Kev Maxen, Jaguars assistant strength ach, out as gay

Contents:

• FLORIDA ERNOR SIGNS NTROVERSIAL 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL TO LAW
• FLORIDA'S ERNOR SIGNS NTROVERSIAL LAW OPPONENTS DUBBED 'DON'T SAY GAY'
• FLORIDA TRAFFIC SIGN HACKED TO DISPLAY 'KILL ALL GAYS'
• GAY PENGU BOOK AUTHORS SUE OVER BAN
• JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU
• JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY
• DESANTIS-BACKED 'DONT SAY GAY' BILL SPARKS OUTRAGE
• ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL: FLORIDA SENATE PASS NTROVERSIAL LGBTQ SCHOOL MEASURE
• FLORIDA ERNOR RON DESANTIS SIGNS ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL TO LAW
• ORLANDO – ELECTRONIC TRAFFIC SIGN HACKED, CHANGED TO READ “KILL ALL GAYS”.

FLORIDA ERNOR SIGNS NTROVERSIAL 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL TO LAW

A sign wh a homophobic slur outsi a Florida to repair shop has sparked backlash om the lol muny and social media sign, which appeared to have gone up over Memorial Day weekend outsi Rick’s Repair Shop Tallahassee, said, “Veterans get a day fags and child molters get a month why, ” appearg to refer to Pri Month June. ”Earlier this month, drivers Orlando, Florida, were met wh a vlent and homophobic msage on the road, where a digal traffic sign that appeared to be tampered wh displayed the msage “KILL ALL GAYS.

Ron DeSantis has signed the Parental Rights Edutn bill, dubbed the "Don't Say Gay" bill by bill bans classroom stctn on sexual orientatn or genr inty krgarten through third gra and stat that any stctn on those topics nnot occur " a manner that is not age-appropriate or velopmentally appropriate for stunts acrdance wh state standards, " acrdg to the legislatn, HB 1557. Florida Hoe Republins advanced a bill, dubbed by opponents as the "Don't Say Gay" bill, to forbid discsns of sexual orientatn and genr inty schools. Hillsborough High School stunts prott a Republin-backed bill dubbed the "Don't Say Gay" that would prohib classroom discsn of sexual orientatn and genr inty, a measure Democrats nounced as beg anti-LGBTQ, Tampa, Fla., March 3, 2022.

Make no mistake, by signg the ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill, Ron DeSantis is takg the si of hatred, bullyg and discrimatn and sendg a clear msage to children Florida that he don’t re about them or their fai if he n e their pa to sre polil pots wh his base, " Florida Democratic Party Chair Manny Diaz said. "This bill is not tend to out gay children.

FLORIDA'S ERNOR SIGNS NTROVERSIAL LAW OPPONENTS DUBBED 'DON'T SAY GAY'

The bill, which some opponents have lled "Don't Say Gay, " was signed by DeSantis on Monday. The "Don't Say Gay" moniker om crics of the measure who blast this ia and sist this policy will hurt LGBTQ children. "Florida's HB 1557, also known as the 'Don't Say Gay' bill, should never have passed and should never have been signed to law, " the statement read.

FLORIDA TRAFFIC SIGN HACKED TO DISPLAY 'KILL ALL GAYS'

Police Orlando said they have opened an vtigatn after a digal traffic sign was hacked to read “KILL ALL GAYS” earlier this week. On Wednday, May 17, the Internatnal Day Agast Homophobia, Biphobia, and Transphobia.

GAY PENGU BOOK AUTHORS SUE OVER BAN

\u201cThis happened Lake Nona \u2014 the homophobia and transphobia needs to stop. “The fact that someone or some group would go as far as to hack a nstctn sign to send a msage to ‘kill all gays’ — the are dividuals who are affirmed and empowered by the polici around them, and by the elected officials around them who echo that same sentiment, whether they say as bluntly or not. ”The cint agast the backdrop of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and his advocy of anti-LGBTQ+ laws, cludg the notor “don’t say gay” law.

Hours after the traffic sign cint, the Republin ernor signed four anti-LGBTQ+ new laws that expand the state’s “don’t say gay” laws, ban genr-affirmg re, rtrict bathroom age for trans people, and rtrict drag shows. Pedophilia and homosexualy are not nnected. Earlier this month, drivers Orlando, Florida, were subjected to a msage on a digal traffic sign, which appeared to have been tampered wh, readg: “KILL ALL GAYS.

READ NEXTActor Tom Holland’s Gay Sex Scene Sparks ControversyPope Tells Transgenr Catholic: “God Lov Us As We Are”Gay Film ‘Passag’ Gets Slapped Wh An NC-17 RatgMichigan Governor Signs Ban on Conversn Therapy. Ron DeSantis on Monday signed legislatn banng certa stctn about sexual orientatn and genr inty the classroom, approvg the ntroversial measure that opponents have dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” law.

JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU

“Florida’s HB 1557, also known as the ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill, should never have passed and should never have been signed to law, ” the statement said. ”Will Larks, a graduate of Wter Park High School who ran the gay-straight alliance there, said the board told him the policy on extracurriculars means stunts would have to get permissn to attend GSA meetgs, somethg that would endanger closeted stunts.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY

“We had several stunts who were livg homels at 16, 17 years old bee their parents kicked them out of their hoe for beg gay, for beg trans, ” Larks said at the meetg, acrdg to Florida Today. ”Pictured: Florida Edutn Commissner Manny Diaz Your Se ArticlFlorida Lawmakers OK Anti-Trans Bathroom Bill, 'Don't Say Gay' Expansn ›Fla. In a sea of nned cktails, Gay Water wants to stand out.

In other words, where Bud Light has buckled unr prsure as bigotry grows agast the LGBTQ+ muny, Gay Water’s creator Spencer Hodson wants his new boozy brand to be the anthis of that.

DESANTIS-BACKED 'DONT SAY GAY' BILL SPARKS OUTRAGE

“The key issue that Bud Light tapped to was the fact that they didn’t unrstand their re dience and know enough about them,” Hodson, a gay man, told CNN about the ntroversy that began when the Anhser-Bch beer brand sent fluencer Dylan Mulvaney a n of beer. Gay Water, however, is out and proud. The nned cktail is named after a lloquialism given to the popular mixed drk (vodka and soda) orred at bars by the gay muny.

“Puttg a product wh the word gay the tle is reprentatn self,” which he hop reclaims the word om the negativy ’s sometim associated wh. He thought of creatg Gay Water about a year ago while on a vatn wh his iend that had got a job wh the beverage dtry. The two chatted about the limed amount of gay people wh , and wh Hodson burnt out om his tradnal day job tech, started the nned cktail.

Hodson built up a strong social media followg on TikTok and Instagram durg Covid-19 and is g some of the money om that (as well as om iends and fay) to help fund Gay Water.

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

“Gay is an umbrella term and the ia behd the brand is to be as clive as possible, which means we want alli, we want straight people to be part of this muny we’re buildg.”. For now, Gay Water is sold largely onle (wh a few retailers) and four sugar-ee flavors — watermelon, lime, peach and grapeu — at lnch. Gay Water might not have the ep pockets pared to s petors, like Whe Claw, but “even at small sle, pani of many siz are havg succs makg spir-based seltzers and premixed cktails,” Bryan Roth, an analyst for Feel Goods Company and edor of the alhol beverage newsletter, Sightl+, told CNN.

“There’s lots of space the spir-based seltzer tegory which Gay Water n play, pecially if the brand n offer a cultural or emotnal nnectn that will feel more excg than the prospect of another peapple-flavored vodka seltzer om natnal or ternatnal rporatns,” Roth said. Of urse, other drks e the word “gay,” too, cludg Gay Beer and So Gay Rosé, Hodson noted, which are also tryg to reach the queer muny and offer them an alternative the straight-domated space. -based profsnal league to e out as gay.

FLORIDA ERNOR RON DESANTIS SIGNS ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL TO LAW

Michael Sam beme the first openly gay player to be drafted when the then-St. Lol NewsMIAMI – The diplomatic ti between the Uned Stat and Jamai uld soon be jeopardy.There are reports that Jamai is refg to accred the spoe of a gay Amerin diplomat.“Our culture is not really acceptg of ,” said Renae Stevens, who was visg the Jamain nsulate Miami Wednday.Attorney Wayne Goldg is an advisor to Jamai’s ernment.“The whole ia of legislatn to legalize same-sex marriag, I thk they still have a long way to go,” he said. Jacksonville Jaguars assistant strength and ndng ach Kev Maxen cid on Thursday to e out publicly as gay hop of livg his life whout fear and to spire others.

ORLANDO – ELECTRONIC TRAFFIC SIGN HACKED, CHANGED TO READ “KILL ALL GAYS”.

Before jog Jacksonville’s achg staff, he was a strength ach for the football teams at Baylor and Febary 2022, Maxen reached out to NFL player Carl Nassib, who me out as gay 2021, to seek advice. 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.

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.