The Save Our Children mpaign by 1970s Christian csar Ana Bryant laid the groundwork for Florida's Don't Say Gay bill and the state's LGBTQ culture war.
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- ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL: FLORIDA SENATE PASS LAW MARGALIZG LGBTQ+ PEOPLE
- FLORIDA LAWMAKERS PASS 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL
- 'DON'T SAY GAY': BIN NOUNC 'HATEFUL' NEW FLORIDA BILL
- FLORIDA'S ERNOR SIGNS NTROVERSIAL LAW OPPONENTS DUBBED 'DON'T SAY GAY'
- FLORIDA'S 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL IS PART OF THE STATE'S LONG, SHAMEFUL HISTORY
- ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL: FLORIDA SENATE PASS NTROVERSIAL LGBTQ SCHOOL MEASURE
- WHAT FLORIDA'S "DON'T SAY GAY" BILL COULD MEAN FOR LGBTQ KIDS
‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL: FLORIDA SENATE PASS LAW MARGALIZG LGBTQ+ PEOPLE
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) signed to law a measure, the Parental Rights Edutn bill, that crics have succsfully labeled the “Don’t Say Gay” law. Here are three big thgs the law do, why they’re ntroversial and the effect uld have on stunts. * florida lgbt wiki *
The Republin-domated Florida legislature passed a bill on Tuday which would forbid stctn on sexual orientatn and genr inty krgarten through third gra, rejectg a wave of cricism om Democrats that margaliz LGBTQ+ proposal, which opponents have dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, now mov to the sk of the Republin ernor, Ron DeSantis, who is expected to sign to s ceptn, the measure has drawn tense opposn om LGBTQ+ advot, stunts, Democrats, the Whe Hoe and the entertament dtry, amid creased attentn on Florida as Republins ph culture war legislatn and DeSantis ascends the GOP as a potential printial ndidate.
Dozens of stunts and advot flood mtee rooms durg the early stag of the bill procs and then packed the halls of the legislature as moved toward fal passage, often wh chants of “We say gay! DeSantis has chafed at llg the proposal the “Don’t Say Gay” bill bee he said would apply to stctn on any genr inty or sexual orientatn. State laws that ban or nstra the discsn of LGBT life classrooms - sometim lled "no promo homo" laws by crics - are not unmon.
FLORIDA LAWMAKERS PASS 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL
The “Don’t Say Gay” legislatn bans public schools om “enuragg” classroom discsn of sexual orientatn or genr inty * florida lgbt wiki *
Activists have dubbed the "Don't Say Gay" bill and warn will stigmatise LGBT people and s proponents say the legislatn is about protectg parental proposal was troduced the state Hoe of Reprentativ last month.
"State laws that ban or nstra the discsn of LGBT life classrooms - sometim referred to as "no promo homo" laws - are not unmon.
'DON'T SAY GAY': BIN NOUNC 'HATEFUL' NEW FLORIDA BILL
Crics nmn ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill, which seeks to ban discsn of sexualy and genr inty Florida schools * florida lgbt wiki *
Several were troduced the 1970s and 1980s, closely rrelated wh anti-gay rights activism at the time, but many have long been repealed. "The larger issue wh all of this is parents mt have a seat at the table when to what's gog on their schools, " he told reporters on LGBT advot have warned the legislatn will harm the mental health of LGBT youth and unrme their existg protectns unr the law while movg Floridians away om a more clive school ptn, Rory Wa said he found "homophobia was very normalised daily nversatn" durg his school daysMore on this story. LGBTQIA+ means Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr, Queer, Intersex, Asexual/Aromantic/Agenr, pl many more clud the terms.
The bill, which some opponents have lled "Don't Say Gay, " was signed by DeSantis on Monday.
FLORIDA'S ERNOR SIGNS NTROVERSIAL LAW OPPONENTS DUBBED 'DON'T SAY GAY'
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 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL IS PART OF THE STATE'S LONG, SHAMEFUL HISTORY
"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.
Ron DeSantis (R) signed to law a measure, the Parental Rights Edutn bill, that crics have succsfully labeled the “Don’t Say Gay” certaly aims to lim LGBTQ discsn schools. For olr stunts, discsn about gay and transgenr issu has to be “age appropriate or velopmentally appropriate.
A bill workg s way through the Tennsee legislature would prevent schools om g textbooks or materials that “promote, normalize, support, or addrs lbian, gay, bi-sexual, or transgenr issu or liftyl.
‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL: FLORIDA SENATE PASS NTROVERSIAL LGBTQ SCHOOL MEASURE
Crics of what they ll the “Don’t Say Gay” bill fear that will end the teachg of LGBTQ history Florida’s public schools and expose the schools to a flood of lawsus. Disney officials have publicly opposed the new law, argug that “ uld be ed to unfairly target gay, lbian, non-bary and transgenr kds and fai, ” and lled for the urts to validate . In tryg to unrstand why a purple state like Florida fds self the current prediment, very ltle has been said about the state’s long history as Ameri’s breedg ground for toxic anti-gay polics and how this history may have rmed the parental rights bill.
WHAT FLORIDA'S "DON'T SAY GAY" BILL COULD MEAN FOR LGBTQ KIDS
Florida’s renown for homophobic attacks go back to the now-fotten Florida Legislative Invtigatns Commtee, also known as the Johns Commtee, a wch hunt rooted racism, homophobia, and anti-munism. Named after fluential state senator and former Florida ernor Charley Johns, this ignoble body spent the years of 1957 through 1963 outg, persecutg, and timidatg people spected of beg gay at Florida’s state universi. This effort culmated wh the release 1964 of the report “Homosexualy and Cizenship Florida, ” also known as “The Purple Pamphlet” bee of s lurid ntent.