Fact-checkg 3 proment claims about Florida's ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill - Poynter

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• ARE YOU A DOCTOR WHO HAT TREATG GAY PEOPLE? COME TO FLORIDA, WHERE RON DESANTIS HAS LEGALISED BIGOTRY
• FACT-CHECKG 3 PROMENT CLAIMS ABOUT FLORIDA’S ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL
• HERE'S WHAT FLORIDA'S 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL WOULD DO AND WHAT WOULDN'T DO
• DESANTIS-BACKED 'DONT SAY GAY' BILL SPARKS OUTRAGE
• FLORIDA JT PASSED THE "DON'T SAY GAY" BILL. HERE’S WHAT IT MEANS FOR KIDS
• PROTTS NTUE AGAST FLORIDA 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL
• DESANTIS SIGNS FLORIDA BILL THAT OPPONENTS CALL ‘DON’T SAY GAY’
• FLORIDA’S ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL SPIRED A CHILLG WAVE OF REPUBLIN LEGISLATN
• FLORIDA’S NEW ANTI-GAY, ANTI-WOMAN BILL MAY BE THE MOST MALIC YET

ARE YOU A DOCTOR WHO HAT TREATG GAY PEOPLE? COME TO FLORIDA, WHERE RON DESANTIS HAS LEGALISED BIGOTRY

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And most notably, Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” law was passed a year ago, which banned discsn of LGBTQ+ inti most classrooms.

FACT-CHECKG 3 PROMENT CLAIMS ABOUT FLORIDA’S ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL

LGBTQ+ activists prott agast Florida ernor Ron Dantis, who passed the “Don’t Say Gay” law. HB1403 one year on om Florida’s famo “Don’t Say Gay” law beg passed, banng discsn of LGBTQ+ inti most classrooms – legislatn that activists fear uld be place for s.

But crics nicknamed HB 1557 the “don’t say gay” bill, warng isn’t necsary and mak some stunts feel unsafe by sglg out LGBTQ material as dangero and appropriate. Dennis Baxley (R-Ola) the bill’s Senate sponsor who said he was addrsg “social engeerg” that uld rult more children intifyg as gay or transgenr.

” The guidance clus fns of terms related to sexual orientatn and genr inty — cludg gay, lbian and transgenr — that teachers are enuraged to e when applible. ” The word ‘gay’ People on Facebook and Twter have said that Florida Republins want to ban the word “gay” school.

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

“GOP’s 2022 platform: Ban books, Ban abortn, Ban Black history, Ban transgenr teens, Ban sayg ‘gay’ and Ban votg, ” said Dean Obeidallah, a left-leang rad host and edian, on March 11. ’” On SNL’s “Weekend Update” segment, anchor Col Jost told st member Kate McKnon, who is gay, that the bill “means that you n’t acknowledge that ‘gay’ exists at all.

DESANTIS-BACKED 'DONT SAY GAY' BILL SPARKS OUTRAGE

” McKnon then slammed the legislatn, sayg, “I am eply gay — sorry, eply ncerned. It jt seems like this is gog to make kids gay and trans — sorry, prsed and suicidal. ” The claims n largely be attributed to the legislatn’s “don’t say gay” nickname, ed by Equaly Florida.

FLORIDA JT PASSED THE "DON'T SAY GAY" BILL. HERE’S WHAT IT MEANS FOR KIDS

The legislatn do not lerally prohib Floridians om sayg the word “gay, ” but do prohib “classroom discsn about sexual orientatn or genr inty. 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. ” 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.

PROTTS NTUE AGAST FLORIDA 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL

”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. A Florida bill that would lim classroom discsns on sexual orientatn and genr inty and enurage parents to sue schools or teachers that engage the topics ntu to move through the state Hoe and 's beg lled a "Don't Say Gay" bill by LGBTQ advot, who fear that if this bill is signed to law, uld act as a plete ban on the lsons on LGBTQ opprsn, history and discsns about LGBTQ amendment to the bill was proposed Friday that also would require school officials to disclose a stunt's sexual or genr inty to their parents wh six weeks of fdg out about the stunt's inty. Ron DeSantis and the state legislature for the efforts last month a Twter advocy anizatns say the bills are remiscent of the “no promo homo” laws of the 1990s that barred tors om discsg queer topics schools, but wh an add mandate on parent and fay volvement.

Tallahassee, Florida – Today, the Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the natn’s largt lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer (LGBTQ+) civil rights anizatn, nmns Gov. Recent pollg dit that 64% of all likely voters, cludg 72% of Democrats, 65% of Inpennts, and 55% of Republins thk that there is “too much legislatn” aimed at “limg the rights of transgenr and gay people Ameri” (Data For Progrs survey of 1, 220 likely voters, 3/24-26, 2023). The Human Rights Campaign is Ameri’s largt civil rights anizatn workg to achieve equaly for lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer people.

The Florida Senate passed the ntroversial so-lled “Don’t Say Gay” bill on Tuday, sendg the Republin-backed legislatn banng LGBTQ stctn primary schools to Gov. The proposed law, often referred to by crics as the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, bans public school districts om teachg about sexual orientatn or genr inty krgarten through the third gra, or “ a manner that is not age-appropriate or velopmentally appropriate for stunts”—language that crics say uld extend the ban to higher gra levels. ” Read more: Kid of the Year Falist Kai Shappley, 11, Tak on Lawmakers Her Fight for Trans Rights What impact uld the ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill have?

DESANTIS SIGNS FLORIDA BILL THAT OPPONENTS CALL ‘DON’T SAY GAY’

Shevr Jon, Florida’s first openly gay Florida state senator, who told the legislative body: “To those who thk you n legislate gay people away, I’m sorry. Jt over a year ago, DeSantis gurated his “Don’t Say Gay” law, which banned disurse, teachg, and books on queer and trans inty early gras. Opponents, however, have dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, argug the ban creat would negatively impact an already margalized muny.

Shevr Jon, who brought some senators to tears as he spoke about his experience as a gay Floridian. Her ments harken back to bunked arguments ed by anti-gay activists recent history to smear and margalize members of the LGBTQ muny.

Over 115 physicians om across Florida are urgg the Republin-led Legislature to drop HB 1557, the so-lled “Don’t Say Gay” bill that would prohib classroom discsns about genr inty and sexual orientatn. “As a physician and a member of the LGBTQ muny, I am gravely ncerned that the ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill will harm young LGBTQ Floridians and lead to unnecsary health and mental health issu, ” said Dr.

FLORIDA’S ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL SPIRED A CHILLG WAVE OF REPUBLIN LEGISLATN

Demonstrators gathered ont of and si the Florida State Capol on Monday to stop the legislatn that has been dubbed the "Don't Say Gay" bill.

"We say gay, " they chanted, the sound echog throughout the halls as they anticipated a vote on the bill expected Monday. Ron DeSantis of Florida signed legislatn on Monday that prohibs classroom stctn and discsn about sexual orientatn and genr inty some elementary school gras, a law that opponents have lled “Don’t Say Gay.

On Sunday night, the Osr hosts Amy Schumer, Rega Hall and Wanda Syk chanted “gay, gay, gay, ” a nod to the Florida legislatn. ”“DeSantis is attemptg to censor and exclu an entire muny of people om our public schools for his own polil ga, ” State Reprentative Carlos Guillermo Smh, an Orlando Democrat and the state’s first openly gay Lato lawmaker, said a statement.

FLORIDA’S NEW ANTI-GAY, ANTI-WOMAN BILL MAY BE THE MOST MALIC YET

Sce Florida passed s ntroversial “don’t say gay” bill, nservative stat across Ameri have been advancg siar bills as they attempt to ban the discsn of genr inty and sexual orientatn month, Florida’s Republin ernor, Ron DeSantis, signed to law the Parental Rights Edutn bill.

“Florida’s ‘don’t say gay’ bill is jt the tip of the iceberg.