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LGBT Rights Florida, Uned Stat: homosexualy, gay marriage, gay adoptn, servg the ary, sexual orientatn discrimatn protectn, changg legal genr, donatg blood, age of nsent, and more.

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

Opposn of religly based refals to serve gay and lbian people?

Support of homosexualy by US state? HistoryHomosexual activy Florida?

Homosexual activy Florida is legal. Current statSce Jun 26, 2003Legal Legal due to the US Supreme lg about homosexual marriage Florida? The ACLU of Florida recently enjoyed a major victory for LGBT rights by challengg and succeedg overturng the state’s discrimatory law banng gay men and lbians om adoptg.

LGBTQ GROUPS SUE FLORIDA OVER THE SO-LLED 'DON'T SAY GAY' LAW

Ron DeSantis's sk, addg to a list of anti-gay polici on his rume as he prepar to n for Hoe also approved a bathroom bill that would require dividuals to e genr-signated rtroom facili based on the genr on their birth certifite stead of their genr inty. The bills passed the same day that the state's board of tn approved a measure expandg the state's "don't say gay" law up until high school graduatn.

From Your Se Articl'Thunrdome of Hate': Florida Hoe Debat Slew of Anti-LGBTQ+ Bills ›Florida Stunts Plan Walkout to Prott Edutn Rtrictns This Friday ›Homophobic DeSantis Campaign Staffer Cheers at LGBTQ+ Fai Fleeg Florida ›Florida Bs Displays Homophobic Slur on Sign Over Memorial Day Weekend ›. The ntroversial law, dubbed “Don’t Say Gay” by s opponents, is set to take effect July. The platiffs Thursday’s lawsu clu Equaly Florida, an LGBTQ advocy anizatn; Fay Equaly, a New York-based nonprof; a 17-year-old sophomore Palmetto, Florida, who intifi as gay; an 18-year-old senr Osprey, Florida, who intifi as gay; the parent of a transgenr fifth-grar Florida; three same-sex upl livg Florida wh young children; and a middle-school public teacher Grand Ridge, Florida.

In a report by Bo Raton News, was stated that “known homosexualy” uld be nsired as a reason for barrg people om then, the fight for marriage equaly the untry raged on, and queer people om all over Ameri entered marriag and civil unns and fought to be regnized at the state and feral levels.

‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL: FLORIDA SENATE PASS LAW MARGALIZG LGBTQ+ PEOPLE

Florida’s LGBT Adoptn RightsMuch like the fight for marriage equaly, the fight for gay and lbian adoptn rights was rife wh challeng. In 1977, the state of Florida issued an adoptn ban on homosexuals, statg that same-sex upl were nsired handipped or physilly disabled and th not pable of raisg 2010, the law was repealed when a gay Miami-Da County rint petned for his right to adopt to the Third District Court of Appeals.

Parental rights for gays and lbians Florida today are rather plited. Florida’s LGBT Non-Discrimatn ProtectnsIn a study nducted by the General Social Survey, was found that 16 percent of lbian, gay, and bisexual rponnts had experienced losg a job due to discrimatn based on their sexual orientatn.

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.

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Gay rights groups sue Florida Gov. DeSantis over so-lled 'Don't Say Gay' law : NPR .

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