HISTORY THAT THE STATE’S LARGT TEACHERS UNN CRIED AS A “BIG STEP BACKWARD” FOR TN.“GOV. DESANTIS IS PURSUG A POLIL AGENDA GUARANTEED TO SET GOOD PEOPLE AGAST ONE ANOTHER, AND THE PROCS HE’S CHEATG OUR KIDS,” ANDREW SPAR, PRINT OF THE FLORIDA EDUTN ASSOCIATN, SAID A STATEMENT BLASTG THE NEW AIN AMERIN STUDI STANDARDS. “THEY SERVE THE FULL TTH OF AMERIN HISTORY, THE GOOD AND THE BAD.”FLORIDA PUBLIC SCHOOL STUNTS MAY NOT GET THAT UNR THE NEW L APPROVED WEDNDAY, WHICH REQUIRE TEACHERS— A SECTN ON SLAVERY— TO NOTE THAT “SLAV VELOPED SKILLS, WHICH, SOME STANC, ULD BE APPLIED FOR THEIR PERSONAL BENEF.” IN A SECTN ON “RENSTCTN AND BEYOND,” A PERD MARKED BY JIM CROW AND ROUTE WHE TERRORISM ON BLACK MUNI, THE NEW L DICTATE THAT STUNTS MT BE TGHT ABOUT “ACTS OF VLENCE PERPETRATED AGAST AND BY AIN AMERINS,” WHICH, AS DEMOCRATIC STATE SENATOR GERALDE THOMPSON POTED OUT, SUGGTS CINTS LIKE THE OEE MASSACRE WERE “SPARKED BY VLENCE OM AIN AMERINS.”“THAT’S BLAMG THE VICTIMS,” SAID THOMPSON, WHO, AS THE WASHGTON POST NOT, HELPED PASS A 2020 LAW REQUIRG FLORIDA SCHOOLS TO TEACH ABOUT THE 1920 MASSACRE, WHICH A WHE MOB KILLED DOZENS OF BLACK RINTS OF OEE, FLORIDA, ELECTN DAY VLENCE. (MANNY DIAZ, FLORIDA'S TN MISSNER, PRAISED THE CHANG, SAYG THAT “THIS IS SOMETHG THAT IS GOG TO SET THE NORM FOR STANDARDS OTHER STAT.”)X NTENTTHIS NTENT N ALSO BE VIEWED ON THE SE ORIGAT OM.THE NEW STANDARDS E AS DESANTIS, A NTENR FOR THE 2024 REPUBLIN NOMATN, LAT HIS WAR ON SO-LLED “WOKE” TN, WHICH HAS CLUD BOOK BANS, THE REJECTN OF AN ADVANCED PLACEMENT URSE ON AIN AMERIN STUDI, AND THE PASSAGE OF THE STOP WOKE ACT, WHICH PROHIBS THE STCTN OF MATERIAL THAT ULD MAKE SOMEONE FEEL “GUILT, ANGUISH OR ANY FORM OF PSYCHOLOGIL STRS.” HIS NCERN FOR THE POSSIBLE “ANGUISH” OF FLORIDA STUNTS DO NOT SEEM TO EXTEND TO BLACK STUNTS, WHO ULD BE FORCED TO LEARN ABOUT THE SUPPOSED “BENEF” OF SLAVERY, NOR DO SEEM TO EXTEND TO LGBTQ KIDS AND THEIR FAI, WHO HAVE ALSO BEEN TARGETED HIS BATTLE. DESANTIS EXPAND HIS “DON’T SAY GAY” LAW THIS YEAR, AND THE FLORIDA BOARD OF EDUTN VOTED WEDNDAY FOR L THAT TOOK EVEN FURTHER — CLUDG BY BARRG TEACHERS OM ASKG STUNTS THEIR PREFERRED PRONOUNS. DIAZ SAID THE MOVE WOULD PROTECT KIDS OM “UNWELE FLUENC AND DOCTRATN," PRAISG DESANTIS, THE LEGISLATN, AND THE BOARD FOR WHAT HE SCRIBED A STATEMENT AS THEIR “UNWAVERG MMENT TO THE HEALTH, WELLBEG AND SAFETY OF OUR STUNTS.” BUT, AS CRICS CHARGED, THE L NSTUTED AN LATN THE “POLILLY-MOTIVATED WAR ON PARENTS, STUNTS, AND TORS” FLORIDA. “OUR STUNTS SERVE CLASSROOMS WHERE ALL FAI ARE TREATED WH THE RPECT THEY SERVE AND ALL YOUNG PEOPLE ARE WELED,” JENNIFER SOLOMON, EQUALY FLORIDA PARENTS & FAI SUPPORT MANAGER, SAID A STATEMENT WEDNDAY. “INSTEAD, THE DESANTIS ADMISTRATN NTU TO WIELD THE STATE AGAST .”“STOP TURNG OUR KIDS’ CLASSROOMS TO POLIL BATTLEFIELDS TO SRE CHEAP POTS,” SOLOMON NTUED.BUT DESANTIS, OF URSE, SHOWS NO SIGN OF STOPPG: HIS RELENTLS CULTURE WAR HELPED LIFT HIM TO NATNAL PROMENCE, AND HE HAS MA HIS CENTRAL — NAY, HIS ONLY — PCH TO GOP VOTERS HIS SPUTTERG PRINTIAL MPAIGN. “WE’VE MA THE STATE OF FLORIDA THE PLACE WHERE WOKE GO TO DIE,” HE SAID AT A RECENT MPAIGN EVENT. “AND NOW, IS OUR MISSN AS AMERINS TO ENSURE THAT JANUARY 2025…WE LEAVE WOKE IOLOGY THE DTB OF HISTORY WHERE BELONGS.”MORE GREAT STORI FROM VANY FAIRHOW FOUR BILLNAIRE TECHNO-OLIGARCHS ARE CREATG AN ALTERNATE REALYEXCLIVE NEW DETAILS ABOUT MEGHAN MARKLE’S WEDDG DRSA BIRD’S-EYE VIEW OF EVERYTHG HAPPENG AT THIS FALL’S FILM FTIVALS—WHOUT THE STARSA SER SETBACK FOR TMP’S PLAN TO GET REELECTED AND PARDON HIMSELFMEET KYLE DCHANEL, THE PRETEND PLAYBOY WHO SEEMS TO HAVE FOOLED HALF OF MANHATTANTHE ULTIMATE GUI TO FALL MOVIFROM THE ARCHIVE: A FATHER’S ACUNT OF THE TRIAL OF HIS DGHTER’S KILLEREND-OF-SUMMER SALE! TAKE 25% OFF AT THE VF SHOPMOST POPULARPRCE HARRY AND MEGAN MARKLE H BEYONCE SHOW IN LABY EVE BATEYKYLE DCHANEL, THE ROTHSCHILD WHO WASN’TBY NATE FREEMANJENNA ORTEGA REILS AT JOHNNY DEPP DATG RUMORS BY EVE BATEYERIC LUTZ

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