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SENATE VOTE ON KENTUCKY 'ANTI-TRANS/DON'T SAY GAY' BILL PHED RIGHT BEFORE VETO PERD
HB 177 effectively b tradnal “Don’t Say Gay” bills wh privacy laws, forcg teachers to out queer children to their parents (regardls of safety ncerns) and banng any discsn of LGBTQ+ topics – cludg simply that someone is a member of the muny. If they n’t get done by then, they would be unable to overri Governor Bhear’s likely veto and the bill would effect die this legislative bill is seen by some as a “anti-trans/don’t say gay/pronoun/bathroom bill. Opponents of the bill ially lled Kentucky's "Don't Say Gay/Trans" bill.
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 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, 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?