At least 20 stat have troduced “Don’t Say Gay” laws this year. But a handful of stat, versns of the legislatn have existed for s.
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- ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL OKLAHOMA?
- OKLAHOMA HOE PASS BILL SIAR TO FLORIDA’S SO-LLED ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ LAW
- OKLAHOMA HOE PASS 'DON'T SAY GAY OR TRANS' BILL
- IN SOME STAT, VERSNS OF ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILLS HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR AWHILE
- OKLAHOMA HOE REPUBLINS ADVANCE SO-LLED 'DON'T SAY GAY' TN BILL
‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL OKLAHOMA?
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Florida recently passed HB 1557, what some are llg the “Don’t Say Gay” bill. We wanted to know if Oklahoma has or uld soon have s own “Don’t Say Gay” bill? But would he be favor of a Florida style “Don’t Say Gay” bill?
Last year, Florida passed HB 1557, known as the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, which bans the teachg of sexual orientatn or genr inty Krgarten through 3rd gra “or a manner that is not age appropriate or velopmentally appropriate for stunts acrdance wh state standards. After Florida signed the “Don’t Say Gay” bill to law, News 4 asked Oklahoma lawmakers if legislatn like that was necsary for the Sooner State. Oklahoma Hoe pass 'Don't say gay or trans' bill | KTULLGBT FLAG PIC 2.
OKLAHOMA HOE PASS BILL SIAR TO FLORIDA’S SO-LLED ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ LAW
Kay Ivey signed to law Hoe Bill 322, lloquially dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, rtrictg public school teachers om discsg LGBTQ+ history or people public elementary schools.
At least 20 stat have troduced “Don’t Say Gay” laws this year, which have ma wav around the untry. READ MORE: Florida Legislature vot to strip Disney of self-ernment after opposn to ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill. Sce 1992, Alabama’s tn stipulated that teachers emphasize “ a factual manner and om a public health perspective, that homosexualy is not a liftyle acceptable to the general public and that homosexual nduct is a crimal offense unr the laws of the state.
A year ago, “Don’t Say Gay” laws that had passed the 1980s were nsired archaic, LGBTQ+ advot said, wh many of them repealed over the years.
OKLAHOMA HOE PASS 'DON'T SAY GAY OR TRANS' BILL
Texas lawmakers have exprsed tert pursug a “Don’t Say Gay” bill like Florida’s and Alabama’s, even though the state has had a siar regulatn on the books sce 1991.
IN SOME STAT, VERSNS OF ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILLS HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR AWHILE
In Texas, the state still stipulat that tnal materials for people unr the age of 18 “state that homosexual nduct is not an acceptable liftyle and is a crimal offense.
OKLAHOMA HOE REPUBLINS ADVANCE SO-LLED 'DON'T SAY GAY' TN BILL
Oklahoma passed the natn’s first bill banng teachers om talkg about homosexualy an AIDS sex ed measure April 1987, and Louisana followed su that July. South Carola passed a “Don’t Say Gay” bill 1988.
In total, ne stat passed laws banng schools om teachg about “homosexualy” om 1987 to 2001, when Utah adopted s versn. For example, Louisiana still has a law on the books that stat, “No sex tn urse offered the public schools of the state shall utilize any sexually explic materials pictg male or female homosexual activy. Mississippi sex ed law requir that teachers simply teach current state law related to sexual nduct and lists “homosexualy” alongsi sensive topics such as “forcible rape, statutory rape, paterny tablishment” and “child support.