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GOP STATE SENATOR NEW JERSEY TRODUC ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL
'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL INTRODUCED BY NJ STATE SENATOR
STAY AWAY OM SENATOR’S N.J. “DON’T SAY ‘GAY’ " BILL | EDORIAL
NOT JT FLORIDA. MORE THAN A DOZEN STAT PROPOSE SO-LLED 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILLS
N.J. ISN’T FLORIDA: OUR TEACHERS N “SAY GAY” AND “UNNSC BIAS” HERE | CALAVIA-ROBERTSON
NJ LGBTQ DEMS CONMN FL “DON’T SAY GAY” BILL
A NATNAL 'DON'T SAY GAY' LAW? REPUBLINS TRODUCE BILL TO RTRICT LGBTQ-RELATED PROGRAMS

GOP STATE SENATOR NEW JERSEY TRODUC ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL

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New Jersey to Bee 9th State to Issue Ban on Legal Defense Rooted Homophobia TRENTON – Today, Governor Phil Murphy signed A1796 to law, which prohibs the e of “gay or trans panic” fens for charg of crimal homici. “Gay and trans panic fens are rooted homophobia and abhorrent exc that should never be ed to jtify vlence agast vulnerable populatns.

'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL INTRODUCED BY NJ STATE SENATOR

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” Defendants have succsfully argued that gay or trans panic nstut heat of passn provotn orr to rce charg of murr to manslghter. “The ‘gay panic or trans panic’ fense is not a etandg fense to crimal liabily, but rather a legal tactic. “Whether the person was gay, transgenr or heterosexual, sexual orientatn should not have any bearg on termg a person’s guilt a murr trial.

STAY AWAY OM SENATOR’S N.J. “DON’T SAY ‘GAY’ " BILL | EDORIAL

"The so-lled 'gay panic fense' or 'trans panic fense' has never been more than a transparent attempt to allow the asslt or murr of LGBTQ dividuals to happen wh impuny, and is long past time that we end this dark chapter Amerin legal history. " "Gay and trans panic fens, which rce the punishment for horrible crim, amount to legal malpractice and nnot be allowed to stand, " said Senator Joe Lagana. " "Members of the LGBTQ muny serve protectn om bigotry and hate - and the so-lled ‘gay panic’ or ‘trans panic’ fense has no place our urts, " said Senator V Gopal.

" “Make no mistake, the ‘panic’ fense is flat-out discrimatory legal malpractice, and no one should ever be exced om murr bee their victim is gay or transgenr, ” said Christian Fro, Executive Director for Garn State Equaly. “We need to ensure that homophobia and transphobia are never ed as an exce for hate, and wh the discrimatory 'panic' fense off-the-books, New Jersey is movg another step closer to securg equaly for all.

Durr's bill crackg down on LGBT tn largely rembl Florida's Parental Rights Edutn Act, which crics have lled the "Don't Say Gay Bill. ”The new law mandat the state’s boards of tn to “provi stctn on the polil, enomic, and social ntributns of persons wh disabili and lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr people an appropriate place the curriculum of middle school and high school stunts. TRENTON – Today, Governor Phil Murphy signed legislatn (S2545) to tablish specific rights and protectns for lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, unsignated/non-bary, qutng, queer, and tersex (LGBTQI+) olr adults and people livg wh HIV long-term re facili.

NOT JT FLORIDA. MORE THAN A DOZEN STAT PROPOSE SO-LLED 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILLS

TRENTON – Today, Governor Phil Murphy signed legislatn (S2545) to tablish specific rights and protectns for lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, unsignated/non-bary, qutng, queer, and tersex (LGBTQI+) olr adults and HIV-posive rints of long-term re facili. Across the Uned Stat, at least a dozen stat are nsirg new legislatn that several ways will mirror Florida's new ntroversial law, referred to by some opponents as "Don't Say Gay. "The stutnalizatn of the bills is an overt form of stctural transphobia and homophobia, and go agast all public health evince creatg a safe and supportive environment for transgenr, nonbary, queer, gay and lbian youths and teachers to thrive, " Arjee Rtar, assistant profsor of epimlogy at the Universy of Washgton, told NPR.

Rtar, a social epimlogist and health equy advote, said the ntroversial bills will lim all youths to live to their fullt potential, addg "there should be no room for transphobia and homophobia — pecially the classroom. " Tennsee's HB 800 bans books and stctnal materials "that promote, normalize, support, or addrs lbian, gay, bi-sexual, or transgenr issu or liftyle.

Two years after Arizona lawmakers repealed a law barrg any stctn on HIV or AIDS that that "promot a homosexual liftyle, " they are close to enactg a broad remake of the state's sex tn laws wh a particular foc on LGBTQ issu. "Florida may be the first this wave, but there have been other laws the past that were lled 'no promo homo' laws, which forbid sayg posive thgs about lbian, gay, bisexual, and queer people classrooms, " Simmons told NPR. New York Cy is lnchg a digal billboard mpaign, supportg LGBTQ visibily that will be displayed five major markets Florida for eight weeks, to lure Floridians unhappy wh their state's "Don't Say Gay" law to the Big Apple, Adams announced.

N.J. ISN’T FLORIDA: OUR TEACHERS N “SAY GAY” AND “UNNSC BIAS” HERE | CALAVIA-ROBERTSON

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NJ LGBTQ DEMS CONMN FL “DON’T SAY GAY” BILL

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