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- LOUISIANA ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL ADVANC OUT OF MTEE
- LOUISIANA ADVANC ANTI-LGBTQ SCHOOL BILL CRICS LL 'DON'T SAY GAY'
- LGBTQ+ AFFIRMG THERAPISTS BATON ROUGE, LA
- LOUISIANA ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL ADVANC OUT OF MTEE
LOUISIANA ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL ADVANC OUT OF MTEE
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — As several nservative stat adopt legislatn that prohibs school employe om teachg or discsg sexual orientatn and genr inty the classroom, Louisiana advanced s own “Don’t Say Gay” bill Wednday. * louisiana lgbt *
As several reliably red stat adopt legislatn that prohibs school employe om teachg or discsg sexual orientatn and genr inty the classroom, Louisiana advanced s own “Don’t Say Gay” bill Wednday, April 26.
As several reliably red stat adopt legislatn that prohibs school employe om teachg or discsg sexual orientatn and genr inty the classroom, Louisiana advanced s own “Don’t Say Gay” bill Wednday, April 26, 2023.
(AP) — As several nservative stat adopt legislatn that prohibs school employe om teachg or discsg sexual orientatn and genr inty the classroom, Louisiana advanced s own “Don’t Say Gay” bill anti-LGBTQ+ measure was narrowly approved by a Republin-ntrolled Hoe mtee and heads to the full Hoe, where an emotnally charged bate over the culture war measure is all but guaranteed. Last year, Florida beme the first state to pass what crics ll the “Don’t Say Gay” law.
LOUISIANA ADVANC ANTI-LGBTQ SCHOOL BILL CRICS LL 'DON'T SAY GAY'
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They also say creat a chillg effect on teachers who fear beg penalized for mentng anythg related to homosexualy. So far, three other stat — Alabama, Arkansas and Kentucky — have enacted siar “Don’t Say Gay” laws.
The lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, tersex, asexual muny n be even more at risk of experiencg discrimatn and disenanchisement. This practil manual for makg rmed choic about your own, or a loved-one’s, end of life re, is targeted to Louisiana rints intifyg as lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, tersex, asexual or any other genr inty and/or sexual orientatn mory, and to their regivers. "Recent actns unr the fluence of Republin legislators have fostered an atmosphere of fear and timidatn, marked by a blatant, relentls and systemic attack on mocracy and civil rights, " the Louisiana NAACP said a letter makg a formal requt to issue the the legislatn noted: Senate Bill 159 to allow 17-year-olds to be held and tried as adults for certa vlent crim; Senate Bill 23 makg the secretary of state the only official who n terme lotns of alternative early votg s; Hoe Bill 648 that bans genr-affirmg healthre for mors; and Hoe Bill 466, referred to by opponents as "Don't Say Gay, " that rtricts the discsn of genr and sexualy public school classrooms.
LGBTQ+ AFFIRMG THERAPISTS BATON ROUGE, LA
No longer is beg gay a barrier to public service, ” said Stephen Handwerk, former executive director of the Louisiana Democratic Party and a gay man. As a gay Black man, Lewis will also be a trailblazer. Even if wasn’t a foc, Lewis did not shy away om his inty as a gay man.
We serve to take up space our state ernment, ” said Evan Bergeron, a gay man who ran an unsuccsful mpaign for the Louisiana Hoe 2019. Moak, the gay man who ss on the Baton Rouge Metro uncil, is also buoyed by Lewis’ victory, As a Republin, he plans to n for the state Legislature next year.
Gay Mardi Gras and a slew of lively gay bars and gay-owned bs around town. Dodie Horton, scribed by crics as a "don't say gay" bill, rtricts the discsn of genr and sexualy public school Bill 81 by Republin Bossier Cy Rep.
LOUISIANA ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL ADVANC OUT OF MTEE
"It would prevent gay and trans children om beg loved and valued. “La crimalización l sexo gay ota una aprobación tatal táca a la discrimación y la vlencia que las personas LGBT experimentan en su vida tidiana y obliga a muchas ellas a pensar en emigrar para vivir libremente y cumplir s sueños”, explicó Cristian González Cabrera, vtigador rechos las personas LGBT Human Rights Watch.
San Vicente y las Granadas uno los seis país l hemisfer occintal don todavía se crimaliza el sexo gay. Estas ley stan al sexo gay nsensuado en la sección sobre “los sexual” l código penal que, por lo más, tá rervada a los o vlación, cto y agrión sexual.
Los otros país la región que todavía tipifin el sexo gay o lo son Domi, Granada, Guyana, Jamai y Santa Lucía. Un hombre gay 25 años San Vicente dijo a Human Rights Watch: “La gente siente que pue asarnos bido a que existen tas ley.