Fact-checkg 3 proment claims about Florida's ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill - Poynter

Contents:

• ISLAND HOE STAFF SAYS “KEEP KEY WT GAY”
• ARE YOU A DOCTOR WHO HAT TREATG GAY PEOPLE? COME TO FLORIDA, WHERE RON DESANTIS HAS LEGALISED BIGOTRY
• FACT-CHECKG 3 PROMENT CLAIMS ABOUT FLORIDA’S ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL
• HERE'S WHAT FLORIDA'S 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL WOULD DO AND WHAT WOULDN'T DO
• FLORIDA JT PASSED THE "DON'T SAY GAY" BILL. HERE’S WHAT IT MEANS FOR KIDS

ISLAND HOE STAFF SAYS “KEEP KEY WT GAY”

On 1 July, a new law go to effect that means a doctor n look a potential patient up and down, ci they are givg off homosexual vib and refe to treat them bee teractg wh gay people go agast their personal beliefs.

ARE YOU A DOCTOR WHO HAT TREATG GAY PEOPLE? COME TO FLORIDA, WHERE RON DESANTIS HAS LEGALISED BIGOTRY

” I’m not sure what “the basics” are but they clearly don’t clu studyg Michelangelo or watchg animated films sce, earlier this year, a Florida prcipal had to rign after parents were outraged that their kids were shown a picture of Michelangelo’s David and now a Florida teacher is beg vtigated for showg her class a Disney movie featurg a gay banned everythg sight, DeSantis’s next big project appears to be modifyg Florida’s “rign-to-n” law so that he n n for print while still servg as ernor.

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.

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

” The word ‘gay’ People on Facebook and Twter have said that Florida Republins want to ban the word “gay” school. “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.

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

” 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 JT PASSED THE "DON'T SAY GAY" BILL. HERE’S WHAT IT MEANS FOR KIDS

And most notably, Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” law was passed a year ago, which banned discsn of LGBTQ+ inti most classrooms. LGBTQ+ activists prott agast Florida ernor Ron Dantis, who passed the “Don’t Say Gay” law.

HB1403 one year on om Florida’s famo “Don’t Say Gay” law beg passed, banng discsn of LGBTQ+ inti most classrooms – legislatn that activists fear uld be place for s.

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.