Ron DeSantis signs the so-lled 'Don't Say Gay' bill : NPR

Contents:

• ¿QUé EL PROYECTO LEY NOCIDO O "DON'T SAY GAY"?
• HERE'S WHAT FLORIDA'S 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL WOULD DO AND WHAT WOULDN'T DO
• FACT-CHECKG 3 PROMENT CLAIMS ABOUT FLORIDA’S ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL
• ¿QUé LA LEY “DON’T SAY GAY” FLORIDA Y POR QUé UNA LEGISLACIóN NTROVERSIAL?
• FLORIDA'S ERNOR SIGNS NTROVERSIAL LAW OPPONENTS DUBBED 'DON'T SAY GAY'
• WHAT'S THE SO-LLED DON'T SAY GAY BILL THAT ULD IMPACT THE WHOLE UNTRY
• WHAT THE BILL DUBBED ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BY CRICS ACTUALLY SAYS
• LAWSU FILED AGAST FLORIDA'S SO-LLED 'DON'T SAY GAY' LAW WH DAYS OF SIGNG
• ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL PASS FLORIDA SENATE
• WHAT THE SCIENCE SAYS ABOUT ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ AND YOUNG PEOPLE

¿QUé EL PROYECTO LEY NOCIDO O "DON'T SAY GAY"?

(CNN Español) -- El Senado Florida, ntrolado por el Partido Republino, aprobó el proyecto ley HB 1557, tulado Derechos los Padr en la Edución y nocido o "Don't Say Gay" ("No digas gay", en pañol). El mart 8 marzo, el proyecto ley "Don't Say Gay" se aprobó n 22 votos a favor y 17 en ntra, lo que prohibiría enseñar sobre orientación sexual e intidad género en las las. Las cuelas ya suelen ser entornos hostil para los niños LGBTQ en Estados Unidos: si el 33% los tudiant LGBTQ 13 a 21 años dijeron que faltaron un día a la cuela en el transcurso un m porque se sentían seguros o cómodos, y más l 77% dijo que evaba ir a los eventos extracurricular la cuela porque se sentían seguros o cómodos, según la Encuta Nacnal Clima Eslar más reciente publida por la Red Edución para Gays, Lbianas y Heterosexual (GLSEN, por s siglas en glés) en 2019.

Según el reporte GLSEN, el 98, 8% los tudiant LGBTQ dijeron que cucharon "gay" ado manera negativa, y más l 95% ellos cucharon sultos homofóbis en la cuela. Los miembros la Generación Z (fida o personas nacidas entre 1997 y 2012) han lirado durante semanas important maniftacn y huelgas lar en protta por el proyecto ley nocido o "Don't Say Gay". Los tudiant todo el tado han salido s las en protta por el proyecto ley "Don't Say Gay" te m.

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.

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

” 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. 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.

”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.

FACT-CHECKG 3 PROMENT CLAIMS ABOUT FLORIDA’S ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL

But crics nicknamed HB 1557 the “don’t say gay” bill, warng isn’t necsary and mak some stunts feel unsafe by sglg out LGBTQ material as dangero and appropriate.

Dennis Baxley (R-Ola) the bill’s Senate sponsor who said he was addrsg “social engeerg” that uld rult more children intifyg as gay or transgenr. ” The guidance clus fns of terms related to sexual orientatn and genr inty — cludg gay, lbian and transgenr — that teachers are enuraged to e when applible. ” The word ‘gay’ People on Facebook and Twter have said that Florida Republins want to ban the word “gay” school.

¿QUé LA LEY “DON’T SAY GAY” FLORIDA Y POR QUé UNA LEGISLACIóN NTROVERSIAL?

“GOP’s 2022 platform: Ban books, Ban abortn, Ban Black history, Ban transgenr teens, Ban sayg ‘gay’ and Ban votg, ” said Dean Obeidallah, a left-leang rad host and edian, on March 11.

’” On SNL’s “Weekend Update” segment, anchor Col Jost told st member Kate McKnon, who is gay, that the bill “means that you n’t acknowledge that ‘gay’ exists at all. ” McKnon then slammed the legislatn, sayg, “I am eply gay — sorry, eply ncerned. It jt seems like this is gog to make kids gay and trans — sorry, prsed and suicidal.

” The claims n largely be attributed to the legislatn’s “don’t say gay” nickname, ed by Equaly Florida. The legislatn do not lerally prohib Floridians om sayg the word “gay, ” but do prohib “classroom discsn about sexual orientatn or genr inty.

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

El Comé Edución l Senado Florida aprobó una nueva y ntroversial legislación n la falidad rtrgir que las cuelas en el Estado l Sol enseñen a los alumnos acer orientación sexual y cutn género, lo que podría termar en mandas a los matros que no cumplan n ta proyecto ley tiene el apodo “Don’t Say Gay” [No digan gay], pero su nombre formal Proyecto ley 1834 l Senado “Parental Rights Edutn” [Derechos los padr en la ción], el cro la legislación tablece: “Un distro lar no pue fomentar la disción en el la acer la orientación sexual o la intidad género en los grados cuela primaria o una manera que no sea apropiada para la edad o el sarrollo los tudiant”.

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.

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.

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

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...

WHAT THE BILL DUBBED ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BY CRICS ACTUALLY SAYS

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. "Don't Say Gay/Trans was foced on 'classroom stctn' which was bad enough, " she wrote on Twter.

'I am eply gay': Kate McKnon mocks Florida's ntroversial bill. In their qut to bee the party of “parental rights, ” Republins Florida and other stat are attemptg to muzzle discsn of gay and civil rights school. Ron DeSantis signed – tled “Parental Rights Edutn” – has been dubbed by crics the “Don’t Say Gay” bill bee seeks to ban discsn of genr and sexualy issu wh younger stunts.

LAWSU FILED AGAST FLORIDA'S SO-LLED 'DON'T SAY GAY' LAW WH DAYS OF SIGNG

What has been dubbed by crics as the “Don’t Say Gay” bill was the subject of an tense opposn mpaign. Earlier this month, DeSantis grew agated at the Florida Strawberry Ftival when a reporter asked him about the phrase – “Don’t Say Gay” – that crics have applied to the bill.

A lawsu has been filed agast the State of Florida over the newly signed Parental Rights Edutn law, dubbed the "Don’t Say Gay" law by crics, jt three days after was signed. Ron DeSantis displays the signed Parental Rights Edutn, aka the Don't Say Gay bill, flanked by elementary school stunts durg a news nferencey, March 28, 2022, at Classil Preparatory school Shady Hills. "Members and supporters of the LGBTQ muny attend the "Say Gay Anyway" rally Miami Beach, Florida, March 13, 2022.

Legislatn that would rtrict how Florida teachers addrs sexualy and genr inty classrooms—dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” bill—was passed by the state Senate Tuday and is head to Gov. Shevr Jon, Florida’s first openly gay state senator, beme emotnal durg the vote Tuday, and implored fellow senators to “open up your hearts” to Florida’s LGBTQ youths and make sure the legislatn “is not hurtg people. Controversial ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Bill Passed By Florida Hoe (Forb).

‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL PASS FLORIDA SENATE

AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTGut EssayHigh school stunts Tampa, Fla., prottg the “Don’t Say Gay” law last Jon/RtersNathaniel FrankDr.

Now the “Don’t Say Gay” law will also apply to stunts gras four to the law might appear to be jt about allowg parents a say their children’s tn — now up to high school graduatn — s breadth and vaguens have a chillg effect on what stunts and teachers thk they n say about sexual orientatn and genr inty.

WHAT THE SCIENCE SAYS ABOUT ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Gag le: the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy that banned ary members om sayg they were gay. As wh “Don’t Say Gay” laws, proponents of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” promised to protect the rights, privacy and digny of people on all sis of the ght bate around sexualy. Sce 2021, versns of the “Don’t Say Gay” law have been troduced 24 state legislatur.

” They found that the policy hamstng lears by forcg them to choose between followg the law and fully tendg to their subordat, ma harr for gay service members to obta psychologil re and unrmed stutnal tst by forcg troops to lie to one speech rtrictns that don’t directly ban g out are sure to reproduce this rrosive dynamic by impedg the sort of ee and thentic exchang between stunts and teachers that are val to cultivatg tstg relatnships and hive learng, one of the reasons “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” was so harmful was that penalizg exprsn — through direct or direct prsure to self-police how one appears to others — harms both personal health and social hn.