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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.

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NOT JT FLORIDA. MORE THAN A DOZEN STAT PROPOSE SO-LLED 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILLS

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.

"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 Two years after Arizona lawmakers repealed a law barrg any stctn on HIV or AIDS that that "promot a homosexual liftyle, " they are close to enactg a broad remake of the state's sex tn laws wh a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.

*BEAR-MAGAZINE.COM* KENTUCKY GAY BILL

Senate Bill 150, ‘Don’t say gay’ legislatn, pass Kentucky Senate .

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