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Contents:

• ¿QUé EL PROYECTO LEY NOCIDO O "DON'T SAY GAY"?
• WHAT DO ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ ACTUALLY SAY?
• WHAT THE BILL DUBBED ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BY CRICS ACTUALLY SAYS
• FLORIDA JT PASSED THE "DON'T SAY GAY" BILL. HERE’S WHAT IT MEANS FOR KIDS
• FACT-CHECKG 3 PROMENT CLAIMS ABOUT FLORIDA’S ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL
• FLORIDA'S ERNOR SIGNS NTROVERSIAL LAW OPPONENTS DUBBED 'DON'T SAY GAY'
• DO FLORIDA’S ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL VLATE THE FIRST AMENDMENT?
• FLORIDA’S ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL IS CEL AND DANGERO
• NOT JT FLORIDA. MORE THAN A DOZEN STAT PROPOSE SO-LLED 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILLS
• WHAT'S THE SO-LLED DON'T SAY GAY BILL THAT ULD IMPACT THE WHOLE UNTRY

¿QUé EL PROYECTO LEY NOCIDO O "DON'T SAY GAY"?

(CNN Español) -- El Senado Florida, ntrolado por el Partido Republino, aprobó el proyecto ley HB 1557, tulado Derechos los Padr en la Edución y nocido o "Don't Say Gay" ("No digas gay", en pañol). El mart 8 marzo, el proyecto ley "Don't Say Gay" se aprobó n 22 votos a favor y 17 en ntra, lo que prohibiría enseñar sobre orientación sexual e intidad género en las las.

Las cuelas ya suelen ser entornos hostil para los niños LGBTQ en Estados Unidos: si el 33% los tudiant LGBTQ 13 a 21 años dijeron que faltaron un día a la cuela en el transcurso un m porque se sentían seguros o cómodos, y más l 77% dijo que evaba ir a los eventos extracurricular la cuela porque se sentían seguros o cómodos, según la Encuta Nacnal Clima Eslar más reciente publida por la Red Edución para Gays, Lbianas y Heterosexual (GLSEN, por s siglas en glés) en 2019. Según el reporte GLSEN, el 98, 8% los tudiant LGBTQ dijeron que cucharon "gay" ado manera negativa, y más l 95% ellos cucharon sultos homofóbis en la cuela. Los miembros la Generación Z (fida o personas nacidas entre 1997 y 2012) han lirado durante semanas important maniftacn y huelgas lar en protta por el proyecto ley nocido o "Don't Say Gay".

WHAT DO ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ ACTUALLY SAY?

Los tudiant todo el tado han salido s las en protta por el proyecto ley "Don't Say Gay" te m. Today, we have an analysis of a piece of tn legislatn Florida that crics have referred to as the “Don’t Say Gay” we have news of our own: We’re makg some chang to the Edutn Briefg. See below for Asenc-Rhe/Tampa Bay Tim, via Associated PrsA close read of ‘Don’t Say Gay’Gov.

Ron DeSantis of Florida is expected to sign Hoe Bill 1557, a proposed law that supporters ll the “Parental Rights Edutn” bill and opponents refer to as the “Don’t Say Gay” lleague Dana Goldste has done a close readg of the bill self, which is about much more than gay rights.

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

Sentence has earned the bill the “Don’t Say Gay” nickname:L 97-101: Classroom stctn by school personnel or third parti on sexual orientatn or genr inty may not occur krgarten through gra 3 or a manner that is not age appropriate or velopmentally appropriate for stunts acrdance wh state impact is clear enough: Instctn on genr and sexualy would be nstraed all gras. That uld disurage a teacher om speakg about gay fai wh the whole class, even if some stunts have gay bill also targets mental health and unselg servic — a place where stunts often have difficult nversatns about genr inty and sexualy, pecially if they stggle to talk about those nversatns at as Florida revis s school unselg standards, adopted 2010, which affirm genr and sexual diversy unselg. 'I am eply gay': Kate McKnon mocks Florida's ntroversial bill.

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

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.

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. The Florida Senate passed the ntroversial so-lled “Don’t Say Gay” bill on Tuday, sendg the Republin-backed legislatn banng LGBTQ stctn primary schools to Gov.

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

The proposed law, often referred to by crics as the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, bans public school districts om teachg about sexual orientatn or genr inty krgarten through the third gra, or “ a manner that is not age-appropriate or velopmentally appropriate for stunts”—language that crics say uld extend the ban to higher gra levels. ” Read more: Kid of the Year Falist Kai Shappley, 11, Tak on Lawmakers Her Fight for Trans Rights What impact uld the ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill have?

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

Shevr Jon, Florida’s first openly gay Florida state senator, who told the legislative body: “To those who thk you n legislate gay people away, I’m sorry. 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.

DO FLORIDA’S ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL VLATE THE FIRST AMENDMENT?

” 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. It jt seems like this is gog to make kids gay and trans — sorry, prsed and suicidal.

FLORIDA’S ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL IS CEL AND DANGERO

” 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.

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. Qutns have been raised as to whether Florida’s so-lled “Don’t Say Gay” bill vlat the First Amendment rights of teachers and stunts public primary schools the state. All ey will be on Florida Monday as the so-lled Don’t Say Gay bill go before the full state Senate for nsiratn.

NOT JT FLORIDA. MORE THAN A DOZEN STAT PROPOSE SO-LLED 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILLS

But Calvert warned of a very likely “chillg effect, ” where teachers would be cled to censor themselv over fear of retributn om parents, who unr the bill would be granted greater thory to sue school districts believed to be vlatn of “Don’t Say Gay.

FLORIDA ‘DON’T SAY GAY BILL’ PASSES FINAL SENATE COMMITTEE. 'Absolutely': Pete Buttigieg on whether 'Don't Say Gay' bill is dangero. One of the most extreme exampl is a piece of legislatn Florida known as the “Don’t Say Gay” bill.

WHAT'S THE SO-LLED DON'T SAY GAY BILL THAT ULD IMPACT THE WHOLE UNTRY

Let’s be clear: The “Don’t Say Gay” bill will do real and lastg harm.