Contents:
- HB 1608 STARTED AS A 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL. NOW TARGETS TRANSGENR NAM, PRONOUNS
- INDIANA 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL PIVOTS TO KIDS' GENR INTY
- DON'T SAY GAY BILL PASS COMMTEE
- INDIANA ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL HEADS TO ERNOR’S SK
- INDIANA ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILLS WOULD BAN TEACHG OF GENR INTY, SEXUAL ORIENTATN
HB 1608 STARTED AS A 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL. NOW TARGETS TRANSGENR NAM, PRONOUNS
Moled on siar legislatn passed Florida last year, which opponents dubbed the "don't say gay" bill, HB 1608 drew strong opposn om the LGBTQ muny and s alli, who were ncerned that the measure would be harmful for LGBTQ HB 1608 was heard Hoe Edutn Commtee on Monday, Feb.
20, took on a new was origally Indiana's 'don't say gay' bill? Hoe Bill 1608 proposed that employe, school staff members or third party vendors "may not provi any stctn to a stunt krgarten through gra 3" wh a goal to rm stunts about the followg:Genr fluidyGenr rolGenr stereotypGenr intyGenr exprsnSexual orientatnIndiana General Assembly:Lawmakers to nsir 'don't say gay' legislatn 2023How did HB 1608 change to clu transgenr pronouns and nam Indiana schools? 20, the Indiana Hoe mtee on tn sentially killed the "don't say gay" legislatn and stead passed a measure the bill that would prohib schools om llg stunts by nam or pronouns "nsistent" wh their sex assigned at birth whout wrten permissn om parents.
Indiana HB 1608:Indiana 'don't say gay' bill changed to target transgenr youthIt also said that the school mt notify parents if a stunt requts a name or pronoun nsistent wh their sex. The so-lled “Don't Say Gay” bill drew tense natnal scty om those who argue margaliz LGBTQ people. “The Indiana Hoe Edutn Commtee jt passed HB 1608, a horrific 'Don’t Say Gay' bill.
INDIANA 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL PIVOTS TO KIDS' GENR INTY
The bill has been pared to Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” measure, wh opponents referrg to as a part of the “slate of hate” – a group of anti-LGBTQ+ bills filed by lawmakers durg this legislative ssn. READ MORE: Indiana ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill pass out of the Senate followg floor bate, qutng.
Bob Behng, chair of the Hoe Edutn Commtee, said December that Indiana might follow the lead of Florida, which last year enacted siar legislatn lled the Parental Rights Edutn Act that’s equently referred to as the “Don’t Say Gay” law. Davis has also troduced one of the bills this year that seeks to ban medil profsnals om providg genr transng or puberty-blockg procr to bill om Davis that’s siar to the “Don’t Say Gay” law appears to be missg some ponents of the Florida statute, cludg the optn for parents to sue a school district for vlatg the law.