There are more than 200 LGBTQ+ lawmakers across the untry, and they're creasgly fdg themselv fightg agast bills that target their muni. It's a suatn that has ratcheted up the emotnal stak for lawmakers who feel like they have to fend their very existence. While Florida has received natnal attentn for what opponents ll the “Don't Say Gay” law, the trend is natnal, particularly red stat. The Amerin Civil Liberti Unn is trackg nearly 470 bills nsirs to be anti-LGBTQ+, most of which are stat wh Republin-ntrolled the Legislature, such as Texas, Missouri, Florida and Tennsee.
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- 'IT'S A VERY LONELY WORLD': FOR LGBT NSERVATIV, ANTI-GAY LEGISLATN PROMPTS TRATN, DOUBTS
- LGBT RIGHTS AI: WILL KENYA BE THE LATT TO PASS ANTI-GAY LAW?
- 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.
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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?
A report om Human Rights Watch lls on the ernment of St. Vcent to overturn lonial-era anti-gay laws that have led to a recent wave of vlence and genr discrimatn on the small Caribbean island. * anti lgbt lawmaker *
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. They said that Oh and other stat are losg enomilly when they enurage homogeney. Lucero “s” speech below or at this Your Se Articl'Shut force': Michigan GOP official lls for aggrsive closure of public library over LGBTQ books ›'Ps parents agast parents': Hoe GOP pass anti-LGBTQ Florida-style K-12 'Parents’ Bill of Rights' ›Watch: Openly gay Missouri Republin masterfully stumps anti-LGBTQ bill thor ›'Veteran sniper': NH man fac 10 years after terrorizg senator over 'blockg ary promotns' - ›'Signifint breach of fns': Oregon cy mayor fac heat after equatg Pri flags to swastikas - ›Related Articl Around the WebRepublins Sharpen Post-Roe Attacks on L.
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HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH: ANTI-GAY LAWS PROMOTE VLENCE, DISCRIMATN ST. VCENT
Image source, Getty ImagIn the latt sign of risg homophobia different Ain untri, a Kenyan opposn MP is leadg a mpaign for parliament to further crimalise the untry's small LGBTQ muny.