In St. Petersburg, Florida, where the “Don’t Say Gay” bill go to effect this week, hundreds of thoands gathered to celebrate 20 years of Pri on Saturday.
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‘WE SAY GAY’: FLORIDA’S LARGT PRI PARA DRAWS HUNDREDS OF THOANDS
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”Both the state ernment and the Supreme Court were already chippg away at the rights of gay, bisexual and transgenr Floridians, Pri atten para Saturday me on the heels of the historic reversal of Roe v. Explore all your optnsAs right-wg punds and policians amped up their rhetoric — even llg for executns of LGBTQ people and parg them to pedophil — civil rights anizatns beme ncerned that homophobic speech had embolned extremist groups, who threatened Pri Saturday morng, St. Pete Pri goers awoke to news of a shootg at a gay bar Norway that lead Pri anizers Oslo to ncel their ftivi for the Petersburg Police Chief Anthony Holloway promised an “all hands on ck” approach to secury at Pri events.
Some snapped photos ont of the preachers, cludg one para-goer wearg fishs and a vt that read, “Say Gay.
A retired teacher, he worried what legislatn like Florida’s Parental Rights Edutn Bill — nicknamed by opponents as the “Don’t Say Gay” Bill — uld have on on children who, like him, knew they were part of the LGBTQ muny om a young age. The state passed legislatn prohibg stctn related to genr inty or sexual orientatn krgarten through third gra, dubbed the “Don’t say gay” bill by opponents.