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• FLORIDA JT PASSED THE "DON'T SAY GAY" BILL. HERE’S WHAT IT MEANS FOR KIDS
• FLORIDA'S NTROVERSIAL 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL: WHAT'S SI THE PROPOSED LAW
• 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL BE LAW FLORIDA, BANNG SEXUAL ORIENTATN STCTN OM K-3
• FLORIDA HOE PASS NTROVERSIAL 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL
• FLORIDA HOE PASS NTROVERSIAL "DON'T SAY GAY" BILL
• FLORIDA'S ERNOR SIGNS NTROVERSIAL LAW OPPONENTS DUBBED 'DON'T SAY GAY'
• 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL WOULD LIM DISCSN OF SEXUALY AND GENR FLORIDA SCHOOLS
• OPPONENTS CALL IT THE ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL. HERE’S WHAT IT SAYS.
• AS FLORIDA'S 'DON'T SAY GAY' LAW TAK EFFECT, SCHOOLS ROLL OUT LGBTQ RTRICTNS
• DESANTIS-BACKED 'DONT SAY GAY' BILL SPARKS OUTRAGE

FLORIDA JT PASSED THE "DON'T SAY GAY" BILL. HERE’S WHAT IT MEANS FOR KIDS

Ron DeSantis's sk, addg to a list of anti-gay polici on his rume as he prepar to n for Hoe also approved a bathroom bill that would require dividuals to e genr-signated rtroom facili based on the genr on their birth certifite stead of their genr inty. The bills passed the same day that the state's board of tn approved a measure expandg the state's "don't say gay" law up until high school graduatn.

FLORIDA'S NTROVERSIAL 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL: WHAT'S SI THE PROPOSED LAW

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The Republin-domated Florida legislature passed a bill on Tuday which would forbid stctn on sexual orientatn and genr inty krgarten through third gra, rejectg a wave of cricism om Democrats that margaliz LGBTQ+ people.The proposal, which opponents have dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, now mov to the sk of the Republin ernor, Ron DeSantis, who is expected to sign to law.Sce s ceptn, the measure has drawn tense opposn om LGBTQ+ advot, stunts, Democrats, the Whe Hoe and the entertament dtry, amid creased attentn on Florida as Republins ph culture war legislatn and DeSantis ascends the GOP as a potential printial ndidate.“What we really need to be dog is teachg tolerance, rg, lovg, anti-discrimatn, anti-bigotry. Dozens of stunts and advot flood mtee rooms durg the early stag of the bill procs and then packed the halls of the legislature as moved toward fal passage, often wh chants of “We say gay!”“We have failed as a legislature if hundreds of kids stand outsi screamg for their rights and you n’t expla to fifth-grars and sixth-grars and eighth-grars simple fns of your bill.

'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL BE LAW FLORIDA, BANNG SEXUAL ORIENTATN STCTN OM K-3

Rather than battle misrmatn related to the amendment, I cid to foc on the primary bill that empowers parents to be engaged their children’s liv,” Hardg said.DeSantis has chafed at llg the proposal the “Don’t Say Gay” bill bee he said would apply to stctn on any genr inty or sexual orientatn.

The Florida Senate passed the ntroversial so-lled “Don’t Say Gay” bill on Tuday, sendg the Republin-backed legislatn banng LGBTQ stctn primary schools to Gov.

FLORIDA HOE PASS NTROVERSIAL 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL

The proposed law, often referred to by crics as the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, bans public school districts om teachg about sexual orientatn or genr inty krgarten through the third gra, or “ a manner that is not age-appropriate or velopmentally appropriate for stunts”—language that crics say uld extend the ban to higher gra levels. ” Read more: Kid of the Year Falist Kai Shappley, 11, Tak on Lawmakers Her Fight for Trans Rights What impact uld the ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill have?

Shevr Jon, Florida’s first openly gay Florida state senator, who told the legislative body: “To those who thk you n legislate gay people away, I’m sorry.

FLORIDA HOE PASS NTROVERSIAL "DON'T SAY GAY" BILL

Florida's Parental Rights Edutn bill, dubbed the "Don't Say Gay" bill by LGBTQ activists, is on Gov. Meanwhile, bate ntu on this legislatn and what would mean for schools, teachers, stunts and bill n be read full do the 'Don't Say Gay' legislatn exactly say? Defg those terms, cludg "heterosexualy, homosexualy or bisexualy" and "genr-related inty, appearance or behavr, " uld clear up what the bill would ban, she said.

Florida Hoe Republins advanced a bill, dubbed by opponents as the "Don't Say Gay" bill, to forbid discsns of sexual orientatn and genr inty schools. Danny Burgs also later add that the standard unrstandg of the terms is what the law would activists ll "Don't Say Gay"?

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

Durg the Senate bate, Baxley slammed the nickname bee the bill do not have the word "gay" .

However, the bill's nickname om activists has bee "Don't Say Gay" and "Don't Say Trans" bee advot have said they believe would make LGBTQ people taboo once aga classrooms, settg back the progrs ma by the LGBTQ muny the last few advocy anizatns say the bills are remiscent of the "no promo homo" laws of the 1990s that barred tors om discsg LGBTQ topics school classrooms.

'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL WOULD LIM DISCSN OF SEXUALY AND GENR FLORIDA SCHOOLS

A sign was ed a "Don't Say Gay" prott downtown Fort Myers, March 6, 2022.

The march was held to prott Florida's "Don't Say Gay" Wt/The News-Prs via USA Today NetworkAt least four stat still have such laws on the books, cludg Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Oklahoma.

OPPONENTS CALL IT THE ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL. HERE’S WHAT IT SAYS.

"One of the differenc between the bills and some of the 'no promo homo' laws that passed the 1990s is the heavy-hand mandate on parent and fay volvement, " Melanie Willgham-Jaggers, the executive director of LGBTQ advocy group GLSEN, told ABC add: "We've learned that the prence of even one supportive adult mak all the difference.

Jon is the first openly gay man the Florida Senate. Members and supporters of the LGBTQ muny attend the "Say Gay Anyway" rally Miami, March 13, 2022.

"This bill is not tend to out gay children.

AS FLORIDA'S 'DON'T SAY GAY' LAW TAK EFFECT, SCHOOLS ROLL OUT LGBTQ RTRICTNS

Members and supporters of the LGBTQ muny attend the "Say Gay Anyway" rally Miami, on March 13, 2022. Opposn Democrats and LGBTQ rights activists have lobbied agast the "Don't Say Gay" law, which will affect kids krgarten through third gra. Ron DeSantis signed a bill on Monday that forbids stctn on sexual orientatn and genr inty krgarten through Gra 3, a policy that has drawn tense natnal scty om crics who argue margaliz LGBTQ legislatn has phed Florida and DeSantis, an ascendg Republin and potential 2024 printial ndidate, to the foreont of the untry's culture wars, wh LGBTQ advot, stunts, Democrats, the entertament dtry and the Whe Hoe nouncg what crics have lled the "Don't Say Gay" bill.

Florida stunts staged walkouts and packed to mtee rooms and statehoe halls to prott the measure, often wh boomg chants of "We say gay! "Throughout bate the Republin-ntrolled statehoe, Democrats have said the bill's language — particularly the phras "classroom stctn" and "age appropriate" — uld be terpreted so broadly that discsn any gra uld trigger lawsus and create a classroom atmosphere where teachers would avoid the subjects Disney workers walk off the job over pany's rponse to Florida's 'Don't Say Gay' bill"The bill's tentnally vague language leav teachers aaid to talk to their stunts and opens up school districts to stly and ivolo ligatn om those seekg to exclu LGBTQ people om any gra level, " said state Rep. Smh, a Democrat who is gay.

DESANTIS-BACKED 'DONT SAY GAY' BILL SPARKS OUTRAGE

"Even worse, #DontSayGay sends a hateful msage to our most vulnerable youth who simply need our support. Florida's 'Don't Say Gay' bill part of Republin drive to lim talk of sex and race U. Ron DeSantis signed legislatn banng certa stctn about sexual orientatn and genr inty the classroom, approvg the ntroversial measure that opponents have dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” law.

And Geia, lawmakers troduced a bill siar to Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill. Opponents have dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, argug the ban creat would negatively impact LGBTQ youth.

Febary 24, 2022, 3:39 PMThe Parental Rights Edutn bill, dubbed the "Don't Say Gay" bill by LGBTQ activists, has been passed by the Florida Hoe of Reprentativ. "Don't Say Gay" bill sparks bate. Florida's ntroversial "Don't Say Gay" bill sparks bate over LGBTQ rights for stunts, parents.