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• GEE TAKEI OFFERS ALTERNATIVE TO “DON'T SAY GAY” BILL
• GEE TAKEI SOUNDS OFF ON TRANS BATHROOMS, 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL
• GEE TAKEI SHAR WHY HE CAME OUT AS GAY AT AGE 68
• GEE TAKEI'S RPONSE TO TN'S "DON'T SAY GAY" BILL
• GEE TAKEI VS. TENNSEE "DON'T SAY GAY" BILL
• GEE TAKEI VS. TENNSEE’S “DON’T SAY GAY” BILL
• ARIANA GRAN AND MORE CELEBS SLAM PASSAGE OF FLORIDA’S ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL
• GEE TAKEI VS. TENNSEE’S “DON’T SAY GAY” BILL

GEE TAKEI OFFERS ALTERNATIVE TO “DON'T SAY GAY” BILL

Tennsee's so-lled "Don't Say Gay" bill, which passed that state's Senate Friday, prompted Gee Takei to offer a classroom alternative. "It's premised on the misguid belief that by not talkg about gay people, they n simply make disappear, " said Takei.

Takei's suggtn: "Any time you need to say the word, 'gay, ' you n simply say, 'Takei.

GEE TAKEI SOUNDS OFF ON TRANS BATHROOMS, 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL

Even homophobic slurs don't seem as hurtful if you say, 'That's sooo Takei. His hband, Brad Altman, also attend the Apollo 11 gala at the Apollo/Saturn V Center at Kennedy Space 2011, when Stacey Campfield, then a state senator Tennsee, attempted to get legislatn for his "Don't Say Gay" bill, Takei fought back.

The actor ridiculed Campfield for tryg "to crimalize schoolteachers g the word 'gay. '"Kennerly: Flh transgenr bathroom non-issueThe bill — and the issue — still crops up, so Takei has a solutn: "I said my name Takei, surname Takei rhym wh 'OK' as well as 'gay. ' If they n't e the word gay, then jt e the word 'Takei' s place and march a Takei pri para, " he said, addg wh a lgh, "or Christmastime, (say) don we now our Takei apparel.

GEE TAKEI SHAR WHY HE CAME OUT AS GAY AT AGE 68

Actor and activist Gee Takei recently spoke out about why he me out as gay at age 68 ― and how former California Gov. Bee Schwarzenegger prented himself as a movie star who had worked and was iends wh gays and lbians, many of whom voted for him, but then vetoed that bill, ” Takei said.

“I was so angry that I spoke to the prs for the first time as a gay man at the age of 68. “I learned at a young age that you uldn’t be an openly gay actor and hope to be employed, ” Takei said.

Wh bat around school textbooks and the passg of the “Don’t Say Gay” bill Florida, some on the far right are creasgly accg members of the LGBTQ muny of wantg to “groom” children. He remd people about how gay kids are ually brought up a wholly heterosexual environment and do nothg to change their sexualy. Still gay as a rabow sprkle-vered cupke, ” he said.

GEE TAKEI'S RPONSE TO TN'S "DON'T SAY GAY" BILL

Takei followed up wh a send tweet sayg, “The only thgs ‘gay groomg’ will ever do to a straight child will be better hygiene and more sirabily om the other sex.

The only thgs “gay groomg” will ever do to a straight child will be better hygiene and more sirabily om the other sex. I heard a great analogy the other day about the “pray the gay away” approach~ How much prayer would take for a straight person to turn gay?? I know a gay uple, they have kids, and they are the most rpectful kids I have ever met.

If that’s “gay groomg” let’s have more of that please, the world will be a better place. I’ve been around gay men and didn’t “groom” me for anythg. They keep sistg that beg gay is a choice and one n choose to be straight.

GEE TAKEI VS. TENNSEE "DON'T SAY GAY" BILL

I’d like them to try to choose to be gay. I had gay iends and gay teachers.

I’m 52 and still not gay. I was raised by lbians sce I was 2, so they had AMPLE time to “groom” me for the gay life. There is a new law tryg to be passed the Tennsee state ernment that would prohib teachg about homosexualy public school.

GEE TAKEI VS. TENNSEE’S “DON’T SAY GAY” BILL

Gee Takei has an unual solutn if this bill do so-lled "Don't Say Gay" bill has been gettg a lot of attentn the prs lately. This bill would prevent teachers om teachg about homosexualy public schools.

The reason for this, as stated by Republin Senate sponsor Stacey Campfield of Knoxville is bee "homosexuals don't naturally reproduce. Sulu om the origal Star Trek serihas started a web mpaign urgg that if the word 'gay' is gog to be outlawed, that all people need to do is jt say Takei stead. I do thk should be noted that the actual word 'gay' is not gog to be ma agast the law, which is really a misnceptn wh the bill.

Gay do also mean happy, so if you ed this way you wouldn't be breakg the law, if do you thk about this bill and Gee Takei's rponse?

ARIANA GRAN AND MORE CELEBS SLAM PASSAGE OF FLORIDA’S ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL

Tennsee's "Don't Say Gay" Bill. Which is why as no surprise to see him takg on Tennsee's "Don't Say Gay" bill, but 's the way which he is dog so that is both surprisg and clever.

Get your own “It’s OK to be TAKEI” swag at Gee Takei tak on the Tennsee Legislature and s “Don’t Say Gay” bill, the way only Gee Takei n! It’s OK to be TAKEI apparel and ems at A bill now pendg Tennsee would prohib teachers that state om discsg homosexualy the classroom. The so-lled “don’t say gay” law is premised on the misguid belief that, by not talkg about gay people, they n simply make disappear.

GEE TAKEI VS. TENNSEE’S “DON’T SAY GAY” BILL

Any time you need to say the word “gay, ” you n simply say “Takei. Better known as the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, the potential law would rtrict teachers om speakg about LGBTQ+ history, people, and other topics school classrooms across the state and give parents the right to sue tors and admistrators who did so. Say Gay all day.

Meanwhile, Gee Takei spoke out about the bill on Twter, wrg, “A Florida lawmaker got up to say that “gay” isn’t permanent. I’m not sure what she meant by that, sce I’ve been gay for more than 84 years, but many of nature’s most betiful creatns, om rabows to bursts of flower blossoms, don’t last forever. See more reactns to the passage of the “Don’t Say Gay” bill below.