A gay teen sued Florida over s LGBTQ law — then got a warng about his graduatn speech

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• A FLORIDA CLASS PRINT ULDN’T DISCS BEG GAY HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATN SPEECH – SO HE TALKED ABOUT HIS CURLY HAIR
• GAY HIGH SCHOOLER SAYS HE'S 'BEG SILENCED' BY FLORIDA'S LGBTQ LAW
• HIS PRCIPAL WANTS TO CENSOR HIS GRADUATN SPEECH. THIS GAY STUNT LEAR WON’T LET IT HAPPEN
• GAY STUNT SAYS FLORIDA SCHOOL IS STOPPG HIS N FOR STUNT LEARSHIP
• FLA. CLASS PRINT TOLD HE ULDN’T SPEAK ABOUT BEG GAY HAIR METAPHOR
• A FLORIDA CLASS PRINT ULDN'T DISCS BEG GAY HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATN SPEECH -- SO HE TALKED ABOUT HIS CURLY HAIR
• GAY FLORIDA STUNT WHO LED PROTT CAN'T RUN FOR CLASS PRINT
• FLA. CLASS PRINT TOLD HE ULDN’T SPEAK ABOUT BEG GAY HAIR METAPHOR
• A GAY TEEN SUED FLORIDA OVER S LGBTQ LAW — THEN GOT A WARNG ABOUT HIS GRADUATN SPEECH
• GAY FLORIDA STUNT SAYS SCHOOL STOPPG HIM OM NNG FOR SENR CLASS PRINT
• GAY CLASS PRINT CENSORED BY FLORIDA HIGH SCHOOL
• FLA. CLASS PRINT TOLD HE ULDN’T SPEAK ABOUT BEG GAY HAIR METAPHOR
• FLORIDA HIGH SCHOOL STUNT GIV GRADUATN SPEECH USG “CURLY HAIR” AS CO FOR “GAY”
• 'CURLY HAIR' BE FOR GAY FLORIDA HIGH SCHOOL GRAD SPEECH AFTER SENR SAYS HE WAS CENSORED
• FLORIDA HIGH SCHOOLER COULDN’T TALK ABOUT BEG GAY GRADUATN SPEECH, SO HE TALKED ABOUT HIS “CURLY HAIR”

A FLORIDA CLASS PRINT ULDN’T DISCS BEG GAY HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATN SPEECH – SO HE TALKED ABOUT HIS CURLY HAIR

High school grad uldn't say 'gay' speech, so he did this stead. The class print at a Florida high school says he wasn’t allowed to share his experience as a gay stunt his graduatn speech or how the state’s so-lled “Don’t Say Gay” law will affect stunts like him, so he talked about somethg else that mak him a ltle different om his classmat – his curly hair.

Moricz me out durg his hman year and was the first openly-gay class print at the school, so he felt a rponsibily to addrs the ntroversy. Moricz said he “strongly believ” the requt was rponse to a newly enacted state law, which crics have dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” law. Proponents of the measure have ntend that giv parents more discretn over what their children learn school and say LGBTQ issu are “not age appropriate” for young crics have argued that the law uld stifle teachers and stunts om talkg about their inti or their lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer fay members.

”“The reason somethg like the ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law seems like nothg but is actually everythg is that when you nnot talk about or share who you are, there is a nstant subnsc affirmatn that you are not valid, that you should not exist, ” Moricz fight agast the legislatn is personal for Moricz, he add.

GAY HIGH SCHOOLER SAYS HE'S 'BEG SILENCED' BY FLORIDA'S LGBTQ LAW

This Gay Stunt Lear Won’t Let It Happen. "[The "Don't Say Gay" bill] is opprsg stunts, and has not even gone to effect yet, " says Zanr Moricz, his high school's first openly gay class print.

HIS PRCIPAL WANTS TO CENSOR HIS GRADUATN SPEECH. THIS GAY STUNT LEAR WON’T LET IT HAPPEN

“There’s somethg very dystopian about someone tellg you that you discsg your human rights would rult a ceremony beg unenjoyable or problematic, ” Zanr Moricz, the first openly gay class print at his Sarasota unty, Florida high school tells Rollg Stone. After all, the meetg me at a very poted time for Florida schools and gay stunt lears like Moricz.

GAY STUNT SAYS FLORIDA SCHOOL IS STOPPG HIS N FOR STUNT LEARSHIP

Ron DeSantis signed the ntroversial “Don’t Say Gay” bill, which would prohib teachers om speakg about LGBTQ issu wh stunts of a certa age group.

He had spent his time high school advotg for gay rights. So earlier this week, Moricz logged on to Twter to share a thread about exactly what had happened, along wh a ll to actn: He ved stunts Florida to sign up to receive some of the 10, 000 “Say Gay” stickers his anizatn would be sharg to “remd unrclassmen that we’re done wh high school, not the fight.

I am the youngt public platiff the “Don’t Say Gay” lawsu. I am my Florida high school’s first openly-gay Class Print.

FLA. CLASS PRINT TOLD HE ULDN’T SPEAK ABOUT BEG GAY HAIR METAPHOR

Along wh his school activism, Moricz is also a val part of a massive feral lawsu agast DeSantis aimed at strikg down the “Don’t Say Gay” bill before go to effect this summer. Ileana Garcia's office after passage of the Parental Rights Edutn bill, dubbed the "Don't Say Gay" bill by crics, Miami on March Raedle / Getty Imag fileMay 19, 2022, 2:54 PM UTC / Source: Associated PrsA 17-year-old gay stunt who was spend for leadg protts at his high school agast Florida’s so-lled Don’t Say Gay legislatn says school admistrators are stoppg him om nng for senr class print. He had been warned not to speak about his experience as a gay stunt, but he found a workaround by g his hair as a metaphor, WWSB Moricz, the senr class print of Pe View School for the Gifted, wanted to e his graduatn speech Sunday to speak about his experience as a gay stunt or cricize Florida Hoe Bill 1557, lled “Parental Rights Edutn” but lloquially known as the “Don’t Say Gay” bill.

Zanr Moricz tak off his hat and shows his curly hair durg the graduatn ceremony for Park View School to brg attentn to Florida's "Don't Say Gay" law. By David Williams, CNN (CNN) -- The class print at a Florida high school says he wasn't allowed to share his experience as a gay stunt his graduatn speech or how the state's so-lled "Don't Say Gay" law will affect stunts like him, so he talked about somethg else that mak him a ltle different om his classmat -- his curly Moricz, 18, has been active social jtice as a stunt at Pe View School Osprey, Florida, and led a stunt walkout March to prott the ntroversial measure that bans certa teachgs about sexual orientatn and genr inty schools and go to effect July.

A FLORIDA CLASS PRINT ULDN'T DISCS BEG GAY HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATN SPEECH -- SO HE TALKED ABOUT HIS CURLY HAIR

"He'd always been very supportive of me and my inty and I was really hurt, " he me out durg his hman year and was the first openly-gay class print at the school, so he felt a rponsibily to addrs the ntroversy. Stunt Who Led Don't Say Gay Prott Can't Run for Class PrintThe Florida stunt who was spend for leadg a prott agast the state’s new "don’t say gay" law at his high school now says the school is preventg him om nng for class Petocz, 17, said school thori at Flagler Palm Coast High School are sayg the disciplary actns he received for leadg those protts now preclu him om nng for any stunt body office. “My name is Jack Petocz, and I am a 17-year-old gay stunt activist Flagler County, ” Petocz posted to social media, tailg his efforts anizg over 500 stunts the protts.

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GAY FLORIDA STUNT WHO LED PROTT CAN'T RUN FOR CLASS PRINT

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Proponents of the measure have ntend that giv parents more discretn over what their children learn school and say LGBTQ issu are “not age appropriate” for young crics have argued that the law uld stifle teachers and stunts om talkg about their inti or their lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer fay Moricz (Courty Zanr Moricz)Durg a statewi stunt walkout March, Moricz led Sarasota County’s largt prott opposn to the legislatn. MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA – JUNE 09: The Gay Pri Game flag is seen on the 50m arcs durg the round 12 AFL match between the St Kilda Sats and the Sydney …. MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA – JUNE 09: The Gay Pri Game flag is seen on the 50m arcs durg the round 12 AFL match between the St Kilda Sats and the Sydney Swans at Etihad Stadium on June 9, 2018 Melbourne, Atralia.

FLA. CLASS PRINT TOLD HE ULDN’T SPEAK ABOUT BEG GAY HAIR METAPHOR

(AP) — A 17-year-old gay stunt who was spend for leadg protts at his high school agast Florida’s so-lled Don’t Say Gay legislatn says school admistrators are now stoppg him om nng for senr class print. A Florida high school stunt who is openly gay is speakg out after he says he was subjected to censorship by school officials if he mentned the state’s “Parental Rights Edutn” law, also lled the “Don’t Say Gay” law by crics, his graduatn Moricz, a senr and the print of his graduatg class at Pe View School Osprey, Florida, claimed he was beg “silenced” a Twter thread two weeks ago.

”Moricz is also one of the youngt platiffs a lawsu filed agast the state of Florida over the “Parental Rights Edutn” 18-year-old told "Good Morng Ameri" he was worried ahead of the speech but felt supported by his fellow classmat and peers, some of whom wore “Say Gay” stickers and stood up and cheered durg his speech Sunday. "Edor’s PicksMoricz, an outspoken advote for LGBTQ rights, referred to his "curly hair" as a phemism for beg gay his speech. I am an olr gay guy a long-term wonrful relatnship.

LGBTQ+ activists and alli natnwi are speakg out agast Florida’s hateful “Don’t Say Gay” bill, a new law that prohibs the discsn of sexual inty and genr inty the classroom. When Zanr Moricz — the first openly gay class print at Pe View School Osprey, Florida — was prohibed by school admistratn not to e the word “gay” his graduatn speech, he didn’t avoid the nversatn. ”Zanr is a platiff a lawsu that is challengg the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, which is known officially as the Parental Rights Edutn bill.

A GAY TEEN SUED FLORIDA OVER S LGBTQ LAW — THEN GOT A WARNG ABOUT HIS GRADUATN SPEECH

“I am the first openly-gay Class Print my school’s history–this censorship seems to show that they want me to be the last.

"Durg a graduatn ceremony Sunday, Zanr Moricz spoke about his experienc and activism as the first openly gay class print of Pe View School Osprey, Florida, but his mencement addrs, he never said he was gay. "Opn: Three generatns later, LGBTQ children still need supportIn se you missed :LGBTQ groups, parents file feral lawsu opposg Florida's 'Don't Say Gay' lawMoricz is the youngt platiff a lawsu agast Florida's parental rights and tn law, often referred to as the "Don't Say Gay" bill, and has been outspoken his opposn to and how would affect his speech, he didn't say "gay" once. Edwards, who is openly gay, said Moricz served to be celebrated for who he is.

If he was gog to cricize Florida’s new “Don’t Say Gay” law, the school admistratn would cut his mic mid-speech.

GAY FLORIDA STUNT SAYS SCHOOL STOPPG HIM OM NNG FOR SENR CLASS PRINT

Moricz, an openly gay stunt, had been volved LGBTQ+ activism prr to the ceremony. “I am the first openly-gay Class Print my school’s history–this censorship seems to show that they want me to be the last, ” he tweeted.

GAY CLASS PRINT CENSORED BY FLORIDA HIGH SCHOOL

To get around the school’s directive while still beg te to himself, Moricz employed a clever metaphor his speech: he talked about his curly hair as a phemism for beg gay.

FLA. CLASS PRINT TOLD HE ULDN’T SPEAK ABOUT BEG GAY HAIR METAPHOR

I am the first openly-gay Class Print my school’s history–this censorship seems to show that they want me to be the last. When admistratn disvered that I was anizg a Say Gay walkout, they had all our posters ripped om the walls and told me to shut down the prott.

But when the Florida high school stunt sat down wh the admistrator two weeks ago, the tone of the nversatn shook prcipal, Stephen Covert, wanted to ter the senr class print om discsg his activism a graduatn speech, and for the teen to stay away om an ongog lawsu challengg Florida's "don't say gay" law, Moricz tells The Advote. "Moricz, Pe View School's first gay class print, is one of the dividual platiffs the feral lawsu challengg Florida's law, which prohibs stctn on sexual orientatn and genr inty krgarten through third-gra classrooms and requir the topics to be handled at any gra level an age-appropriate way. Technilly, the law won't go to effect until July, but already 's ighteng did not return lls om The Advote Tuday or notably went public wh his story the same day news broke that another Florida high school would censor a yearbook spread about a stunt prott agast the state's "don't say gay" law.

FLORIDA HIGH SCHOOL STUNT GIV GRADUATN SPEECH USG “CURLY HAIR” AS CO FOR “GAY”

The two stori seem to further arguments that even before officially gog to effect, the law has chipped away at the abily to publicly exprs support for gay and transgenr Moricz, that's a disuragg trend.

"It felt dystopian bee I had to s there and listen to someone tell me -- and I am the first gay class print, and this mak credibly clear as to why -- that a discsn about who I am and the fact I am who I am is OK would be an appropriate thg for school, " Moricz a statement to public rad statn WUSF, the Sarasota School District told the outlet that the schools the district review stunts' speech.

'CURLY HAIR' BE FOR GAY FLORIDA HIGH SCHOOL GRAD SPEECH AFTER SENR SAYS HE WAS CENSORED

" WUSF reports the district also said that actn may be taken if the speech don't meet the led a prott of the "don't say gay" legislatn himself earlier this year. Books that clu gay parents or any LGBTQ+ characters are beg challenged and yanked om school bookshelv.

FLORIDA HIGH SCHOOLER COULDN’T TALK ABOUT BEG GAY GRADUATN SPEECH, SO HE TALKED ABOUT HIS “CURLY HAIR”