More than a dozen stat propose so-lled 'Don't Say Gay' bills : NPR

Contents:

• HERE'S WHAT FLORIDA'S 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL WOULD DO AND WHAT WOULDN'T DO
• NOT JT FLORIDA. MORE THAN A DOZEN STAT PROPOSE SO-LLED 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILLS
• 'I HOPE THIS LAW IS OBLERATED.' PLATIFFS THE FIRST LAWSU CHALLENGG 'DON'T SAY GAY' FLORIDA SPEAK OUT
• WHAT'S THE SO-LLED DON'T SAY GAY BILL THAT ULD IMPACT THE WHOLE UNTRY
• FLORIDA'S ERNOR SIGNS NTROVERSIAL LAW OPPONENTS DUBBED 'DON'T SAY GAY'
• WHAT DO ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ ACTUALLY SAY?
• BOB IGER ON OPPOSG THE ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL: ‘IT’S ABOUT RIGHT AND WRONG’
• WHAT THE FERAL ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL ACTUALLY SAYS
• ‘HURTFUL AND SULTG’: FLORIDA TEACHERS REACT TO THE ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL

HERE'S WHAT FLORIDA'S 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL WOULD DO AND WHAT WOULDN'T DO

But Florida’s Parental Rights Edutn act — which crics have dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” bill — has sudnly sparked a natnal war of 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. ” 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.

NOT JT FLORIDA. MORE THAN A DOZEN STAT PROPOSE SO-LLED 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILLS

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 legal experts say that whether the bill prohibs the word “gay” self is a “distractn.

“The ‘Don’t Say Gay’ moniker is a moniker about a certa polil amg of this suatn.

'I HOPE THIS LAW IS OBLERATED.' PLATIFFS THE FIRST LAWSU CHALLENGG 'DON'T SAY GAY' FLORIDA SPEAK OUT

”Beyond brandg, a re argument over the bill centers around whether would prohib the “stctn” or “discsn” of sexual 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.

Across the Uned Stat, at least a dozen stat are nsirg new legislatn that several ways will mirror Florida's new ntroversial law, referred to by some opponents as "Don't Say Gay. "The stutnalizatn of the bills is an overt form of stctural transphobia and homophobia, and go agast all public health evince creatg a safe and supportive environment for transgenr, nonbary, queer, gay and lbian youths and teachers to thrive, " Arjee Rtar, assistant profsor of epimlogy at the Universy of Washgton, told NPR.

Rtar, a social epimlogist and health equy advote, said the ntroversial bills will lim all youths to live to their fullt potential, addg "there should be no room for transphobia and homophobia — pecially the classroom. " Tennsee's HB 800 bans books and stctnal materials "that promote, normalize, support, or addrs lbian, gay, bi-sexual, or transgenr issu or liftyle.

WHAT'S THE SO-LLED DON'T SAY GAY BILL THAT ULD IMPACT THE WHOLE UNTRY

Two years after Arizona lawmakers repealed a law barrg any stctn on HIV or AIDS that that "promot a homosexual liftyle, " they are close to enactg a broad remake of the state's sex tn laws wh a particular foc on LGBTQ issu. "Florida may be the first this wave, but there have been other laws the past that were lled 'no promo homo' laws, which forbid sayg posive thgs about lbian, gay, bisexual, and queer people classrooms, " Simmons told NPR.

New York Cy is lnchg a digal billboard mpaign, supportg LGBTQ visibily that will be displayed five major markets Florida for eight weeks, to lure Floridians unhappy wh their state's "Don't Say Gay" law to the Big Apple, Adams announced.

FLORIDA'S ERNOR SIGNS NTROVERSIAL LAW OPPONENTS DUBBED 'DON'T SAY GAY'

So they have been alarmed, Casar says, to watch the swift advancement of Florida Hoe Bill 1557—lled the “Parental Rights Edutn Act” by supporters and the “Don’t Say Gay” law by crics—through the Florida legislature. How the lawsu challeng ‘Don’t Say Gay’ LGBTQ parents and alli Florida worry that unr the new law, children won’t feel as fortable tellg their class about their fay or their own inty as Casar and Feberg’s kid did last year.

” LGBTQ advot have acced DeSantis of supportg the ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill to rally the GOP base ahead of the midterm electns and shore up support for his own possible printial n.

Will Larks, the print of Wter Park High School’s Queer Stunt Unn Wter Park, Fla., says that after ‘Don’t Say Gay’ beme law, the group’s primary foc beme gettg out the vote e November. They say their kid rpond: “I don’t re, I’m gog to say gay anyways.

WHAT DO ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ ACTUALLY SAY?

Demonstrators gather on the steps of the Florida Historic Capol Mm ont of the Florida State Capol March Tallahassee, Fla, prottg what opponents ll the "Don't Say Gay" bill. Hoe Republins have troduced legislatn that some crics are scribg as a natnal "Don't Say Gay" bill – spired by the ntroversial Florida law that bans stctn on genr inty and sexual orientatn krgarten through third gra class. " Crics of the measure dubbed the Florida law "Don't Say Gay" and argue that s tent is to margalize LGBTQ people and their fai.

A feral 'Don't Say Gay or Trans' bill... Activist Er Reed, who tracks anti-transgenr legislatn, argu that the parison to a "Don't Say Gay" bill mimiz the potential effects of this proposed legislatn.

BOB IGER ON OPPOSG THE ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL: ‘IT’S ABOUT RIGHT AND WRONG’

"Don't Say Gay/Trans was foced on 'classroom stctn' which was bad enough, " she wrote on Twter. The bill, which some opponents have lled "Don't Say Gay, " was signed by DeSantis on Monday. The "Don't Say Gay" moniker om crics of the measure who blast this ia and sist this policy will hurt LGBTQ children.

"Florida's HB 1557, also known as the 'Don't Say Gay' bill, should never have passed and should never have been signed to law, " the statement read. ​Whe Hoe prs secretary Jen Psaki began sobbg durg an terview this week as she talked about a spate of bills that crics say are targetg gay and transgenr children, claimg that kids are beg ed as weapons a polil culture war.

Psaki was asked durg an terview wh the “News Not Noise” podst about legislatn like Florida’s so-lled “Don’t Say Gay Bill, ” which prohibs the discsn of sexual orientatn or genr inty krgarten through third gra — as well as stctn on those topics that tak place “ a manner that is not age appropriate or velopmentally appropriate. The “Don’t Say Gay” bill has been harshly cricized sce Florida Gov.

WHAT THE FERAL ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL ACTUALLY SAYS

Today, we have an analysis of a piece of tn legislatn Florida that crics have referred to as the “Don’t Say Gay” we have news of our own: We’re makg some chang to the Edutn Briefg.

‘HURTFUL AND SULTG’: FLORIDA TEACHERS REACT TO THE ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL

See below for Asenc-Rhe/Tampa Bay Tim, via Associated PrsA close read of ‘Don’t Say Gay’Gov.

Ron DeSantis of Florida is expected to sign Hoe Bill 1557, a proposed law that supporters ll the “Parental Rights Edutn” bill and opponents refer to as the “Don’t Say Gay” lleague Dana Goldste has done a close readg of the bill self, which is about much more than gay rights. Sentence has earned the bill the “Don’t Say Gay” nickname:L 97-101: 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 impact is clear enough: Instctn on genr and sexualy would be nstraed all gras.

That uld disurage a teacher om speakg about gay fai wh the whole class, even if some stunts have gay bill also targets mental health and unselg servic — a place where stunts often have difficult nversatns about genr inty and sexualy, pecially if they stggle to talk about those nversatns at as Florida revis s school unselg standards, adopted 2010, which affirm genr and sexual diversy unselg. Former Disney CEO Bob Iger is breakg om his succsor on Florida’s recently passed “Don’t Say Gay” law. So, I happen to feel and I tweeted an opn about the ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill Florida.