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- ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL
- ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL
ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL
* crimes against lgbt community *
Ileana Garcia's (FL-R) office after the passage of the Parental Rights Edutn bill, dubbed the "Don't Say Gay" bill by LGBTQ+ activists on March 9, 2022, Miami. While the cint is not beg vtigated as a hate crime, the arson is the latt a seri of attacks on the LGTBQ+ muny the wake of homophobic and transphobic legislatn beg passed Texas, Florida, and other stat across the untry. The digal billboards on display five Florida ci nounce the state’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill, which bans stctn on sexual orientatn and genr inty om krgarten through third gra—a targeted attack on the LGBTQ+ muny.
ACTIVISTS NMN VLENCE AGAST LGBTQ MUNY ST. VCENT, WHERE GAY SEX IS ILLEGAL
But, even the most liberal ci are not immune to the impacts of homophobic and transphobic rhetoric.
Sce Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay Bill” passed March, a dozen other nservative stat have exprsed a sire to pass intil legislatn. A 2021 study shows that LGBTQ+ teens stat wh homophobic and transphobic polici were more likely to attempt suici than those stat wh clive polici.