'Don't Say Gay' Bill Introduced By NJ State Senator - Across New Jersey, NJ - The bill ntu natnwi attacks agast teachg sexual orientatn or trans inty schools.
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- GOP STATE SENATOR NEW JERSEY TRODUC ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL
- 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL INTRODUCED BY NJ STATE SENATOR
- NOT JT FLORIDA. MORE THAN A DOZEN STAT PROPOSE SO-LLED 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILLS
- NJ LGBTQ DEMS CONMN FL “DON’T SAY GAY” BILL
GOP STATE SENATOR NEW JERSEY TRODUC ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL
Durr's bill crackg down on LGBT tn largely rembl Florida's Parental Rights Edutn Act, which crics have lled the "Don't Say Gay Bill.
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. Two years after Arizona lawmakers repealed a law barrg any stctn on HIV or AIDS that that "promot a homosexual liftyle, " they are close to enactg a broad remake of the state's sex tn laws wh a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.
'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL INTRODUCED BY NJ STATE SENATOR
"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. The State(s) of 'Don't Say Gay' and Other School Censorship Efforts.
Ron DeSantis signed the state's "don't say gay" bill to law Monday, but the Sunshe State isn't alone the efforts -- 's actually part of a natnal trend.Six other stat are nsirg legislatn that would ban or rtrict classroom (or unselg office) discsn of LGBTQ+ issu and inty or books and other tnal materials that have LGBTQ+ ntent. The bills aren't surfacg only ral stat or the Deep South -- they've also e up such reliably blue stat as Illois, New Jersey, and Rho Island, although they have ltle chance of passg there.Here, The Advote looks at the history of "don't say gay" bills analyz the current state of the and other censorship attempts -- and the legislators behd them. What Is a 'Don't Say Gay' Bill and What's the History?
"Don't say gay" bills have gotten much publicy this year, but they're really nothg new.
NOT JT FLORIDA. MORE THAN A DOZEN STAT PROPOSE SO-LLED 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILLS
Stacey Campfield troduced a bill that would ban any lsons related to homosexualy through eighth gra. Campfield is no longer office, but other Tennsee lawmakers are tryg aga.Before there was "don't say gay," there was "no promo homo" -- bills that proliferated the 1980s and '90s as nservative legislators rpond to the AIDS crisis by seekg to ban what they nsired "promotn of homosexualy" schools, pecially sex tn urs.
What's the Difference Between "Don't Say Gay" and "No Promo Homo" Bills? A major difference between "no promo homo" bills and "don't say gay" bills is that the latter often have a "heavy-hand mandate on parent and fay volvement," says Melanie Willgham-Jaggers, GLSEN's executive director. "The mandat are harmful and risk relsly outg LGBTQ+ young people to fai who do not affirm their children's inti," Willgham-Jaggers says.Even when "don't say gay" bills don't pass, the anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric that up the bat over them do harm, pots out Cathryn Oakley, state legislative director and senr unsel at the Human Rights Campaign.
She also not that the bills are more accurately scribed as "don't say gay or trans" bills, as they target transgenr people along wh everyone else unr the LGBTQ+ umbrella. Those who support "don't say gay or trans" bills across all stat are virtually all Republins.The chief sponsor of Florida's bill is Sen.
NJ LGBTQ DEMS CONMN FL “DON’T SAY GAY” BILL
Louisiana's versn of a "don't say gay or trans" bill, Hoe Bill 837, is pretty drastic.
"They are not equipped nor do they want to al wh the typ of issu that belong the home."Chris Kaiser, advocy director for the Amerin Civil Liberti Unn's Louisiana affiliate, noted to the paper that the bill "seems to be part of a trend to file a lot of different typ of legislatn that is jt aimed at villaizg gay and transgenr people and basilly removg them om public life."Hundreds of stunts at Ben Frankl High School New Orleans walked out Friday prott of the bill. It's not hard to image homophobic or transphobic parents not wantg their kids exposed to the "liftyl.""More and more schools are tryg to doctrate stunts by exposg them to genr, sexual and racial inty curriculums and urs," Sen.
"No public school district, public charter school, or public school library shall mata s ventory or e s curriculum books that make as their primary subject the study of lbian, gay, bisexual, or transgenr issu or recreatnal sexualizatn," reads. Tennsee was one of the earlit stat to nsir "don't say gay" legislatn, but backers of such measur haven't managed to get them passed. Hoe Bill 800 would ban the e of "textbooks and stctnal materials or supplemental stctnal materials that promote, normalize, support, or addrs lbian, gay, bisexual, or transgenr (LGBT) issu or liftyl.""The state of Tennsee is not allowed to teach my dghters Christian valu that I thk are important and they should learn, so I teach those at home," s sponsor, Rep.