Uganda's LGBTQ muny is ' shock' over new measure, gay activist says

Contents:

• HB 1608 STARTED AS A 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL. NOW TARGETS TRANSGENR NAM, PRONOUNS
• INDIANA ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILLS WOULD BAN TEACHG OF GENR INTY, SEXUAL ORIENTATN
• INDIANA LAWMAKERS TO DISCS BILL SIAR TO FLORIDA’S ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ LAW MONDAY
• UGANDA'S LGBTQ MUNY IS ' SHOCK' OVER NEW MEASURE, GAY ACTIVIST SAYS
• INDIANA 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL PIVOTS TO KIDS' GENR INTY
• HOW GAY RIGHTS WON INDIANA
• APPLE'S TIM COOK 'EPLY DISAPPOTED' INDIANA'S ANTI-GAY LAW
• OUTRAGE OVER AN ANTI-GAY LAW INDIANA
• INDIANA ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL PIVOTS TO KIDS’ GENR INTY
• INDIANA LAW DENOUNCED AS INVATN TO DISCRIMATE AGAST GAYS

HB 1608 STARTED AS A 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL. NOW TARGETS TRANSGENR NAM, PRONOUNS

The new law go to effect July the new law:HB 1608 started as a 'don't say gay' bill. Clayton County, Geia, which gay men were fired bee of their sexual orientatn, and R.

Clayton County— which held that “an employer who fir an dividual merely for beg gay or transgenr vlat Tle VII. Moled on siar legislatn passed Florida last year, which opponents dubbed the "don't say gay" bill, HB 1608 drew strong opposn om the LGBTQ muny and s alli, who were ncerned that the measure would be harmful for LGBTQ HB 1608 was heard Hoe Edutn Commtee on Monday, Feb. 20, took on a new was origally Indiana's 'don't say gay' bill?

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INDIANA ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILLS WOULD BAN TEACHG OF GENR INTY, SEXUAL ORIENTATN

20, the Indiana Hoe mtee on tn sentially killed the "don't say gay" legislatn and stead passed a measure the bill that would prohib schools om llg stunts by nam or pronouns "nsistent" wh their sex assigned at birth whout wrten permissn om parents. Indiana HB 1608:Indiana 'don't say gay' bill changed to target transgenr youthIt also said that the school mt notify parents if a stunt requts a name or pronoun nsistent wh their sex. Bob Behng, chair of the Hoe Edutn Commtee, said December that Indiana might follow the lead of Florida, which last year enacted siar legislatn lled the Parental Rights Edutn Act that’s equently referred to as the “Don’t Say Gay” law.

Davis has also troduced one of the bills this year that seeks to ban medil profsnals om providg genr transng or puberty-blockg procr to bill om Davis that’s siar to the “Don’t Say Gay” law appears to be missg some ponents of the Florida statute, cludg the optn for parents to sue a school district for vlatg the law.

INDIANA LAWMAKERS TO DISCS BILL SIAR TO FLORIDA’S ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ LAW MONDAY

It’s siar to Florida’s Parental Rights Edutn statute that gaed natnal attentn last year as the “Don’t Say Gay” Rep. KAMPALA, Uganda — Members of Uganda’s LGBTQ muny are shock and fear beg arrted after Parliament passed a measure that would make a crime to intify as gay and impose tough sentenc that clu the ath penalty certa s, an activist said “Anti-Homosexualy Bill, 2023” was passed wh a near-unanimo majory by lawmakers  the east Ain untry, where anti-gay sentiment ns ep. Ronald Kabuubi / APThe legislatn will next be sent to Print Yoweri Meveni, who has repeatedly nounced homosexualy, to be signed to Mugisha, one of a few Ugandans who live openly as gay, told Rters he was sred the measure would trigger “mass arrts of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer persons and mob vlence toward LGBTQ muni.

There’s gog to be a lot of trma and s of mental health that will lead to a lot of suici, ” he relatns were already illegal Uganda, but supporters of the new law say is need to punish a broar array of LGBTQ activi, which they say threaten tradnal valu the nservative and relig East Ain measure clus steep sentenc that clu ath for “aggravated homosexualy” and life prison for same-sex relatns. Aggravated homosexualy volv same-sex relatns wh people unr age 18 or when the perpetrator is HIV-posive, among other tegori, acrdg to the legislatn.

UGANDA'S LGBTQ MUNY IS ' SHOCK' OVER NEW MEASURE, GAY ACTIVIST SAYS

The so-lled “Don't Say Gay” bill drew tense natnal scty om those who argue margaliz LGBTQ people. Yet bullyg and harassment of lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) young people  Indiana is a real problem – and Indiana hasn’t taken meangful steps to addrs . Even though her school had a gay-straight alliance, she didn’t jo bee she feared the repercsns of g out at school.

Mike Pence approved chang by lawmakers to a ntroversial state law on relig eedom Thursday, sentially ncedg feat to a ncerted alliance of liberal tert groups and large rporatns over gay rights.

The new versn of the law clarifi that will not allow bs to discrimate agast gay Hoosiers, a fix that Republin backers and Pence had once argued was not necsary. But gay rights groups pot out that the chang only stop discrimatn that might have happened as a rult of the relig eedom law.

INDIANA 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL PIVOTS TO KIDS' GENR INTY

No Indiana state law explicly bars bs om discrimatg agast gay ctomers. Still, the quick turnaround on the law a Republin-led red state showed a sea change on how gay rights fights play out.

” Opposn Tak Root The Relig Freedom Rtoratn Act was nceived last year by nservative Indiana lawmakers who sought a bulwark the culture war over gay rights. Lambda Legal, the natnal gay rights group, got a tip om a iendly legislator the Indiana Hoe that a bill was the works and alerted iendly groups and bs.

“The bill has been brewg sce gay marriage bee legal October, ” says Jim Bent, Midwt director for Lambda Legal. Apple’s openly gay CEO Tim Cook, whom civil rights groups had been privately urtg as a key civil rights ally, tweeted his opposn.

HOW GAY RIGHTS WON INDIANA

Apple CEO Tim Cook said Friday that he's "eply disappoted" Indiana's new anti-gay law.

APPLE'S TIM COOK 'EPLY DISAPPOTED' INDIANA'S ANTI-GAY LAW

"Apple is open for everyone, " tweeted Cook, who me out as gay last year. The Indiana law giv bs owners who oppose homosexualy for relig reasons the right to turn away gay, lbian and transgenr people. " On Friday, a spokwoman for Pence reerated the Governor's argument that the law do not discrimate agast gay people and is siar to 1993 feral law signed to protect Amerin's eedom of relign.

OUTRAGE OVER AN ANTI-GAY LAW INDIANA

They note that Indiana don't currently have any laws prohibg discrimatn agast gay people. Opn|Outrage Over an Anti-Gay Law Indiana ADVERTISEMENTLettersMarch 31, 2015To the Edor:Re “Right to Deny Service to Gays Stirs Broad Uproar” (ont page, March 28):How is the passage of this discrimatory law any different om laws that rtricted rights for blacks before the passage of the Civil Rights Act 50 years ago? To discrimate agast gays?

Vulnerable mori, like gays and lbians, do not have an obligatn to tolerate others’ tolerance of M. A versn of this article appears prt on, Sectn A, Page 24 of the New York edn wh the headle: Outrage Over an Anti-Gay Law Indiana. The so-lled “Don’t Say Gay” bill drew tense natnal scty om those who argue margaliz LGBTQ people.

INDIANA ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL PIVOTS TO KIDS’ GENR INTY

Missouri lawmakers also rejected a more rtrictive versn of the “Don’t Say Gay” law. AdvertisementSKIP Scheer/The Indianapolis Star, via Associated PrsMarch 27, 2015An Indiana law that uld make easier for relig nservativ to refe service to gay upl touched off storms of prott on Friday om the worlds of arts, bs and llege athletics and opened an emotnal new bate the emergg mpaign for print.

Advot of equal rights for gays said the laws pose a threat of abettg discrimatn, pecially om bs owners who object to participatg same-sex weddgs. “The possible discrimatory effects are real, ” said Sarah Warbelow, legal director of the Human Rights Campaign, a gay rights group. If that refal is challenged urt, a judge mt balance the relig burn wh the state’s “pellg tert” preventg discrimatn, acrdg to the Miller, who lobbied for Indiana’s new law as executive director of the group Advance Ameri, said uld help Christian bakers, florists and photographers avoid punishment for “refg to participate a homosexual marriage, ” protect Christian bs that refe “to allow a man to e the women’s rtroom, ” and sulate church that refe to allow their premis to be ed for same-sex Skipper/Associated PrsSome legal experts say the potential reach of the Indiana law, and many like , has been exaggerated by opponents.

“It’s not about discrimatg agast gays general or across the board, ” he said of the Indiana law. Bh said he believed that relig people “have a right” to opt out of providg servic for a gay weddg.

INDIANA LAW DENOUNCED AS INVATN TO DISCRIMATE AGAST GAYS

Benff wrote a Twter uproar was pronounced the technology dtry, which has emerged as a champn of gay Stoppelman, the founr of Yelp, which publish onle reviews of bs, issued a warng to stat like Indiana that “ is unnscnable to image that Yelp would create, mata, or expand a signifint bs prence any state that enuraged discrimatn. The legendary Broadway actrs Audra McDonald threatened to pull out of a g Indiana performance, before cidg stead to donate proceeds to gay rights groups.