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Florida’s Don’t Say Gay bill is bad. But Tennsee is nsirg a bill that’s more far-reachg and rtrictive.

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HARSHER VERSN OF TENNSEE “DON’T SAY GAY” BILL RE-INTRODUCED

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NASHVILLE – A Tennsee state senator has troduced a revamped versn of last year’s so-lled “Don’t Say Gay” bill that plac LGBT stunts at risk and lims teachers’ and unselors’ ee speech. The bill seeks to prohib discsn about sexual orientatn Tennsee public elementary and middle schools, and uld require school staff to rm parents if their child is gay or lbian. 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.

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

"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.

TENNESSEE’S “DON’T SAY GAY” BILL REVIVED

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 Two years after Arizona lawmakers repealed a law barrg any stctn on HIV or AIDS that that "promot a homosexual liftyle, " they are close to enactg a broad remake of the state's sex tn laws wh a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.

"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.

THK FLORIDA’S DON’T SAY GAY BILL IS BAD? TENNSEE IS CONSIRG ONE THAT’S WORSE.

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.

DERAILED "DON'T SAY GAY" BILL TN SHOWS HOW YOUR VOICE

Yet, Tennsee is lookg to sign a bill to law that uld prohib public schools om g stctnal materials for stunts that “promote, normalize, support, or addrs lbian, gay, bi-sexual, or transgenr issu or liftyl. Tennsee has revived a bill that many are parg to Florida’s Parental Rights Edutn bill, popularly dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” bill.

IT’S NOT JT FLORIDA. 15 OTHER ‘DON’T SAY GAY’-STYLE BILLS ARE CROPPG UP NATNWI

The bill ntas only one prohibn, but is far-reachg: lol tn agenci (LEAs), like boards of tn, and public schools nnot e “textbooks and stctnal materials or supplemental stctnal materials that promote, normalize, support, or addrs lbian, gay, bisexual, or transgenr (LGBT) issu or liftyl. “What about stunts that e om gay fai?

BT AND WORST STAT FOR LGBTQ FOLKS? DIVI WORSENS AFTER 'DON'T SAY GAY,' REPORT SAYS

“If they do a project about their [gay] dad, is that not allowed?

She said she has overheard children e the word “gay” as an sult and relled an cint where an LGBTQ stunt was ma fun of by other kids for intifyg as lbian.

As a rult, kids have “learned that beg gay is a taboo subject, ” Olsen said. Florida’s Don’t Say Gay bill (passed by both ho of the legislature) is bad.

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