The send proposal, which advanced out of the Senate wh a 29-21 vote, rembl the so-lled “Don’t Say Gay” bill enacted Florida earlier this year. The legislatn would ban classroom stctn on genr inty and sexual orientatn for pre-krgarten through fifth gra and ban schools om whholdg rmatn about a stunt’s genr inty or sexual orientatn om their parents, wh some exceptns for abe or abandonment of a mor.
Contents:
- TWO “DON’T SAY GAY” BILLS PASS PA. SENATE TN MTEE
- ‘WE ARE THE VICTIMS’: PA. HOE, SENATE BILLS WOULD BAN GAY, TRANS-PANIC FENSE
- PA. SENATORS TO TRODUCE LEGISLATN SIAR TO FLA.'S 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL
- PA.’S ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL IS DANGERO AND MISGUID
- SURGG GOP NDIDATE KATHY BARTE HAS LONG HISTORY OF BIGOTED STATEMENTS AGAST GAYS AND MLIMS
TWO “DON’T SAY GAY” BILLS PASS PA. SENATE TN MTEE
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“[On Augt 5, 2013], I beme the first and ONLY elected official wtern PA willg to officiate a gay marriage when was illegal, ” Fetterman said a statement. Oz gave advot of so-lled ‘nversn therapy’ a natnal platform on his televisn show, praised ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bills, and nied of suici risk to trans youth. Shapiro told the Philalphia Gay News that “if your child is LGBTQ+, Doug Mastriano supports sendg them to nversn therapy bee he believ they’re ‘nfed.
Shapiro’s mpaign told the Philalphia Gay News that the Democratic gubernatorial nomee “has been a strong supporter of LGBT Civil Rights and Civil Liberti, unlike his opponent, who is adamantly opposed to same-sex marriage and any legal support for LGBTQ people. Brownworth is a reporter for the Philalphia Gay News, where this story first appeared.
‘WE ARE THE VICTIMS’: PA. HOE, SENATE BILLS WOULD BAN GAY, TRANS-PANIC FENSE
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Democrats the chamber, however, argued that homophobic and transphobic beliefs motivated the legislatn. The send proposal, which advanced out of the Senate wh a 29-21 vote, rembl the so-lled “Don’t Say Gay” bill enacted Florida earlier this year. (WHTM) — On July 7, 2022 the Pennsylvania State Senate unanimoly passed Senate Bill 2125, which will remove “homosexualy” om the list of prohibed sexual acts Pennsylvania’s Crime Cos.
In a lovgly crafted obuary by his grievg parents, the openly gay hman high school stunt was scribed as “havg an amazg se and “he loved to make everyone lgh, even if you were havg a bad day. The York Daily Rerd also noted Kirchner me out as gay eighth gra, leadg to the six stunts named the lawsu publicly huiatg Kirchner and llg him a homophobic slur.
PA. SENATORS TO TRODUCE LEGISLATN SIAR TO FLA.'S 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL
On Tuday, June 28, Senator Lisa Bosla (D-Northampton) troduced an amendment — which was unanimoly adopted — that removed ‘homosexualy’ om the parameters of SB 1277 of effectively banned books and lson materials. We are nng Pennsylvania’s Don’t Say Gay bill immediately after this. And yet this chamber is stg on SB 2125, a bill that would remove homosexualy om the crim that was passed unanimoly om the Hoe.
Stephens’ HB 2125 which would remove “homosexualy” om the crim as an obsceny. Daryl Metlfe (R-Butler) voted favor of strikg homosexualy om this law.
Dpe repeated nials, homophobia and transphobia are at the heart of this legislatn a targeted attack on LGBTQ-centered books. ” She fished her remarks by llg out how “We are hearg dog whistl and d language like ‘doctratn’ and ‘groomg’ both of which have a long and shameful history of beg ed to imply that gay and trans people are herently predatory. Unr the guise of tryg to appear reasonable, and to pat this bill as “not” Pennsylvania’s versn of the Florida Don’t Say Gay bill, this legislatn provis for an exceptn that would “Perm school personnel to whhold this rmatn om a parent or legal guardian if a reasonably pnt person would believe, based on the documented ttimony of the stunt or a history of documented cints, that disclosure would rult child abe or the child beg abandoned.
PA.’S ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL IS DANGERO AND MISGUID
If a child fears for their life or abandonment bee their parent told them they would beat someone who was gay to ath, but the stunt has not seen their parent prevly beat up a gay person, would that be enough to protect them? Sce everyone has a sexual orientatn and genr inty, whether that is straight or gay, transgenr or cisgenr, any mentn of likg someone or beg somethg tied to a genr would be banned.
SURGG GOP NDIDATE KATHY BARTE HAS LONG HISTORY OF BIGOTED STATEMENTS AGAST GAYS AND MLIMS
On the Senate floor, Senator Katie Muth (D-Berks) said that “SB 1278 falsely equat discsns of sexual orientatn and genr inty wh sex tn and would effectively forbid any acknowledgement of gay or transgenr stunts, or LGBTQ fai, until the sixth gra…To not be able to talk about your own fay at school…I n’t prehend that. Senator Williams explaed that “This isn’t Florida’s don’t say gay bill. It’s sayg that beg gay, havg trans parents, havg a lbian iend, is wrong.
Republin State Senators Stt Mart and Ryan Aument are the lead sponsors of the two "Don't Say Gay" bills. On June 21, the Pennsylvania Senate Edutn Commtee passed two wi-rangg anti-LGBTQ+ bills that LGBTQ advot are llg worse than Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” legislatn.