Human Rights Watch: Anti-gay laws promote vlence, discrimatn St. Vcent

'IT'S A VERY LONELY WORLD': FOR LGBT NSERVATIV, ANTI-GAY LEGISLATN PROMPTS TRATN, DOUBTS

Y. A natnal poll asked lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer or qutng people age 13 to 24. * anti lgbt lawmaker *

DeSantis thorized the new law on the same day that he signed bills that make a felony for doctors to prcribe genr-affirmg re to trans mors and expand the state’s ntroversial “Don’t Say Gay” law. The two-year-old statute ially banned discsns of LGBTQ inti K-3 classrooms, but the 2023 amendments extend the “Don’t Say Gay” embargo until the end of the eighth gra. The ernor has hted at further actns to punish Disney for s cricism of the “Don’t Say Gay” law as the pany su DeSantis’ admistratn urt for retaliatn.

) In 2023, Sanrs also signed a “Don’t Say Gay” bill banng LGBTQ tn through the fifth gra and a bill barrg trans stunts om g the rrect bathrooms schools.

Homophobia. Basabe has supported Florida’s slate of anti-LGBTQ bills, cludg the famo Don’t Say Gay bill, a measure that prevents teachers om askg stunts their preferred pronouns, and another that mak a crime to host drag shows wh anyone unr the age of 18 prent.

LGBT RIGHTS AI: WILL KENYA BE THE LATT TO PASS ANTI-GAY LAW?

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In rponse to Florida’s “Don’t say gay and trans” bill, 56% of LGBTQ parents had nsired movg out of the state and 16% already had taken steps to move out of Florida, acrdg to a June 2023 report om the Universy of California, Los Angel’ Williams Instute.