A Florida class print uldn't discs beg gay high school graduatn speech -- so he talked about his curly hair | CNN

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• GAY HIGH SCHOOLER SAYS HE'S 'BEG SILENCED' BY FLORIDA'S LGBTQ LAW
• A FLORIDA CLASS PRINT ULDN’T DISCS BEG GAY HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATN SPEECH – SO HE TALKED ABOUT HIS CURLY HAIR
• HIS PRCIPAL WANTS TO CENSOR HIS GRADUATN SPEECH. THIS GAY STUNT LEAR WON’T LET IT HAPPEN
• GAY STUNT SAYS FLORIDA SCHOOL IS STOPPG HIS N FOR STUNT LEARSHIP
• A FLORIDA CLASS PRINT ULDN'T DISCS BEG GAY HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATN SPEECH -- SO HE TALKED ABOUT HIS CURLY HAIR
• CHIGO MAYOR COM OUT AGAST GAY HIGH SCHOOL
• LGBTQ STUNT SAYS HE’S BEG BLOCKED FROM RUNNG FOR CLASS PRINT AFTER SPENSN OVER ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ PROTT

GAY HIGH SCHOOLER SAYS HE'S 'BEG SILENCED' BY FLORIDA'S LGBTQ LAW

Moricz said he “strongly believ” the requt was rponse to a newly enacted state law, which crics have dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” law.

A FLORIDA CLASS PRINT ULDN’T DISCS BEG GAY HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATN SPEECH – SO HE TALKED ABOUT HIS CURLY HAIR

Proponents of the measure have ntend that giv parents more discretn over what their children learn school and say LGBTQ issu are “not age appropriate” for young crics have argued that the law uld stifle teachers and stunts om talkg about their inti or their lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer fay members.

”“The reason somethg like the ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law seems like nothg but is actually everythg is that when you nnot talk about or share who you are, there is a nstant subnsc affirmatn that you are not valid, that you should not exist, ” Moricz fight agast the legislatn is personal for Moricz, he add. High school grad uldn't say 'gay' speech, so he did this stead. The class print at a Florida high school says he wasn’t allowed to share his experience as a gay stunt his graduatn speech or how the state’s so-lled “Don’t Say Gay” law will affect stunts like him, so he talked about somethg else that mak him a ltle different om his classmat – his curly hair.

Moricz me out durg his hman year and was the first openly-gay class print at the school, so he felt a rponsibily to addrs the ntroversy. This Gay Stunt Lear Won’t Let It Happen. "[The "Don't Say Gay" bill] is opprsg stunts, and has not even gone to effect yet, " says Zanr Moricz, his high school's first openly gay class print.

HIS PRCIPAL WANTS TO CENSOR HIS GRADUATN SPEECH. THIS GAY STUNT LEAR WON’T LET IT HAPPEN

“There’s somethg very dystopian about someone tellg you that you discsg your human rights would rult a ceremony beg unenjoyable or problematic, ” Zanr Moricz, the first openly gay class print at his Sarasota unty, Florida high school tells Rollg Stone.

After all, the meetg me at a very poted time for Florida schools and gay stunt lears like Moricz. Ron DeSantis signed the ntroversial “Don’t Say Gay” bill, which would prohib teachers om speakg about LGBTQ issu wh stunts of a certa age group.

He had spent his time high school advotg for gay rights. So earlier this week, Moricz logged on to Twter to share a thread about exactly what had happened, along wh a ll to actn: He ved stunts Florida to sign up to receive some of the 10, 000 “Say Gay” stickers his anizatn would be sharg to “remd unrclassmen that we’re done wh high school, not the fight. I am the youngt public platiff the “Don’t Say Gay” lawsu.

GAY STUNT SAYS FLORIDA SCHOOL IS STOPPG HIS N FOR STUNT LEARSHIP

I am my Florida high school’s first openly-gay Class Print. Along wh his school activism, Moricz is also a val part of a massive feral lawsu agast DeSantis aimed at strikg down the “Don’t Say Gay” bill before go to effect this summer.

A FLORIDA CLASS PRINT ULDN'T DISCS BEG GAY HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATN SPEECH -- SO HE TALKED ABOUT HIS CURLY HAIR

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CHIGO MAYOR COM OUT AGAST GAY HIGH SCHOOL

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LGBTQ STUNT SAYS HE’S BEG BLOCKED FROM RUNNG FOR CLASS PRINT AFTER SPENSN OVER ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ PROTT

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