L.A.'s Two Openly Gay Cy Councilmen Gave Incredible Speech On Orlando Today | LAist

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• L.A.'S TWO OPENLY GAY CY COUNCILMEN GAVE INCREDIBLE SPEECH ON ORLANDO TODAY
• THE GAY MOMENT
• ESPN’S TAK MOMENT OF SILENCE PROTT OF ‘DON’T SAY GAY’

L.A.'S TWO OPENLY GAY CY COUNCILMEN GAVE INCREDIBLE SPEECH ON ORLANDO TODAY

Two of ESPN’s broadsters, durg their verage of the NCAA Women’s Basketball tournament Friday, took a moment of silence solidary wh their fellow LGBTQIA+ Disney employe prottg Florida’s ntroversial “Don’t Say Gay” legislatn. Disney and Chapek have been mired ntroversy surroundg Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill for several weeks.

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THE GAY MOMENT

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Many were gay, lbian or transgenr, but they were all someone's son, dghter, mother, nt uncle father or iend. The Orange County Sheriff’s Department had prevly rpond to the 2016 mass shootg at Pulse, a popular gay nightclub Orlando, where 49 people were killed. Ron DeSantis champned and later signed a bill this year that earned the nickname “Don’t Say Gay, ” bee banned some public school teachers om discsg sexualy or genr inty wh elementary school stunts.

Club Q was Colorado Sprgs’ only remag gay bar at the time of Flanery’s piece. And gay activist Torie Osborne looked at those fac and then up and beyond them, to the field of bodi stretched out down the Mall.

ESPN’S TAK MOMENT OF SILENCE PROTT OF ‘DON’T SAY GAY’

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