What Is Florida's Don't Say Gay Bill and Its Impact on Kids? | Time

Contents:

• WHAT THE BILL DUBBED ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BY CRICS ACTUALLY SAYS
• HERE'S WHAT FLORIDA'S 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL WOULD DO AND WHAT WOULDN'T DO
• WHAT'S THE SO-LLED DON'T SAY GAY BILL THAT ULD IMPACT THE WHOLE UNTRY
• FLORIDA'S ERNOR SIGNS NTROVERSIAL LAW OPPONENTS DUBBED 'DON'T SAY GAY'
• THE ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL DESANTIS JT SIGNED, EXPLAED
• WHAT A NATNAL 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL WOULD MEAN FOR TN
• WHAT'S THE SO-LLED 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL THAT ULD IMPACT THE WHOLE UNTRY
• STRICTLY LEGAL: SU OVER 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL FAILS
• FLORIDA’S ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL IS CEL AND DANGERO
• WHAT FLORIDA'S "DON'T SAY GAY" BILL COULD MEAN FOR LGBTQ KIDS

WHAT THE BILL DUBBED ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BY CRICS ACTUALLY SAYS

'I am eply gay': Kate McKnon mocks Florida's ntroversial bill. In their qut to bee the party of “parental rights, ” Republins Florida and other stat are attemptg to muzzle discsn of gay and civil rights school.

Ron DeSantis signed – tled “Parental Rights Edutn” – has been dubbed by crics the “Don’t Say Gay” bill bee seeks to ban discsn of genr and sexualy issu wh younger stunts. What has been dubbed by crics as the “Don’t Say Gay” bill was the subject of an tense opposn mpaign.

HERE'S WHAT FLORIDA'S 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL WOULD DO AND WHAT WOULDN'T DO

Earlier this month, DeSantis grew agated at the Florida Strawberry Ftival when a reporter asked him about the phrase – “Don’t Say Gay” – that crics have applied to the bill.

WHAT'S THE SO-LLED DON'T SAY GAY BILL THAT ULD IMPACT THE WHOLE UNTRY

But Florida’s Parental Rights Edutn act — which crics have dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” bill — has sudnly sparked a natnal war of recent weeks, lears of global rporatns, edorial boards of major newspapers and Hollywood actors have all weighed on the proposed legislatn, wh some llg “eply disturbg” and others “nonntroversial.

” Conversely, opponents say would unfairly target the LGBTQ muny — particularly gay and trans stunts — and is “pretendg to solve a problem that don’t exist. For starters, cricism that the “Don’t Say Gay” bill do not fact say “gay” anywhere s text is te. The bill, which passed Florida’s Senate last week and the state’s Hoe of Reprentativ Febary, do, however, nta the terms “sexual orientatn” and “genr inty, ” each legal experts say that whether the bill prohibs the word “gay” self is a “distractn.

FLORIDA'S ERNOR SIGNS NTROVERSIAL LAW OPPONENTS DUBBED 'DON'T SAY GAY'

“The ‘Don’t Say Gay’ moniker is a moniker about a certa polil amg of this suatn. ”Beyond brandg, a re argument over the bill centers around whether would prohib the “stctn” or “discsn” of sexual bill’s sponsors have emphatilly stated that the bill would not prohib stunts om talkg about their LGBTQ fai or bar classroom discsns about LGBTQ history, cludg events like the 2016 adly attack on the Pulse nightclub, a gay club Orlando. Demonstrators gather on the steps of the Florida Historic Capol Mm ont of the Florida State Capol March Tallahassee, Fla, prottg what opponents ll the "Don't Say Gay" bill.

Hoe Republins have troduced legislatn that some crics are scribg as a natnal "Don't Say Gay" bill – spired by the ntroversial Florida law that bans stctn on genr inty and sexual orientatn krgarten through third gra class.

" Crics of the measure dubbed the Florida law "Don't Say Gay" and argue that s tent is to margalize LGBTQ people and their fai. A feral 'Don't Say Gay or Trans' bill... Activist Er Reed, who tracks anti-transgenr legislatn, argu that the parison to a "Don't Say Gay" bill mimiz the potential effects of this proposed legislatn.

THE ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL DESANTIS JT SIGNED, EXPLAED

"Don't Say Gay/Trans was foced on 'classroom stctn' which was bad enough, " she wrote on Twter. The bill, which some opponents have lled "Don't Say Gay, " was signed by DeSantis on Monday.

The "Don't Say Gay" moniker om crics of the measure who blast this ia and sist this policy will hurt LGBTQ children. "Florida's HB 1557, also known as the 'Don't Say Gay' bill, should never have passed and should never have been signed to law, " the statement read. Crics of the measure, dubbed by opponents as the “don’t say gay” bill, range om state Democrats to Hollywood celebri to Print Joe Bin.

Why do some people ll the bill ‘don’t say gay’? ” Opponents of the bill terpreted that provisn to be a ban on speakg about LGBTQ topics classrooms and started g the “don’t say gay” bill’s sponsors, Sen. Parents would be allowed to file a lawsu agast any public or private enty that feral funds to display or facilate ntent featurg LGBTQ an agency or anizatn vlat the rtrictns more than once a five-year perd, uld lose accs to feral funds for three years, acrdg to the bill specifilly mentns drag shows, which have been the recent target of cricism by nservative groups advotg for laws such as this prott ont of Florida State Senator Ileana Garcia's office after the passage of the Parental Rights Edutn bill, dubbed the "Don't Say Gay" bill by LGBTQ activists Miami, March 09, Raedle/Getty Imag, FILEProposed bill prompts cricismThe bill sparked immediate backlash om some LGBTQ people and activists across the untry, who say this legislatn misreprents the inti as herently sexual, shameful or assert that this kd of legislatn will silence and harm LGBTQ teachers and stunts, while stigmatizg the muny and threateng ferally fund programs on cln.

WHAT A NATNAL 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL WOULD MEAN FOR TN

"A feral 'Don't Say Gay or Trans' bill – moled after the ntroversial discrimatory law Florida and aimg to drive LGBTQ+ fai and teachers out of the tn system – is their latt cel attempt to stigmatize and margalize the muny, not an attempt to solve actual problems but only to rile up their extremist base, " said David Stacy, the ernment affairs director of LGBTQ advocy group Human Rights Campaign. Supporters rally to ph back agast the so-lled "Don't Say Gay" at the Pri Center Wilton Manors, Fla., Feb. Several stat have followed Florida's lead, cludg Alabama, which has implemented so-lled "Don't Say Gay" polici of s own.

WHAT'S THE SO-LLED 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL THAT ULD IMPACT THE WHOLE UNTRY

Hoe Republins have troduced legislatn that some crics are scribg as a natnal "Don't Say Gay" bill – spired by. "Crics of the measure dubbed the Florida law "Don't Say Gay" and argue that s tent is.

"Don't Say Gay/Trans was foced on 'classroom stctn' which was bad enough, ".

The basis for the su was that Disney's directors and officers allegedly vlated their rporate fiduciary duti by opposg Florida HB 1557 – also known as the "don't say gay" HB 1557 was first passed, Disney took no public posn on the bill. 'Absolutely': Pete Buttigieg on whether 'Don't Say Gay' bill is dangero. One of the most extreme exampl is a piece of legislatn Florida known as the “Don’t Say Gay” bill.

STRICTLY LEGAL: SU OVER 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL FAILS

Let’s be clear: The “Don’t Say Gay” bill will do real and lastg harm. The proposed law, often referred to by crics as “Don’t Say Gay” legislatn, bans public school districts om “enuragg” classroom discsn of sexual orientatn or genr inty. What is Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill?

FLORIDA’S ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL IS CEL AND DANGERO

WHAT FLORIDA'S "DON'T SAY GAY" BILL COULD MEAN FOR LGBTQ KIDS