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Contents:

• HERE’S WHAT FLORIDA’S ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ AND ANTI-'WOKE’ BILLS ACTUALLY SAY
• FACT CHECK: FLORIDA’S ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL DON’T MENTN ‘GAY’, WOULD APPLY TO ‘PRIMARY’ GRAS
• WHAT THE BILL DUBBED ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BY CRICS ACTUALLY SAYS
• FLORIDA EXPANDS ‘DON’T SAY GAY'; HOE OKS ANTI-LGBTQ BILLS
• FLORIDA'S 'DON'T SAY GAY' (HB1557) EXPAND TO ALL GRAS. EVERYTHG YOU NEED TO KNOW:
• WHAT'S THE SO-LLED DON'T SAY GAY BILL THAT ULD IMPACT THE WHOLE UNTRY
• STRICTLY LEGAL: SU OVER 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL FAILS
• ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL: FLORIDA SENATE PASS LAW MARGALIZG LGBTQ+ PEOPLE
• HERE'S WHAT FLORIDA'S 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL WOULD DO AND WHAT WOULDN'T DO
• FLORIDA’S ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ LAW TAK EFFECT TODAY. ITS IMPACT IS ALREADY BEG FELT

HERE’S WHAT FLORIDA’S ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ AND ANTI-'WOKE’ BILLS ACTUALLY SAY

Florida’s legislature passed ntroversial bills the past two weeks affectg nversatns about race and racism the classroom, as well as rtrictg younger stunts’ accs to lsons on sexual orientatn and genr bills—wily referred to as an anti-"woke” bill and a “Don’t Say Gay” bill—have been vered extensively natnal media and even late night televisn.

The ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill. Formal Tle: ‘Parental Rights Edutn’ billLegislative History: Called the “Don’t Say Gay” bill by s crics, the measurewas passed by the Florida legislature March 8 and awas signature by Gov. If schools vlate any of the requirements, parents n file official plats wh the partment of tn or lawsus agast the don’t do: Dpe the term “Don’t Say Gay, ” ed by crics of the bill, do not mentn the term “gay” or the LGBTQ+ muny by name.

Nor do prohib stunts at any gra level om talkg about their LGBTQ+ fay members or themselv, or acknowledgg the existence of gay people, as some crics of the bill have claimed. A versn of this article appeared the April 06, 2022 edn of Edutn Week as Insi Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ and Anti-‘Woke’ Measur. CLAIM: Conservative Florida legislators are targetg vulnerable gay, lbian, bisexual, transgenr, and tersex children.

FACT CHECK: FLORIDA’S ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL DON’T MENTN ‘GAY’, WOULD APPLY TO ‘PRIMARY’ GRAS

The Bin Whe Hoe has attacked a Florida bill rtrictg the teachg of sexualy among young children that Democrats are referrg to as “Don’t Say Gay, ” but the bill do not refer to “gay” and only appli om krgarten through third gra. The Whe Hoe specifilly referred to the legislatn as “Don’t Say Gay”:. In rponse to FL "Don't Say Gay" bills, "The Print wants #LGBTQI+ young people who may be feelg sred or alone to know that they are loved exactly for who they are, and that he won’t stop fightg for the protectns and safety they serve.

WHAT THE BILL DUBBED ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BY CRICS ACTUALLY SAYS

But the legislatn that is g such a stir among Democrats and journalists do not mentn “gay” or any specific sexualy.

'I am eply gay': Kate McKnon mocks Florida's ntroversial bill.

In their qut to bee the party of “parental rights, ” Republins Florida and other stat are attemptg to muzzle discsn of gay and civil rights school.

FLORIDA EXPANDS ‘DON’T SAY GAY'; HOE OKS ANTI-LGBTQ BILLS

Ron DeSantis signed – tled “Parental Rights Edutn” – has been dubbed by crics the “Don’t Say Gay” bill bee seeks to ban discsn of genr and sexualy issu wh younger stunts. What has been dubbed by crics as the “Don’t Say Gay” bill was the subject of an tense opposn mpaign. Earlier this month, DeSantis grew agated at the Florida Strawberry Ftival when a reporter asked him about the phrase – “Don’t Say Gay” – that crics have applied to the bill.

Ron DeSantis add more ws to his agenda targetg the LGBTQ+ muny as a state board approved an expansn of what crics ll the “Don’t Say Gay” law Wednday, and the Hoe passed bills on genr-transn treatments, bathroom e and keepg children out of drag Board of Edutn approved a ban on classroom stctn about sexual orientatn and genr inty all gras, expandg the law that bans those lson up to gra 3 at the requt of DeSantis as he gears up for an expected printial le change would ban lsons on sexual orientatn and genr inty om gras 4-12, unls required by existg state standards or as part of reproductive health stctn that stunts n choose not to take. The entertament giant publicly opposed the “Don’t Say Gay” legislatn last year, and, as punishment, DeSantis phed lawmakers to give him ntrol of a self-erng district that Disney overse s theme park a set of new DeSantis appote uld assume ntrol of the district, Disney’s board passed rtrictive venants that strip the g members of most of their powers, bluntg the ernor’s retaliatn.

FLORIDA'S 'DON'T SAY GAY' (HB1557) EXPAND TO ALL GRAS. EVERYTHG YOU NEED TO KNOW:

Florida’s ntroversial Parental Rights Edutn Act, also lled the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, has been expand to now clu fourth through 12th gras. Ron DeSantis and is expected to go to effect after a procral notice perd of about a ’s what you need to know about the bill’s expansn:What is Florida’s "Don’t Say Gay" law (HB 1557)?

WHAT'S THE SO-LLED DON'T SAY GAY BILL THAT ULD IMPACT THE WHOLE UNTRY

”Expandg the bill:Florida bans teachg of genr inty, sexualy through 12th graFlorida LGBTQ advot:Expandg so-lled 'Don't Say Gay' law says 'quiet part out loud'The Natnal Edutn Associatn (NEA) poted out that the vaguely word law don’t explicly fe the terms “stctn, ” “sexual orientatn” or “genr inty, ” and lead to nfn among LGBTQ tors who said they weren’t sure if they need to hi their own inti and how nfn raised more qutns that the wordg the bill uldn’t answer. Edorial:Whether 'Don't Say Gay' or 'Sue the Schools', state should scrap bad lawmakgHow has the bill impacted Florida schools?

Demonstrators gather on the steps of the Florida Historic Capol Mm ont of the Florida State Capol March Tallahassee, Fla, prottg what opponents ll the "Don't Say Gay" bill. Hoe Republins have troduced legislatn that some crics are scribg as a natnal "Don't Say Gay" bill – spired by the ntroversial Florida law that bans stctn on genr inty and sexual orientatn krgarten through third gra class. " Crics of the measure dubbed the Florida law "Don't Say Gay" and argue that s tent is to margalize LGBTQ people and their fai.

STRICTLY LEGAL: SU OVER 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL FAILS

A feral 'Don't Say Gay or Trans' bill... Activist Er Reed, who tracks anti-transgenr legislatn, argu that the parison to a "Don't Say Gay" bill mimiz the potential effects of this proposed legislatn. "Don't Say Gay/Trans was foced on 'classroom stctn' which was bad enough, " she wrote on Twter.

‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL: FLORIDA SENATE PASS LAW MARGALIZG LGBTQ+ PEOPLE

The basis for the su was that Disney's directors and officers allegedly vlated their rporate fiduciary duti by opposg Florida HB 1557 – also known as the "don't say gay" HB 1557 was first passed, Disney took no public posn on the bill.

The Republin-domated Florida legislature passed a bill on Tuday which would forbid stctn on sexual orientatn and genr inty krgarten through third gra, rejectg a wave of cricism om Democrats that margaliz LGBTQ+ proposal, which opponents have dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, now mov to the sk of the Republin ernor, Ron DeSantis, who is expected to sign to s ceptn, the measure has drawn tense opposn om LGBTQ+ advot, stunts, Democrats, the Whe Hoe and the entertament dtry, amid creased attentn on Florida as Republins ph culture war legislatn and DeSantis ascends the GOP as a potential printial ndidate. Dozens of stunts and advot flood mtee rooms durg the early stag of the bill procs and then packed the halls of the legislature as moved toward fal passage, often wh chants of “We say gay! DeSantis has chafed at llg the proposal the “Don’t Say Gay” bill bee he said would apply to stctn on any genr inty or sexual orientatn.

HERE'S WHAT FLORIDA'S 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL WOULD DO AND WHAT WOULDN'T DO

But Florida’s Parental Rights Edutn act — which crics have dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” bill — has sudnly sparked a natnal war of recent weeks, lears of global rporatns, edorial boards of major newspapers and Hollywood actors have all weighed on the proposed legislatn, wh some llg “eply disturbg” and others “nonntroversial.

FLORIDA’S ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ LAW TAK EFFECT TODAY. ITS IMPACT IS ALREADY BEG FELT

” Conversely, opponents say would unfairly target the LGBTQ muny — particularly gay and trans stunts — and is “pretendg to solve a problem that don’t exist. For starters, cricism that the “Don’t Say Gay” bill do not fact say “gay” anywhere s text is te. The bill, which passed Florida’s Senate last week and the state’s Hoe of Reprentativ Febary, do, however, nta the terms “sexual orientatn” and “genr inty, ” each legal experts say that whether the bill prohibs the word “gay” self is a “distractn.

“The ‘Don’t Say Gay’ moniker is a moniker about a certa polil amg of this suatn. ”Beyond brandg, a re argument over the bill centers around whether would prohib the “stctn” or “discsn” of sexual bill’s sponsors have emphatilly stated that the bill would not prohib stunts om talkg about their LGBTQ fai or bar classroom discsns about LGBTQ history, cludg events like the 2016 adly attack on the Pulse nightclub, a gay club Orlando.

Florida’s Parental Rights Edutn law — known to s crics as the “Don’t Say Gay” law — will officially take effect today.