Florida teachers get new marchg orrs as "Don't Say Gay" law go to effect, and 's not pretty - Queerty

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• FLORIDA STUNTS PARTICIPATE MASSIVE WALKOUT TO PROTT THE ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL
• TEACHERS VOICE NCERNS AFTER ORANGE COUNTY PREVIEWS ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ IMPACT TO CLASSROOMSBY NICK PAPANTONIS, JUNE 27, 2022 AT 11:31 PM EDTBY NICK PAPANTONIS, JUNE 27, 2022 AT 11:31 PM EDTORANGE COUNTY, FLA. — REPRENTATIV FOR ORANGE COUNTY TEACHERS SOUND ALARM BELLS MONDAY AFTER WORD SPREAD OM PRCIPALS THAT ORANGE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS WOULD IMPOSE STRICT RTRICTNS ON CLASSROOM BEHAVR AFTER FLORIDA’S NEW PARENTAL RIGHTS EDUTN LAW, A.K.A THE “DON’T SAY GAY” LAW, TOOK EFFECT.>>> STREAM CHANNEL 9 EYEWITNESS NEWS LIVE <<<
• LGBTQ+ TEACHERS TOLD TO HI WHO THEY ARE AS DON’T SAY GAY GO TO EFFECT
• FLORIDA SCHOOL BOARDS, CLUDG ORANGE COUNTY, SUED OVER ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ LAW
• FERAL JUDGE URGED TO HALT NTROVERSIAL ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ LAW
• ‘HURTFUL AND SULTG’: FLORIDA TEACHERS REACT TO THE ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL
• HERE'S WHAT FLORIDA'S 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL WOULD DO AND WHAT WOULDN'T DO
• TEACHERS VOICE NCERNS AFTER ORANGE COUNTY PREVIEWS ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ IMPACT TO CLASSROOMS
• FLORIDA TEACHERS EXPRS NCERN OVER SO-LLED 'DON'T SAY GAY' LAW
• AS FLORIDA'S 'DON'T SAY GAY' LAW TAK EFFECT, SCHOOLS ROLL OUT LGBTQ RTRICTNS
• HERE’S WHAT TEACHERS, STUNTS N EXPECT UNR FLORIDA’S ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ LAW
• FLORIDA’S ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ LAW TAK EFFECT TODAY. ITS IMPACT IS ALREADY BEG FELT
• FLORIDA TEACHERS GET NEW MARCHG ORRS AS “DON’T SAY GAY” LAW GO TO EFFECT, AND ’S NOT PRETTY

FLORIDA STUNTS PARTICIPATE MASSIVE WALKOUT TO PROTT THE ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL

'Absolutely': Pete Buttigieg on whether 'Don't Say Gay' bill is dangero. More than 500 stunts participated a massive walkout Monday at Wter Park High School Orange County, Florida, prott of the “Don’t Say Gay” bill currently beg nsired by the state Senate, acrdg to walkout anizer and high school stunt Will Larks.

TEACHERS VOICE NCERNS AFTER ORANGE COUNTY PREVIEWS ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ IMPACT TO CLASSROOMSBY NICK PAPANTONIS, JUNE 27, 2022 AT 11:31 PM EDTBY NICK PAPANTONIS, JUNE 27, 2022 AT 11:31 PM EDTORANGE COUNTY, FLA. — REPRENTATIV FOR ORANGE COUNTY TEACHERS SOUND ALARM BELLS MONDAY AFTER WORD SPREAD OM PRCIPALS THAT ORANGE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS WOULD IMPOSE STRICT RTRICTNS ON CLASSROOM BEHAVR AFTER FLORIDA’S NEW PARENTAL RIGHTS EDUTN LAW, A.K.A THE “DON’T SAY GAY” LAW, TOOK EFFECT.>>> STREAM CHANNEL 9 EYEWITNESS NEWS LIVE <<<

LGBTQ advot say the measure would lead to further stigmatizatn of gay, lbian and transgenr children, g more bullyg and suicis wh an already margalized muny. Durg the walkout, stunts were chantg, “We say gay!

A the “Don’t Say Gay” law, took effect.

LGBTQ+ TEACHERS TOLD TO HI WHO THEY ARE AS DON’T SAY GAY GO TO EFFECT

Elementary-level teachers reported beg disuraged om puttg pictur of their same-sex spoe on their sk or talkg about them to LGBTQ activists speak out on ntroversial ‘don’t say gay’ bill Tallahassee“Safe Space” stickers aimed at LGBTQ stunts may have to be removed om doors, teachers will have to report to parents if a stunt “ out” to them and they mt e pronouns assigned at birth, regardls of what the parents allow, the CTA of the measur appeared to be far outsi what the law actually forbids, as foc primarily on mental health monorg and classroom curriculums. LGBTQ+ school staff Florida have been told to hi pictur of their same genr spoe and not wear rabows as ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law go to effect. LGBTQ+ teachers Florida said they’ve been told they mt hi their inti while at work so as not to vlate the state’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law.

FLORIDA SCHOOL BOARDS, CLUDG ORANGE COUNTY, SUED OVER ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ LAW

Durg the meetg, OSPC attorneys advised prcipals across the school district on what would and wouldn’t be legal unr Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law, which is slated to take effect Friday (1 July). Another OCPS official said a separate nversatn that the district need to be ut the wake of the ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law gog to effect until the state provid more clary on how the legislatn would be enforced.

Florida ernor Ron DeSantis signed the state’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ legislatn to law March.

FERAL JUDGE URGED TO HALT NTROVERSIAL ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ LAW

Robert Thollanr left the school after 11 years of workg Florida as a teacher and said the cint ma him feel like he “wasn’t tsted bee there’s somethg wrong” wh him for beg gay.

“It mak seem like beg gay is somethg vile or disturbg or disgtg when ’s scribed as makg children unfortable knowg that I’m married to a man, ” Thollanr said. Nilette Solomon, a teacher Miami-Da County, told the outlet that the ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law would “erase” her as an “LGBTQ” teacher”. “Florida enacted HB 1557 to silence and erase lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer and qutng young people and fai, ” the lawsu said.

‘HURTFUL AND SULTG’: FLORIDA TEACHERS REACT TO THE ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL

Opponents labeled the “Don’t Say Gay” bill. “Falsely dubbed by s opponents the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, HB 1557 is nothg of the sort, ” the state’s motn said. Ron DeSantis signs so-lled ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill to lawTALLAHASSEE, Fla.

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

“HB 1557, by sign, ters speech by and about lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, queer, and qutng people schools, ” the motn said.

TEACHERS VOICE NCERNS AFTER ORANGE COUNTY PREVIEWS ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ IMPACT TO CLASSROOMS

He’s ncerned Florida’s recent ntroversial “don’t say gay” bill is dangero, hateful legislatn that pos many risks to LGBTQ youth the state.

“Don’t say gay” also grants parents the right to sue for damag and attorney fe if a school district don’t rolve their plat about a child’s tn, which sentially forbids discsn of LGBTQ issu or inti.

FLORIDA TEACHERS EXPRS NCERN OVER SO-LLED 'DON'T SAY GAY' LAW

”McCracken characterized the bill and py-t legislative efforts spreadg other parts of the US as part of a war on gay cvil rights igned by Republins and is eply ncerned about the negative impacts of the bill on stunts and teachers. “As a gay man, I fd both hurtful and sultg.

It’s hurtful, bee I don’t believe there’s anythg appropriate about my life as a gay man, ” he said. I believe that I’m a good teacher and have posively impacted stunts and that me beg gay not only hasn’t been trimental to their learng, but has probably been helpful for a lot of people – not only LGBTQ+ stunts, but other stunts as well who see that I’m willg to live my life openly and that I believe everyone should be able to live their life wh digny and rpect and we should be treatg each other like fellow humans.

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

Florida Republin state senator Dennis Baxley, a sponsor of the bill, remarks on the state senate floor, ma claims of a big uptick the number of children g out as gay and amed the bill as a rponse to that.

HERE’S WHAT TEACHERS, STUNTS N EXPECT UNR FLORIDA’S ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ LAW

“This bill, for me, is a sign of pure hatred, ” said Javier Gomez, a high school senr at iPrep Amy Miami, Florida, and print of his school’s Gay-Straight Alliance club.

FLORIDA’S ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ LAW TAK EFFECT TODAY. ITS IMPACT IS ALREADY BEG FELT

I knew that I was gay at five years old.

We’re beg left fensels whout the support we need and we are ntug to face homophobia om our ernment. ”Proponents of the “don’t say gay” legislatn are manufacturg smear mpaigns support of expandg the bills to other stat, cludg claims that Disney is attemptg to “sexualize our children” as part of a progrsive LGBTQ agenda. The accatns have been promoted by Chris Rufo, a rightwg thktank fellow who leaked vios of Disney executiv, claimg Disney has a “not so secret gay agenda” is jt a few weeks after Disney faced cricism om employe and the LGBTQ muny for refg to make a statement opposn to Florida’s don’t say gay bill.

FLORIDA TEACHERS GET NEW MARCHG ORRS AS “DON’T SAY GAY” LAW GO TO EFFECT, AND ’S NOT PRETTY

Rufo prevly worked as a fellow for the Claremont Instute, which has a troublg rerd of anti-gay polics and phg for nversn “therapy”. “I’m gay too so this hs me doubly hard, ” said Jean Eckhoff, a history teacher of middle school and high school stunts Live Oak, Florida, for 17 years. Proponents of the bills are flamg homophobic hate and chippg away at civil rights of the LGBTQ muny unr the guise of helpg stunts and parents.