Wyomg's "Don't Say Gay" bill has failed this ssn, havg missed a key adle Friday eveng.
Contents:
- WYOMG’S VERSN OF ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ ADVANC TO SENATE FLOOR
- WYOMG’S “DON’T SAY GAY” BILL DI THE HOE
- WYOMG LEGISLATORS INTRODUCE EDUTN BILL THAT MIRRORS FLORIDA’S “DON’T SAY GAY” LAW
- WYOMG’S VERSN OF ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ PASS THE SENATE
- NOT JT FLORIDA. MORE THAN A DOZEN STAT PROPOSE SO-LLED 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILLS
- IN SOME STAT, VERSNS OF ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILLS HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR AWHILE
- HERE'S WHAT FLORIDA'S 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL WOULD DO AND WHAT WOULDN'T DO
WYOMG’S VERSN OF ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ ADVANC TO SENATE FLOOR
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But several tn officials and LGBTQ rights activists say might prohib teachers om supportg queer youth or even prohib stunts om talkg about themselv or their own bill closely rembl the famed "Don't Say Gay" bill passed Florida last year. Laramie County teenager Ash Siltt spoke about their own childhood and the early realizatn that they were gay. Wyomg's "Don't Say Gay" bill has failed this ssn, havg missed a key adle Friday bill was a close py of a law passed Florida last year.
It also would have required school districts to tell parents about any change their child's emotnal or mental health — a provisn that uld force schools to out gay and trans stunts who have e out at school but not at bill ma all the way through the Senate and was sent to the Hoe of Reprentativ.
WYOMG’S “DON’T SAY GAY” BILL DI THE HOE
Wyomg lawmakers are proposg a Parental Rights In Edutn bill which mirrors Florida's "Don't Say Gay" law passed last year. It would forbid teachg about genr inty and sexual orientatn to school children. * wyoming don't say gay bill *
The language mirrors Florida’s Parental Rights Edutn Act passed last year, which many tractors labelled the “Don’t Say Gay” bill. She said teachers have plaed that when children wh gay or lbian parents want to brg their parents to school parents’ days and other events, the teachers n’t addrs other stunts’ qutns about those fay nfiguratns. The third is a close py of Florida's much-discsed "Don't Say Gay" bill and lims what teachers n say the classroom about genr inty and sexual orientatn.
Laramie County teenager Ash Siltt told Wyomg Public Rad the bills are a matter of life and ath for gay and trans kids Wyomg.
It's a close py of Florida's much-discsed "Don't Say Gay" text of the bill forbids teachers om offerg stctn on sexual orientatn and genr inty K-3 classrooms. "Innocuo s wordg, the bill's supporters say they don't see how the bill uld possibly discrimate agast queer tn officials and queer youth themselv told lawmakers that banng classroom discsn might prohib stunts om talkg about their own fai (if, for example, they have two dads or two moms), and the hardle requirement that districts tell parents everythg about their kids would force districts to out gay or trans Siltt, the Laramie County teenager, said many queer stunts fd that their classroom is a safer place to e out than their home.
WYOMG LEGISLATORS INTRODUCE EDUTN BILL THAT MIRRORS FLORIDA’S “DON’T SAY GAY” LAW
At least 20 stat have troduced “Don’t Say Gay” laws this year. But a handful of stat, versns of the legislatn have existed for s. * wyoming don't say gay bill *
'"Opponents said the "Don't Say Gay" bill would stifle ee speech and further stigmatize a subset of kids that already face tense prejudic. Further, the bill tablish a missn, s members appoted by the ernor, that would make termatns about an dividual stunt's eligibily for petg on certa the "Don't Say Gay" bill, Senate File 133 advanced out of the Senate Edutn Commtee wh a 4-1 vote.
WYOMG’S VERSN OF ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ PASS THE SENATE
The bill closely rembl Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” law, which passed last year. ” It’s a near rbon py of Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill that passed last year. State legislatur across the untry are beg flood wh legislatn of this sort that seeks to lim classroom discsn about queer people, ban trans youth om high school sports or even outlaw trans youth healthre agast the advice of every major medil a recent Wyomg Senate Edutn mtee meetg, lawmakers and ttifiers bated Wyomg’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill for an hour and a half.
’”In a later terview, Siltt said when children hom like that disver they’re gay, trans or nonbary, a school teacher n be the tsted adult they’re lackg at home. But the so-lled “Don’t Say Gay” bill uld take away that safe place — and force that teacher to out the child before they’re ready.
Bee the bill is ambiguoly word, g out as gay or trans uld be nsired a change a child’s mental health and require the school to notify their parents.
NOT JT FLORIDA. MORE THAN A DOZEN STAT PROPOSE SO-LLED 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILLS
Rearch shows that suici rat are higher areas where trans youth are not accepted, where people don’t ll them by their preferred name or where laws lim what they n talk about school or what healthre they n “Don’t Say Gay” bill is jt one of many piec of legislatn this ssn that impacts queer youth.
IN SOME STAT, VERSNS OF ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILLS HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR AWHILE
”Gay and trans teenagers are watchg the legislature closely this year. “There was always a background radiatn of homophobia, ” said Tanner Ewalt, who serv on ASUW, the stunt senate.
HERE'S WHAT FLORIDA'S 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL WOULD DO AND WHAT WOULDN'T DO
It was jt weeks after a gunman shot up a gay club Colorado Sprgs, and ma UW stunts apprehensive about the upg, jt like Siltt, jt like most young queer people the wt, has lost iends to homophobia and transphobia.
“I have iends that aren't here today bee of the climate that existed their hoehold regardg homophobia and queer issu, ” he said. ”The so-lled “Don’t Say Gay” bill has passed the Senate and is now awag troductn the Hoe. The State(s) of 'Don't Say Gay' and Other School Censorship Efforts.