‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill: Florida Senate pass ntroversial LGBTQ school measure

Contents:

• AS FLORIDA'S 'DON'T SAY GAY' LAW TAK EFFECT, SCHOOLS ROLL OUT LGBTQ RTRICTNS
• LGBTQ PEOPLE FLOCK TO FLORIDA FOR DISNEY'S GAY DAYS CELEBRATN
• ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL: FLORIDA SENATE PASS NTROVERSIAL LGBTQ SCHOOL MEASURE
• SPL CISN REACHED NCERNG GAY PRIDE MONTH AND RABOW FLAG
• FLORIDA LGBT PRI RABOW FL FLAG GAY PRI GIFT RAGLAN BASEBALL TEE
• GAY PRI FLAG - FLORIDA STATE MAP - RABOW STRIP T-SHIRT
• ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL: FLORIDA SENATE PASS NTROVERSIAL LGBTQ SCHOOL MEASURE

AS FLORIDA'S 'DON'T SAY GAY' LAW TAK EFFECT, SCHOOLS ROLL OUT LGBTQ RTRICTNS

As Florida’s Parental Rights Edutn law — or what crics have dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” law — go to effect Friday, some of the state’s public school districts have begun rollg out new polici to lim LGBTQ issu and inti om beg discsed the Tuday night, the Leon County School Board unanimoly approved s “LGBTQ Inclive School Gui, ” which clus a provisn to alert parents if a stunt who is “open about their genr inty” is their child’s physil tn class or wh them on an overnight school trip. Clifford / AP fileThe so-lled Don’t Say Gay law, HB 1557, bans “stctn” about sexual orientatn or genr inty “ krgarten through gra 3 or a manner that is not age appropriate or velopmentally appropriate for stunts acrdance wh state standards. ” A provisn the law also requir school staff members to alert parents about “cril cisns affectg a stunt’s mental, emotnal, or physil health or well-beg, ” which many advot have terpreted as a way to force tors to out their gay or trans stunts.

They have also ntend that will not prohib teachers and stunts om talkg about their LGBTQ fai or bar classroom discsns about LGBTQ history, cludg events like the 2016 attack at the Pulse gay nightclub crics and legal experts have said the broad language of the law uld open school districts and teachers to lawsus om parents who believe any nversatn about LGBTQ people or issu is “not age appropriate.

LGBTQ PEOPLE FLOCK TO FLORIDA FOR DISNEY'S GAY DAYS CELEBRATN

Carlos Smh, a Democrat who is gay and has been an outspoken cric of the new law, said he was “not surprised” that schools the state were announcg the polici and guil.

“What’s happeng right now — wh the censorship of rabow flags and school districts preparg to basilly ph LGBTQ stunts and teachers to the closet — is exactly what we said would happen wh the ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law. "Members and supporters of the LGBTQ muny at the "Say Gay Anyway" rally Miami Beach, Fla., on March 13.

Chandan Khanna / AFP via Getty Imag fileFive other stat — all of them the South — have enacted laws that lim stctn or discsns about LGBTQ people or issu school, and at least 32 others have proposed such measur this year, acrdg to acrdg to the Movement Advancement Project, an LGBTQ thk tank that has been trackg the strsed that the polici will have nsequenc for lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer stunts, potg to the disproportnately high rat of suici attempts among the untry’s LGBTQ youths. ”In Palm Beach County, Woods, who is gay, said that after they received the qutnnaire om school officials to flag urse material or books wh LGBTQ referenc, many of his lleagu are nervo they’ll be reprimand if they miss somethg. — Tens of thoands of LGBTQ people are flockg to central Florida this weekend to go on theme park ris, mgle wh stumed performers, dance at all-night parti and lounge poolsi at hotels durg Gay Days, a s-long though Gov.

‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL: FLORIDA SENATE PASS NTROVERSIAL LGBTQ SCHOOL MEASURE

Ron DeSantis and Florida lawmakers have champned a slew of anti-LGBTQ laws — spurrg the most proment gay rights group the U.

And other civil rights anizatns to issue warngs the Sunshe State may no longer be safe — Gay Days anizers are still enuragg visors om around the world to e to one of Florida’s largt gay and lbian say a large turnout will send a msage that LGBTQ people are not gog away Florida, which is ntually one of the most popular stat for tourists to vis. If the hoped-for 150, 000 or more visors e to the half-week of pool parti, drag bgo and thrill ris at Orlando’s theme parks and hotels, then “that’s the pot, ” said Joseph Clark, CEO of Gay Days Inc.

”It’s not lost on the anizers that the highlight of the weekend will be a Saturday meetup of LGBTQ visors at the Magic Kgdom at Walt Disney World, where the first Gay Days started as a sgle-day celebratn 1991. Currently, Disney is embroiled a legal fight wh DeSantis over the ernor and Republin lawmakers’ takeover of Disney World’s erng district — after Disney officials publicly opposed legislatn that crics have dubbed “Don’t Say Gay. “It’s ls a csa and more like, ‘I’m not gog to spend my money where bad thgs are gog on, ’” Hayn Days has survived past challeng, cludg the early years when Disney posted signs at the Magic Kgdom’s entrance warng visors there was a large gatherg of gays and lbians and offerg pass to other parks for guts who might be offend.

SPL CISN REACHED NCERNG GAY PRIDE MONTH AND RABOW FLAG

Over the last three s, though, the theme parks and rorts have thrown down the wele mats as Gay Days has bee a profable bounce between the sprg break and out-of-school summer crowds. Durg Gay Days the 1990s, hundreds of anti-abortn activists wh Operatn Rcue protted outsi Walt Disney World, and the Southern Baptist Conventn ced the gatherg llg for a boytt of all thgs Disney. Some Christian groups tried to buy air time durg Gay Days the late 1990s to prsure people to renounce their sexual orientatn, but mastream TV statns Orlando rejected the ads.

FLORIDA LGBT PRI RABOW FL FLAG GAY PRI GIFT RAGLAN BASEBALL TEE

A Florida homeowners associatn has orred a gay uple to remove a small rabow flag om their ont yard, but the uple has no tentn of takg Plomski and Mike Ferrari of Oakland Park, Florida, were issued a catn on June 5 that told them to take the flag down by June 15 or pay a $50 daily fe. “I really thk the catn is bee ’s a gay pri flag and someone the neighborhood is offend, simple as that, " Ferrari told NBC uple said they will ntue to fly their pri flag until the end of the month. His fay is Orthodox Christian and they believe homosexualy is a s, he said.

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GAY PRI FLAG - FLORIDA STATE MAP - RABOW STRIP T-SHIRT

The SFFFL is a member cy of the Natnal Gay Flag Football League (NGFFL), and has grown om 3 teams to over 10 teams sce 's ceptn 2007. In addn to lol league play, members of the SFFFL are also provid tournament play opportuni at natnal NGFFL tournaments cludg annual tournaments such as: Gay Bowl, Florida Sunshe Cup, and Pri SFFFL is also a registered and active 501(c)(3) non-prof anizatn and participat regular muny service events cludg back to school driv, food driv, and other events, llaboratg wh anizatns cludg the Miami Dolphs, the Fort Lrdale Police Department, and the Fort Lrdale Fire Department.

Florida Republins are also lookg to pass legislatn expandg the state’s so-lled “Don’t Say Gay” law by applyg to charter schools and private pre-K programs and addg a provisn explicly statg school personnel and stunts do not have to ll someone by a pronoun that don’t rrpond to their sex at birth, among other provisns. Last year’s “Don’t Say Gay” law broadly banned discsns about “sexual orientatn or genr inty” elementary school classrooms. DeSantis Signs ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Bill Into Law Dpe Controversy (Forb).

“I have the right to put up a Pri flag celebratn of what our gay muny has fought for, for so long, ” Mr.

‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL: FLORIDA SENATE PASS NTROVERSIAL LGBTQ SCHOOL MEASURE

The measure, dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” bill by s opponents, was passed by the state Hoe last month and now heads to Republin Gov.

Parents n sue school districts for alleged a tearful addrs to the Senate on Monday, Democrat Shevr Jon, the first openly gay Florida state senator, urged his lleagu to narrow the bill’s language to say stctn should not be “tend to change a stunt’s sexual orientatn or genr inty.

”“I ask that you open up your hearts jt a tad b, ” he said, notg the name-llg and shunng he had faced as a gay man. Melda Conlon reported to Historic Cy News last night after the Cy of St Augte Beach held a special meetg to al wh issu surroundg the regnn of the month of June as “Gay Pri Month”. Actg on a requt brought forward by Women’s March Alliance of North Florida, the Commissn exprsed support for the lbian, gay, bi-sexual, transgenr, queer, qutng, tersex, and asexual muny and unanimoly voted to pass the proclamatn — wh one letn.