Are you a doctor who hat treatg gay people? Come to Florida, where Ron DeSantis has legalised bigotry | Arwa Mahdawi | The Guardian

Contents:

• DESANTIS SIGNS 'DON'T SAY GAY' EXPANSN AND GENR-AFFIRMG RE BAN
• ARE YOU A DOCTOR WHO HAT TREATG GAY PEOPLE? COME TO FLORIDA, WHERE RON DESANTIS HAS LEGALISED BIGOTRY
• HERE'S WHAT FLORIDA'S 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL WOULD DO AND WHAT WOULDN'T DO

DESANTIS SIGNS 'DON'T SAY GAY' EXPANSN AND GENR-AFFIRMG RE BAN

Two of the most proment bills are one Florida rtrictg classroom discsn of genr and sexualy, dubbed “Don’t Say Gay” by opponents, and a bathroom bill Alabama that was amend to clu s own tn rtrictns.

Sam Am, director of advocy and ernment affairs at LGBTQ+ suici preventn anizatn the Trevor Project, is particularly worried about Alabama’s bathroom bill, which clus an amendment seemgly styled after Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” law. Across the state le, Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill outright bans classroom stctn on sexual orientatn or genr inty krgarten through third gra — but LGBTQ+ advocy groups have terpreted the fe prt of the bill to also rtrict that stctn gras four through 12.

A jury trial for Equaly Florida and the Natnal Center for Lbian Rights’ lawsu agast the state over the “Don’t Say Gay” bill is currently set for Febary 13 next year. Equaly Florida argu that the ripple effect of this legislatn has already expand beyond the classroom: A Florida high school class print was prevented om talkg about his experience as a gay stunt May, and some Florida teachers have reported beg told to take down Pri flags (a trend that surfaced last year among teachers other stat as well). Ana Carson, a former sixth-gra science teacher Florida, told reporters on a Friday prs ll hosted by Equaly Florida that the “Don’t Say Gay” bill is one reason she rigned om teachg about a month ago — after spendg 12 years the profsn.

ARE YOU A DOCTOR WHO HAT TREATG GAY PEOPLE? COME TO FLORIDA, WHERE RON DESANTIS HAS LEGALISED BIGOTRY

Conversatns around tn have grown “creasgly toxic” the state, she said, potg to the “Don’t Say Gay” bill and the “Stop Woke Act” — a law settg boundari on discsns of race that also went to effect on Friday. 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.

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

Ron DeSantis signed four bills Wednday rtrictg LGBTQ rights, cludg a measure that expands what crics have lled the state’s “Don’t Say Gay” law and another that will ban transn-related re for also signed a bill that will bar trans people om g the public facili that align wh their genr inti and another that will rtrict “adult” performanc ont of mors. ”Florida teachers have said they removed books om their classrooms and cid not to form LGBTQ clubs as a rult of the first eratn of the so-lled “Don’t Say Gay” law. One teacher, Jenna Barbee, said on social media Saturday that she is beg vtigated by her school and the state’s Edutn Department after showg her fifth gra stunts “Strange World, ” a Disney animated movie featurg an openly gay character.

ET): A prev versn of this article misstated when DeSantis signed the so-lled Don’t Say Gay bill to law.