A bill siar to Florida’s ntroversial “Don’t Say Gay” law has been filed the Utah State Legislature.
Contents:
- NO LONGER A ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL: UTAH LAWMAKER UPDAT PROPOSAL AFTER LGBTQ MUNY RAIS NCERNS
- 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL TRODUCED UTAH LEGISLATURE
- AMENDMENT MA TO PROPOSED UTAH 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL
- UTAH LAWMAKER RELEAS BILL SIAR TO FLORIDA'S 'DON'T SAY GAY' LAW
- IN SOME STAT, VERSNS OF ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILLS HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR AWHILE
NO LONGER A ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL: UTAH LAWMAKER UPDAT PROPOSAL AFTER LGBTQ MUNY RAIS NCERNS
A Utah lawmaker says he has listened to ncerns om the LGBTQ muny and updated his bill to no longer be a “Don’t Say Gay” measure. * utah don't say gay *
24, 2023, makg the measure no longer a "Don't Say Gay" proposal for Utah HB550 didn’t pass the 2023 legislative ssn. A Utah lawmaker says he has listened to ncerns om the LGBTQ muny and updated a bill that had been a close py of the law Florida natnally brand as the “Don’t Say Gay” measure.
”That mak the bill ls strgent and means words like “gay” or “lbian” are not off lims when someone, cludg an tor, speaks about relatnships — though, Stenquist said, discsns should still be age-appropriate. “Wh the proposed amendment, HB550 n no longer be nsired a ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill.
'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL TRODUCED UTAH LEGISLATURE
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SALT LAKE CITY — A bill siar to Florida’s ntroversial “Don’t Say Gay” law has been filed the Utah State Legislature.
SALT LAKE CITY — After a slight uproar over a proposed bill troduced to the Utah State Legislature that mirrored Florida's ntroversial "Don't Say Gay" law, an amendment has been proposed to change s Jeff Stenquist's bill was filed Thursday and banned discsn of sexual orientatn or genr inty Utah schools until ’s velopmentally or age Hoe Bill 550 didn't stand much of a chance of advancg due to the limed time left the current legislative ssn, garnered a lot of tert bee of s nnectn to the law Florida.
AMENDMENT MA TO PROPOSED UTAH 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL
After a slight uproar over a proposed bill troduced to the Utah State Legislature that mirrored Florida's ntroversial "Don't Say Gay" law, an amendment has been proposed to change s tone. * utah don't say gay *
Like Florida's law — dubbed the "Don't Say Gay" bill by crics — HB550 would prohib adult-led discsns "on sexualy, cludg sexual orientatn or genr inty" krgarten through third gra class, and requir that such discsns be "age or velopmentally appropriate" for olr sponsor Rep. Jefey Stenquist, R-Draper, rejected the characterizatn of his bill as a "don't say gay" bill.
Although the language of HB550 closely rembl that of Florida's law, Stenquist said he was simply tryg to fd somethg that was "mon sense, " and wasn't tryg to mol after the "Don't Say Gay" rights activists cried the bill, sayg 's a dishearteng move nsirg Utah repealed an earlier so-lled "no promo homo" law 2017. "Equaly Utah is very dismayed to see a 'Don't Say Gay' bill troduced Utah, pecially when the Utah Legislature enacted legislatn repealg siar language om Utah 2017, " Equaly Utah stated.
UTAH LAWMAKER RELEAS BILL SIAR TO FLORIDA'S 'DON'T SAY GAY' LAW
A bill siar to Florida's so-lled \"Don't Say Gay\" law was unveiled Utah which prohibs \"discsn that an tor or other adult leads\" on sexual orientatn or genr inty. * utah don't say gay *
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.
IN SOME STAT, VERSNS OF ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILLS HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR AWHILE
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.
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 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.