Here's What Florida's 'Don't Say Gay' and Anti-'Woke' Bills Actually Say

Contents:

• WHAT THE BILL DUBBED ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BY CRICS ACTUALLY SAYS
• FACT-CHECKG 3 PROMENT CLAIMS ABOUT FLORIDA’S ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL
• 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL BE LAW FLORIDA, BANNG SEXUAL ORIENTATN STCTN OM K-3
• SO-LLED 'DON'T SAY GAY' L EXPAND THROUGH 12TH GRA FLORIDA
• A BREAKDOWN OF THE LANGUAGE FLORIDA’S SO-LLED ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL
• FLORIDA'S ERNOR SIGNS NTROVERSIAL LAW OPPONENTS DUBBED 'DON'T SAY GAY'
• HERE’S WHAT FLORIDA’S ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ AND ANTI-'WOKE’ BILLS ACTUALLY SAY
• FACT CHECK: FLORIDA’S ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL DON’T MENTN ‘GAY’, WOULD APPLY TO ‘PRIMARY’ GRAS

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

'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. What has been dubbed by crics as the “Don’t Say Gay” bill was the subject of an tense opposn mpaign.

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

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. 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.

“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.

'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL BE LAW FLORIDA, BANNG SEXUAL ORIENTATN STCTN OM K-3

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.

Ron DeSantis signed a bill on Monday that forbids stctn on sexual orientatn and genr inty krgarten through Gra 3, a policy that has drawn tense natnal scty om crics who argue margaliz LGBTQ legislatn has phed Florida and DeSantis, an ascendg Republin and potential 2024 printial ndidate, to the foreont of the untry's culture wars, wh LGBTQ advot, stunts, Democrats, the entertament dtry and the Whe Hoe nouncg what crics have lled the "Don't Say Gay" bill. Florida stunts staged walkouts and packed to mtee rooms and statehoe halls to prott the measure, often wh boomg chants of "We say gay!

SO-LLED 'DON'T SAY GAY' L EXPAND THROUGH 12TH GRA FLORIDA

"Throughout bate the Republin-ntrolled statehoe, Democrats have said the bill's language — particularly the phras "classroom stctn" and "age appropriate" — uld be terpreted so broadly that discsn any gra uld trigger lawsus and create a classroom atmosphere where teachers would avoid the subjects Disney workers walk off the job over pany's rponse to Florida's 'Don't Say Gay' bill"The bill's tentnally vague language leav teachers aaid to talk to their stunts and opens up school districts to stly and ivolo ligatn om those seekg to exclu LGBTQ people om any gra level, " said state Rep. Smh, a Democrat who is gay. "Even worse, #DontSayGay sends a hateful msage to our most vulnerable youth who simply need our support.

Florida's 'Don't Say Gay' bill part of Republin drive to lim talk of sex and race U. It looks like this le would make impossible to do much stctn at all, " Lra McGnis, of the LGBTQ advocy group PFLAG, prevly told ABC law was dubbed "Don't Say Gay" by crics for aimg to rtrict curriculum that clus history, lerature and more that touch on LGBTQ inti. Ron DeSantis signed the “Parental Rights Edutn” bill Monday, which opponents ri as the “don’t say gay” bill, he repeated what he has been sayg sce the ntroversial bill first emerged Florida: “Leftist policians, activists and rporate media” are gettg the tent of the bill all wrong.

”The text of the seven-page bill never mentns the word “gay.

A BREAKDOWN OF THE LANGUAGE FLORIDA’S SO-LLED ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL

But some LGBTQ advot worry that the provisn uld lead to schools outg gay or transgenr kids to their parents, potentially exacerbatg mental health challeng stunts already Manny Diaz, R-Hialeah, told the Senate durg legislative bate on March 8 that a unselor would not be required to ntact a parent if a stunt to them to say “they are nfed and they feel like they may be gay.

”But this is the provisn that giv opponents the most ncern bee they believe s vague wordg will prompt teachers to self-censor and avoid g words like “gay” and other genr-clive terms their classrooms, no matter the gra.

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

Formally known as the Parental Rights Edutn bill, the proposed legislatn is monly lled the "Don't Say Gay" bill. But the bate, the bill's sponsor, Senator Dennis Baxley, said the quiet part out loud and revealed his reasong behd all: to stop LGBTQ+ children om g "Don't Say Gay" bill as stands would bar any classroom discsn around genr inty or sexual orientatn gras K-3. "A versn of the "Don't Say Gay" bill prevly passed the Florida Hoe.

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.

HERE’S WHAT FLORIDA’S ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ AND ANTI-'WOKE’ BILLS ACTUALLY SAY

Florida’s legislature passed ntroversial bills the past two weeks affectg nversatns about race and racism the classroom, as well as rtrictg younger stunts’ accs to lsons on sexual orientatn and genr bills—wily referred to as an anti-"woke” bill and a “Don’t Say Gay” bill—have been vered extensively natnal media and even late night televisn. The ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill.

Formal Tle: ‘Parental Rights Edutn’ billLegislative History: Called the “Don’t Say Gay” bill by s crics, the measurewas passed by the Florida legislature March 8 and awas signature by Gov. If schools vlate any of the requirements, parents n file official plats wh the partment of tn or lawsus agast the don’t do: Dpe the term “Don’t Say Gay, ” ed by crics of the bill, do not mentn the term “gay” or the LGBTQ+ muny by name. Nor do prohib stunts at any gra level om talkg about their LGBTQ+ fay members or themselv, or acknowledgg the existence of gay people, as some crics of the bill have claimed.

FACT CHECK: FLORIDA’S ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL DON’T MENTN ‘GAY’, WOULD APPLY TO ‘PRIMARY’ GRAS

A versn of this article appeared the April 06, 2022 edn of Edutn Week as Insi Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ and Anti-‘Woke’ Measur.

Dubbed by crics as the "don't say gay" bills, the proposed legislatn seeks to lim nversatns about sexual orientatn and genr inty schools.