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Fear. Worry. Dread. Shock. The are among the emotns exprsed a survey of LGBTQ parents Florida on the impact of what crics ll the "Don't Say Gay" law.

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LGBT+ PEOPLE ARE FLEEG FLORIDA ‘MASS MIGRATN’ OVER ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ LAW

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A third would make a third-gree felony to provi medil terventns to treat children wh genr dysphoria three passed the Hoe on same day, the Florida Board of Edutn approved a ban on teachg about sexual orientatn and genr inty all gras, expandg the Parental Rights Edutn law that crics have lled the Don’t Say Gay Ron DeSantis, who supports the iativ, along wh Republin lawmakers, say they’re phg the bills to protect rints who are packg their bags say they no longer feel safe livg a state wh legislatn that they believe will harm members of their muny, particularly transgenr kids. More than half of LGBTQ parents Florida are nsirg movg their fai to another state over ncerns that a new Florida tn law – known to s crics as the “Don’t Say Gay” law – stigmatiz LGBTQ inti and creat a hostile learng environment for LGBTQ children or stunts wh LGBTQ fay members. LGBTQ parents surveyed by the group voiced a variety of ncerns about the “Don’t Say Gay” law’s expected impact on their children, cludg that would rtrict them om speakg eely about their fai, negatively impact their sense of legimacy and enurage a hostile school climate.

For some LGBTQ parents, the passage of Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” law has motivated them to engage more directly muny activism; nearly 20 percent said they participated a monstratn to prott the legislatn over the past 6 months.

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The survey of 113 queer parents, nducted by Clark Universy and the Williams Instute at the UCLA School of Law, examed the effects of the Parental Rights Edutn law — the one opponents have slammed as the “Don’t Say Gay” law. Acrdg to Plantatn High School sophomore Eric Franzbl, some of his teachers fear they n the risk of losg their jobs if they say the wrong thg, bee of the rtrictns passed by state officials.

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

In his first year as Florida ernor 2019, Ron DeSantis paid a somber vis to the memorial for the 49 people who lost their liv when a man opened fire at Pulse, a gay nightclub Orlando. * lgbt leaving florida *

Ls than a year later, sprg 2022, the Florida Legislature enacted two laws — the Individual Freedom Act, more monly known as the Stop Wrongs Agast our Kids and Employe (WOKE) Act, and the Parental Rights Edutn Act, dubbed by crics as the “Don’t Say Gay” bill that regulat how race, sexual orientatn, and genr inty n be discsed schools, among other thgs.

MOVG TO GAY FLORIDA? THG TO KNOW BEFORE RELOTG HERE AS AN LGBT PERSON!

Earlier:Organizatns, tn advot nounce so-lled ‘Stop WOKE, ’ ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bills “That Parental Rights bill was the most dishearteng bee we’re parents, too, ” Price said.

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As Florida's 'Don't Say Gay' law tak effect, schools roll out LGBTQ rtrictns .

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