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- SENATE BILL 150, ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ LEGISLATN, PASS KENTUCKY SENATE
- NOT JT FLORIDA. MORE THAN A DOZEN STAT PROPOSE SO-LLED 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILLS
SENATE BILL 150, ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ LEGISLATN, PASS KENTUCKY SENATE
HB 177 effectively b tradnal “Don’t Say Gay” bills wh privacy laws, forcg teachers to out queer children to their parents (regardls of safety ncerns) and banng any discsn of LGBTQ+ topics – cludg simply that someone is a member of the muny. The Human Rights Campaign is Ameri’s largt civil rights anizatn workg to achieve equaly for lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer people. Signs Transphobic Genr-Affirmg Care Ban and Bathroom Bill ›Florida's ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Author Pleads Guilty to Feral Frd Charg ›Missouri's 'Don't Say Gay' Bill Is Even Worse Than Florida's ›Ron DeSantis Set to Expand ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Law to All Gras Florida ›Kentucky Schools Disarray Over Conflictg Advice on Implementg Anti-LGBTQ+ Law ›Kentucky GOP: Conversn Therapy Good, Genr-Affirmg Care Bad ›.
Opponents of the bill ially lled Kentucky's "Don't Say Gay/Trans" bill. “The bills that have been filed over the past uple days are versns of Florida’s Dont Say Gay, Dont Say Trans Bills, on steroids, ” said Hartman. Across the Uned Stat, at least a dozen stat are nsirg new legislatn that several ways will mirror Florida's new ntroversial law, referred to by some opponents as "Don't Say Gay.
NOT JT FLORIDA. MORE THAN A DOZEN STAT PROPOSE SO-LLED 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILLS
"The stutnalizatn of the bills is an overt form of stctural transphobia and homophobia, and go agast all public health evince creatg a safe and supportive environment for transgenr, nonbary, queer, gay and lbian youths and teachers to thrive, " Arjee Rtar, assistant profsor of epimlogy at the Universy of Washgton, told NPR. Rtar, a social epimlogist and health equy advote, said the ntroversial bills will lim all youths to live to their fullt potential, addg "there should be no room for transphobia and homophobia — pecially the classroom.
" Tennsee's HB 800 bans books and stctnal materials "that promote, normalize, support, or addrs lbian, gay, bi-sexual, or transgenr issu or liftyle. Two years after Arizona lawmakers repealed a law barrg any stctn on HIV or AIDS that that "promot a homosexual liftyle, " they are close to enactg a broad remake of the state's sex tn laws wh a particular foc on LGBTQ issu. "Florida may be the first this wave, but there have been other laws the past that were lled 'no promo homo' laws, which forbid sayg posive thgs about lbian, gay, bisexual, and queer people classrooms, " Simmons told NPR.