Stunts across Florida stage walkouts prott of ‘Don’t Say Gay’ legislatn

Contents:

• FLORIDA STUNTS STAGE SCHOOL WALKOUTS OVER 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL
• GAY STUNT SAYS FLORIDA SCHOOL IS STOPPG HIS N FOR STUNT LEARSHIP
• ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL: FLORIDA SENATE PASS NTROVERSIAL LGBTQ SCHOOL MEASURE
• FLORIDA SCHOOL YEARBOOK ON HOLD AFTER STUNTS PROTT "DON'T SAY GAY" BILL PHOTOS
• FLORIDA HIGH SCHOOL STUNTS WALKOUT OVER ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL
• HIGH SCHOOL STUNTS ACROSS FLORIDA WALK OUT TO PROTT 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL
• FLORIDA STUNTS W YEARBOOK DISPUTE OVER "DON'T SAY GAY" PROTT PHOTOS
• PROTTS NTUE AGAST FLORIDA 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL
• FLORIDA STUNT WHO ORGANIZED 'DON'T SAY GAY' PROTT IS SPEND
• STUNTS ACROSS FLORIDA STAGE WALKOUTS PROTT OF ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ LEGISLATN
• LGBTQ YOUTH FIGHT BACK AGAST FLORIDA'S 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL
• ACTIVISTS SLAM 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL'S PROGRS FLORIDA LEGISLATURE
• 'DON'T SAY GAY' SCHOOL CHILDREN PROTT FLORIDA CAPOL
• SEMOLE COUNTY STUNTS W YEARBOOK FLAP; PICTUR OF 'DON'T SAY GAY' PROTTS TO REMA
• FLORIDA STUNTS PARTICIPATE MASSIVE WALKOUT TO PROTT THE ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL
• FLORIDA STUNTS HOLD MASSIVE PROTTS LAST ATTEMPT TO BLOCK “DON’T SAY GAY” BILL

FLORIDA STUNTS STAGE SCHOOL WALKOUTS OVER 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL

Stunts across Florida staged school walkouts rponse to legislatn — dubbed the "Don't Say Gay" bill — that would prohib discsg sexual orientatn and genr inty the state’s primary schools.

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

Stunts wavg rabow picket signs and shoutg “We say gay! "I believe this attempt to threaten me and remove me om mp is riddled wh homophobia and bigotry, " said Petocz, who is gay. "You’re silencg a queer stunt standg up for what he believ , his rights, and you’re disciplg him for challengg you on the allowance of pri flags a gay rally?

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

Hillsborough High School stunts prott the "Don't Say Gay" bill Thursday Tampa, Fla. The measure’s opponents ntend that the bill would be trimental to the mental health of the state’s LGBTQ children and teachers, preventg them om openly talkg about themselv and their Joe Hardg, the Republin who troduced the bill January, has repeatedly said the bill would not prohib stunts om talkg about their LGBTQ fai or bar classroom discsns about LGBTQ history, cludg events like the 2016 attack on the Pulse nightclub, a gay club Orlando. "So I feel like should be tght schools bee will help other people jt like me know that 's OK to be gay.

FLORIDA SCHOOL YEARBOOK ON HOLD AFTER STUNTS PROTT "DON'T SAY GAY" BILL PHOTOS

Petersburg, Gibbs High School, is draped wh rabow flags, Gay Straight Alliance club posters "everywhere" and other LGBTQ-affirmg symbols. 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. 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.

FLORIDA HIGH SCHOOL STUNTS WALKOUT OVER ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL

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.

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HIGH SCHOOL STUNTS ACROSS FLORIDA WALK OUT TO PROTT 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL

Lawrence noted that the yearbook dit a separate page to the school's Gay Straight Alliance Club and elsewhere shows stunts at a pri march and holdg rabow flags. Crics nmn Florida's "Don't Say Gay" law. Don't Say Gay Law.

(WFLA) — High school stunts Wton, Florida staged a walkout Wednday to prott the ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill which reached the sk of Governor Ron DeSantis a day earlier. “They’re jt ntug the fear mongerg om ssn, ” says Jon Harris Mrer, public policy director for Equaly Florida, scribg 2023 legislative chang that fall squarely to the more-of-the-same-homophobic-nonsense tegory.

FLORIDA STUNTS W YEARBOOK DISPUTE OVER "DON'T SAY GAY" PROTT PHOTOS

DeSantis support of anti-gay vio lled bad strategy, worse msage. A provisn that would extend the famo “Don’t Say Gay” provisns to middle schools.

Florida needs more public officials to fd the urage to stand up to Florida’s self-signated emperor and say “Governor, for someone so foced on ‘Don’t Say Gay, ’ you sure seem to brg up a lot. Instead of stg physics class, 15-year-old Kaylee Sanll was screamg "We say gay! Sanll and over 100 Leon County high school stunts walked out of school at noon prott of legislatn that's bee known as the "Don't Say Gay" bill by crics.

Stunts wh signs that said "Beg gay is not a crime" and "Love is Love" stood outsi the Hoe and Senate chambers, chantg and yellg, hopg legislators would verage:'No place for the kids': How Leon County Schools' LGBTQ+ gui worked for one teen'Don't Say Gay' bill rais ncerns among Florida LGBTQ muny and alli"We n tell the policians that they have unrtimated  for the last time, " Sanll said. Crics unter that schools are sometim the only safe place for some LGBTQ youth and that the legislatn would hurt kids who aren't ready to e out to their Joe Hardg, R-Williston, who sponsored the bill, said  won't stop nversatns about inty altogether, but rather will guarantee that school personnel n't make cisns regardg a stunt's health whout volvg prott wound up the Capol urtyard, where stunts were greeted by openly gay state Rep.

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

"Don't Say Gay bill sparks other protts at high schools throughout Florida Elsewhere Thursday, more than 500 stunts chanted at Flagler Palm Coast High School's stadium Thursday.

"We will say gay! "One of the problems wh the 'Don't Say Gay' bill is that a lot of people already don't unrstand LGBTQ+ issu and rights, " said Lopez, who is gay.

"I’m our school’s first openly-gay class print and the queer stunts at Pe View are pretty vol, " Moricz said.

FLORIDA STUNT WHO ORGANIZED 'DON'T SAY GAY' PROTT IS SPEND

But upon hearg about the "Don't Say Gay" bill makg s way through the Florida Legislature, their ncern was for LBTQ children who have been raised whout that acceptance. Project Pri SRQ and Equaly Florida partnered for the "Emergency Say Gay" rally Sarasota rponse to Florida's bill that aims to curb what teachers and school staff n teach about sexual orientatn and genr. The officially tled Parental Rights Edutn — dubbed the "Don't Say Gay" bill by crics — will be voted on by state lawmakers this week.

”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.

STUNTS ACROSS FLORIDA STAGE WALKOUTS PROTT OF ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ LEGISLATN

“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.

LGBTQ YOUTH FIGHT BACK AGAST FLORIDA'S 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL

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Crics of Florida's "Don't Say Gay" law.

ACTIVISTS SLAM 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL'S PROGRS FLORIDA LEGISLATURE

After an outcry om stunts and parents over yearbook censorship, a Florida school board overled their supertennt's plan to ver up a page showg stunts wavg rabow flags and a "love is love" sign durg a walkout agast the state's so-lled "Don't Say Gay" supertennt told the board that the page vlated their policy by seemg to endorse a stunt walkout. 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.

A Florida stunt has been spend om his high school after anizg a mass prott agast the "don't say gay" Petocz, who attends Flagler Palm Coast High School, promoted a statewi walkout agast the Parental Rights Edutn legislatn, which would ban the discsn of sexual orientatn and genr inty certa gras at Florida leadg the walkout at his own school on Thursday, Petocz distributed around 200 pri flags for a rally. The teenager told The Daytona Beach News-Journal that he had been advised not to hand out the flags by the school's prcipal, Greg a statement posted on social media, Petocz said he had wanted to prott the "homophobic and discrimatory legislatn" at the rally, which had been approved by the school. Newsweek has ntacted Prcipal Schwartz for "don't say gay" bill—which is signed to give parents more say their children's tn, acrdg to s sponsors—has been approved by the Florida Hoe of Reprentativ and is supported by Governor Ron legislatn has e for cricism si and outsi the state, however, wh Print Joe Bin among those voicg opposn to .

A gay pri flag is waved by fans durg the MLS match between Atlanta Uned and Orlando Cy at Orlando Cy Stadium on July 21, 2017. Stunts Florida are g pri flags at protts agast the state's "don't say gay" bill.

'DON'T SAY GAY' SCHOOL CHILDREN PROTT FLORIDA CAPOL

Lol NewsThoands of Florida stunts rallied at their rpective mp Thursday prott of HB1557, the Parental Rights Edutn Bill, also known as the “Don’t Say Gay” bill. – Thoands of Florida stunts rallied at their rpective mp Thursday prott of HB1557, the Parental Rights Edutn Bill, also known as the “Don’t Say Gay” measure has already gotten approval om the Florida Hoe of Reprentativ and is poised to be nsired the state Senate the g days.

SEMOLE COUNTY STUNTS W YEARBOOK FLAP; PICTUR OF 'DON'T SAY GAY' PROTTS TO REMA

Stunts of at least five high schools Northeast Florida stag walk-out monstratns prott of the "Don't Say Gay" bill on March 3, 2022. ”The ralli also ma an impact at the Florida State HS stunts across the state are leavg their sks prott of the #DontSayGay bill.

"Stori and histori about people like CJ -- a gay, 17-year-old boy -- would not be allowed to be tght classrooms om krgarten to third gra if the legislatn, dubbed the "Don't Say Gay" bill, is implemented, limg classroom curriculum on sexual orientatn and genr inty. "They won't know who they are, they won't be able to exprs themselv, " CJ said about stunts classrooms where the lsons are Waln, 17, is jog other high school stunts a letter-wrg mpaign agast the "Don't Say Gay" bill.

"I really thk this sends a msage to stunts, to staff, to our muny, that there is somethg wrong wh beg gay or that is somethg that is too taboo to be discsed and that we are somethg that should be the shadows, " Fenng said. Joe Hardg, who troduced the bill, told ABC News podst "Start Here" that teachers and stunts n still discs sexual orientatn and genr inty their classrooms, there jt n't be a curriculum or lsons on Fenng and other Florida stunts went to the state pal to nont legislators about the "Don't Say Gay" bill. Courty CJ WalnActivists have likened the bill to a gag orr or to the “No Promo Homo” laws of the 1990s that barred tors om discsg queer topics the bill would ban lsons ncerng genr or sexual orientatn classrooms om krgarten to third gra, would also not allow them when is age-appropriate or not le wh state standards.

FLORIDA STUNTS PARTICIPATE MASSIVE WALKOUT TO PROTT THE ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL

"Regardls of whether this bill pass or not, gay kids and trans kids are still gog to be schools, are still gog to be experiencg beg gay and beg trans, " Fenng said. Jack Petocz, a stunt activist Florida, led his peers on a school walkout last week prott of what many ll the “Don’t Say Gay" bill, which was passed by the state legislature on Florida bill would lim what tors the state n teach about sexual orientatn and genr inty si some this legislatn, the lsons "may not occur krgarten through gra 3 or a manner that is not age-appropriate or velopmentally appropriate for stunts acrdance wh state standards.

FLORIDA STUNTS HOLD MASSIVE PROTTS LAST ATTEMPT TO BLOCK “DON’T SAY GAY” BILL

"Jack Petocz led his peers on a stunt walkout agast the "Don't Say Gay" bill VidalWhat started as a peaceful way for young people to rally agast the bill turned to a school spensn for Petocz. DeSantis to have a meetg wh me before he signs this to law to hear a firsthand acunt of how this bill will affect my muny, " Petocz Petocz led his peers on a stunt walkout agast the "Don't Say Gay" bill VidalRep.

"But for many of the stunts, polil measur like the are personal attacks, acrdg to Sarah Kate Ellis, the print and CEO of the Gay and Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn (GLAAD). "Jack Petocz led his peers on a stunt walkout agast the "Don't Say Gay" bill VidalEllis, who is gay, is a mother to young children and told ABC News that children’s books wh two moms were her children's favore stori to read growg up.