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.
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- FLORIDA STUNT FDS CLEVER WAY TO SHRED 'DON'T SAY GAY' LAW IN GRADUATN SPEECH
- HIGH SCHOOL GRAD ULDN’T SAY ‘GAY’ SPEECH, SO HE DID THIS STEAD
- A FLORIDA CLASS PRINT ULDN’T DISCS BEG GAY HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATN SPEECH – SO HE TALKED ABOUT HIS CURLY HAIR
- TOLD NOT TO SAY ‘GAY’ GRADUATN SPEECH, HE MA HIS POT ANYWAY
- THIS FLORIDA HIGH SCHOOL STUNT WASN’T ALLOWED TO SAY GAY HIS GRADUATN SPEECH
- A SARASOTA STUNT SAYS HE N'T DISCS 'DON'T SAY GAY' HIS GRADUATN SPEECH
- HIS PRCIPAL WANTS TO CENSOR HIS GRADUATN SPEECH. THIS GAY STUNT LEAR WON’T LET IT HAPPEN
- FLORIDA STUNT SKIRTS ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ A BETIFUL GRADUATN SPEECH
FLORIDA STUNT FDS CLEVER WAY TO SHRED 'DON'T SAY GAY' LAW IN GRADUATN 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. * can't say gay graduation speech *
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.
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. * can't say gay graduation speech *
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 got creative.
A FLORIDA CLASS PRINT ULDN’T DISCS BEG GAY HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATN SPEECH – SO HE TALKED ABOUT HIS CURLY HAIR
A Florida high school graduate says he was told not to say "gay" his graduatn speech. So he said "curly hair" stead. * can't say gay graduation 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 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. 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.
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. 48 hours later, 10, 000 Say Gay stickers were claimed across Florida. 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.
TOLD NOT TO SAY ‘GAY’ GRADUATN SPEECH, HE MA HIS POT ANYWAY
* can't say gay graduation speech *
I am the youngt public platiff the “Don’t Say Gay” lawsu. I am my Florida high school’s first openly-gay Class Print. He spoke to WUSF last month about his need to fight agast the "Don't Say Gay" law.
THIS FLORIDA HIGH SCHOOL STUNT WASN’T ALLOWED TO SAY GAY HIS GRADUATN SPEECH
Zanr Moricz said his prcipal is tryg to censor his graduatn speech after beg part of a lawsu agast the "Don't Say Gay" bill. * can't say gay graduation speech *
"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 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. "Edor’s PicksMoricz, an outspoken advote for LGBTQ rights, referred to his "curly hair" as a phemism for beg gay his speech.
A SARASOTA STUNT SAYS HE N'T DISCS 'DON'T SAY GAY' HIS GRADUATN SPEECH
This Gay Stunt Lear Won’t Let It Happen. "[The "Don't Say Gay" bill] is opprsg stunts, and has not even gone to effect yet, " says Zanr Moricz, his high school's first openly gay class print.
HIS PRCIPAL WANTS TO CENSOR HIS GRADUATN SPEECH. THIS GAY STUNT LEAR WON’T LET IT HAPPEN
“There’s somethg very dystopian about someone tellg you that you discsg your human rights would rult a ceremony beg unenjoyable or problematic, ” Zanr Moricz, the first openly gay class print at his Sarasota unty, Florida high school tells Rollg Stone.
FLORIDA STUNT SKIRTS ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ A BETIFUL GRADUATN SPEECH
After all, the meetg me at a very poted time for Florida schools and gay stunt lears like Moricz. Ron DeSantis signed the ntroversial “Don’t Say Gay” bill, which would prohib teachers om speakg about LGBTQ issu wh stunts of a certa age group. He had spent his time high school advotg for gay rights.
So earlier this week, Moricz logged on to Twter to share a thread about exactly what had happened, along wh a ll to actn: He ved stunts Florida to sign up to receive some of the 10, 000 “Say Gay” stickers his anizatn would be sharg to “remd unrclassmen that we’re done wh high school, not the fight.