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Contents:

• FLORIDA'S 'DON'T SAY GAY' LAW FUELS ANTI-LGBTQ HATE ONLE
• PROTTS NTUE AGAST FLORIDA 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL
• THUGS WHO ‘NEARLY KILLED’ GAY UPLE FOR HOLDG HANDS AT PRI PE JAIL TIME
• JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY
• ORLANDO POLICE VTIGATE A HATEFUL ANTI-GAY MSAGE WRTEN ON A TRAFFIC SIGN
• JAGUARS STRENGTH COACH KEV MAXEN COM OUT AS GAY
• JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT COACH KEV MAXEN MAK HISTORY AFTER COMG OUT AS GAY
• 3 FAY MEMBERS FACE HATE CRIM CHARG ATTACK THAT LEFT GAY MAN BLD POMPANO BEACH, FLORIDA
• FOUR FACE HATE CRIME CHARG FLORIDA GAY PRI PARA ATTACK

FLORIDA'S 'DON'T SAY GAY' LAW FUELS ANTI-LGBTQ HATE ONLE

By DAVID KLEPPER, Associated PrsRearch that analyzed social media posts fds that hateful referenc to gays, lbians and other LGBTQ people surged onle after Florida passed a law that bars stctn on sexual orientatn and genr inty krgarten through third gra. Referenc to pedophil and “ groomg ” rose by more than 400 percent the month after Florida's “Don't Say Gay” measure was approved, acrdg to a report released Wednday by the Human Rights Campaign, one of the natn's largt LGBTQ advocy groups, and the Center for Counterg Digal Hate, a nonprof group that tracks onle measure, passed by the Florida Legislature on March 8 and signed by Republin Gov. Demonstrators gathered ont of and si the Florida State Capol on Monday to stop the legislatn that has been dubbed the "Don't Say Gay" bill.

PROTTS NTUE AGAST FLORIDA 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL

"We say gay, " they chanted, the sound echog throughout the halls as they anticipated a vote on the bill expected Monday. The same state that livered homophob like Ana Bryant and Terry Jon has now given rise to Gov. Snubbg Gay Victims of the Pulse Nightclub Massacre.

The earlit sign DeSantis may not have been the morate many hoped for me wh on the third anniversary of the Pulse shootg, where a gunman killed 49 people a gay nightclub 2016. " That also apparently vers the rights of homophobic parents to when their children nfi about their sexualy to school officials so they n abe them or kick them out of their home. The "Don't Say Gay" Bills.

DeSantis most recently land natnal headl after signalg support for "don't say gay" legislatn workg s way through the Florida legislature now. The same day, the ernor nixed another $750, 000 for the Zebra Coaln, an Orlando nonprof dited to providg hog for gay and transgenr youth, who thanks to the Parents Bill of Rights were that much more likely to end up on the streets. "As a gay man, to s here mtee, to hear that, there was no book that I read that brought me to who I am, " he said mtee.

THUGS WHO ‘NEARLY KILLED’ GAY UPLE FOR HOLDG HANDS AT PRI PE JAIL TIME

I have been marchg and prottg for gay rights for twenty years – when is ever gog to end? As a survivor of hate vlence, I unrstand how gay or trans ‘panic fense’ n be ed as a legal strategy to jtify or exce vlence towards LGBTQ people– happened to me 2003.

Transgenrs have been creasgly clud such hate crime laws too, th gettg siar protectn to the gay muny, along wh hate towards certa genr inti. Four men Florida have been let off of jail time after beatg a gay uple to the ground for holdg hands at a Pri event.

Gay uple says they were jt holdg hands when they were attacked on Miami Beach durg Pri.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT PUBLICLY AS GAY

“We bombed bee they threw homosexuals off that buildg. “Our terrorist enemi hate homosexuals more than we do, ” he said to strs that the hatred of Republins supportg the bill isn’t the worst out there.

ORLANDO POLICE VTIGATE A HATEFUL ANTI-GAY MSAGE WRTEN ON A TRAFFIC SIGN

Vio of the statement was posted to Twter by gay former state Rep.

“Our terrorist enemi hate homosexuals MORE THAN WE DO. ” The bill c the ary’s opposn to racism the workplace and the facts that “openly gay and bisexual men and women have been allowed to serve the ary” and “the ban on transgenr dividuals servg the ary was lifted” as exampl of “woke” ary polici. His speech after years of attacks on LGBTQ+ people’s rights om the Florida state legislature, cludg the state’s famo Don’t Say Gay bill, s ban on transgenr stunts participatg school sports, and s most recent bill to allow doctors to refe re for LGBTQ+ people.

JAGUARS STRENGTH COACH KEV MAXEN COM OUT AS GAY

For example, they say that they are jt really ncerned wh fairns women’s sports or that anyone who oppos the Don’t Say Gay bill is a pedophile or supports pedophilia. "Our terrorist enemi hate homosexuals more than WE DO. In other words…”we’re dog great wh our level of bigotry and hatred bee ISIS actually throws homos off buildgs, and at least we aren’t dog that yet.

Do he really want a pat on the back for hatg homosexuals jt not que enough to murr ?? Sure the Florida legislature enacted the “Parental Rights” bill good fah, and not bee they hate gay people.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ASSISTANT COACH KEV MAXEN MAK HISTORY AFTER COMG OUT AS GAY

-- Jaguars assistant strength and ndng ach Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach major Amerin men's profsnal sports to publicly e out as gay, tellg he ma the cisn bee he didn't want to hi who he is any longer and to possibly spire others siar suatns.It's a cisn and move that drew praise and support om owner Shad Khan, who was a vol and emphatic supporter of a cy ordance that expand protectns on the grounds of sexual orientatn, genr inty and genr exprsn."I don't want to feel like I have to thk about anymore," Maxen said the piece published Thursday afternoon. Outsi lebacker Carl Nassib beme the first active NFL player to e out as gay and to play a game 2021.The Associated Prs ntributed to this report. In a sea of nned cktails, Gay Water wants to stand out.

3 FAY MEMBERS FACE HATE CRIM CHARG ATTACK THAT LEFT GAY MAN BLD POMPANO BEACH, FLORIDA

In other words, where Bud Light has buckled unr prsure as bigotry grows agast the LGBTQ+ muny, Gay Water’s creator Spencer Hodson wants his new boozy brand to be the anthis of that. “The key issue that Bud Light tapped to was the fact that they didn’t unrstand their re dience and know enough about them,” Hodson, a gay man, told CNN about the ntroversy that began when the Anhser-Bch beer brand sent fluencer Dylan Mulvaney a n of beer. Gay Water, however, is out and proud.

FOUR FACE HATE CRIME CHARG FLORIDA GAY PRI PARA ATTACK

The nned cktail is named after a lloquialism given to the popular mixed drk (vodka and soda) orred at bars by the gay muny. “Puttg a product wh the word gay the tle is reprentatn self,” which he hop reclaims the word om the negativy ’s sometim associated wh.