Contents:
- FLORIDA’S FIRST OPENLY GAY STATE SENATOR ON ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ PASSG: ‘THE AIR WAS TAKEN OUT OF THE ROOM’
- TAMMY BALDW, WHO IS GAY, NONTED MAR RUB ABOUT LLG SAME-SEX MARRIAGE VOTE A ‘STUPID WASTE OF TIME’
- FLORIDA'S ERNOR SIGNS NTROVERSIAL LAW OPPONENTS DUBBED 'DON'T SAY GAY'
- FLORIDA'S FIRST OPENLY GAY STATE SENATOR SPEAKS OUT ON 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL
- FLORIDA HOE OF REPRENTATIV PASS 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL
- ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL: FLORIDA SENATE PASS LAW MARGALIZG LGBTQ+ PEOPLE
- FLORIDA HOE PASS NTROVERSIAL MEASURE DUBBED THE 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL BY CRICS
- FLORIDA GOV. RON DESANTIS SIGNALS SUPPORT FOR 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL
- FLORIDA HOE PASS 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL
- ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL: FLORIDA SENATE PASS NTROVERSIAL LGBTQ SCHOOL MEASURE
- 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL PASS FLORIDA SENATE
- FLORIDA SENATE PASS A NTROVERSIAL SCHOOLS BILL LABELED 'DON'T SAY GAY' BY CRICS
- FLORIDA ADVANC "DON'T SAY GAY" BILL THAT WOULD BAR LGBTQ DISCSNS SCHOOLS
FLORIDA’S FIRST OPENLY GAY STATE SENATOR ON ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ PASSG: ‘THE AIR WAS TAKEN OUT OF THE ROOM’
After Florida’s so-lled “Don’t Say Gay” bill was passed by the state Senate this week, the legislature’s first openly gay Senator, who had argued agast the bill, said he’s worried about the state’s LGBTQ+ youth. Shevr Jon plead wh his lleagu to vote agast the state legislature’s ntroversial Parental Rights Edutn bill, known to s crics as the “Don’t Say Gay” bill. Like other LGBTQ+ advot, Jon, who is the state Senate’s first openly gay member, argued that the bill, which prohibs classroom stctn about sexual orientatn and genr inty that is not “age appropriate or velopmentally appropriate” for children, would likely force LGBTQ+ stunts further to the closet and stigmatize the experienc of people who are not heterosexual or cisgenr.
The son of a pastor South Florida, the hman state senator prevly served three terms the state Hoe of Reprentativ, but did not publicly e out as gay until 2018, when he was 34. Geia this week troduced s own “Don’t Say Gay” bill, though s fate is far ls certa.
TAMMY BALDW, WHO IS GAY, NONTED MAR RUB ABOUT LLG SAME-SEX MARRIAGE VOTE A ‘STUPID WASTE OF TIME’
You see bills like the ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill bee there’s jt not enough LGBTQ reprentatn stg at the table. FLORIDA’S ‘DON’T SAY GAY BILL’ HEADS TO DESANTIS’S DESK. DISNEY CEO ADDRESSES SILENCE ON FLORIDA ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL.
'Shocked': Gay senator nonted Rub as he lled bill 'stupid waste of time' elevator. Tammy Baldw, the Wisns Democrat who is also the first known gay polician elected to the US Senate. The bill, which some opponents have lled "Don't Say Gay, " was signed by DeSantis on Monday.
FLORIDA'S ERNOR SIGNS NTROVERSIAL LAW OPPONENTS DUBBED 'DON'T SAY GAY'
The "Don't Say Gay" moniker om crics of the measure who blast this ia and sist this policy will hurt LGBTQ children. "Florida's HB 1557, also known as the 'Don't Say Gay' bill, should never have passed and should never have been signed to law, " the statement read. A gay Florida lawmaker spoke out last week ahead of the passage of the state's ntroversial Parental Rights Edutn bill — nounced as "Don't Say Gay" by LGBTQ activists — offerg a personal take on how might affect stunts.
Democrat Shevr Jon is Florida's first openly gay state senator. Jon grew pecially emotnal when speakg about a book wrten by his dad and published jt weeks ago, which his father exprsed "disappotment" at learng that he was gay.
Perhaps the most ntroversial of DeSantis' mov erng tn has been his vol support of the so-lled "Don't Say Gay" law. You never know if the people hopped up on that transphobic hysteria that the ernor keeps pumpg out are the same on that are gog to show up to an event that you’re at.”Wolf had sought refuge Florida 15 years ago when he was done wh ral Oregon, the childhood home where he suffered embedd racism and homophobia on a daily basis.
FLORIDA'S FIRST OPENLY GAY STATE SENATOR SPEAKS OUT ON 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL
Among his motivatns for wrg the book was to reclaim tersectnaly om DeSantis and others on the right who seek to hijack .He explas: “I wanted to give a human flavour to what tersectnaly actually looks and feels like and what feels like to experience racism and homophobia at the same time.
Growg up a nservative majory whe town was difficult bee the same kid who would ll me the N-word on one day would ll me a homophobic slur on another day and I was nstantly navigatg the tersectns of those two thgs.“At the same time, I was stg around a dner table wh my fay, who was also nservative and whe, and there were jt moments where we were never gog to unrstand each other.“Although I had a roof over my head, a warm place to lay my head every night, jt didn’t ever feel like home and that n be isolatg for a young person and ultimately that’s what drove me to move 3,000 om home.”Wolf’s book has been praised for s raw honty and vulnerabily.
Last month DeSantis’s mpaign released an anti-LGBTQ+ vio assailg Tmp for his past support of gay and transgenr people.Wolf ments: “It is a sry time to be not jt LGBTQ but LGBTQ and Black this state and ultimately that’s the tent.
FLORIDA HOE OF REPRENTATIV PASS 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL
Governor Ron DeSantis has dited support for the bill - dubbed "Don't Say Gay" by crics - which now mov to the State DeSantis and others say the measure will empower parents to be more engaged their children's activists and parents warn uld stigmatise and isolate LGBT ban on discsg LGBT topics will apply largely to sex tn at the primary gra levels, but also when "not age-appropriate or velopmentally appropriate for stunts".
‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL: FLORIDA SENATE PASS LAW MARGALIZG LGBTQ+ PEOPLE
Crics protted last weekend agast an amendment to the bill that would require schools to "out" - disclose a stunt's sexual orientatn - to parents wh six Reprentative Joe Hardg whdrew the proposal on Tuday, sayg he would foc on the bill self "rather than battle misrmatn related to the amendment" laws that ban or nstra the discsn of LGBT life classrooms - sometim referred to as "no promo homo" laws - are not unmon the US. Acrdg to Clifford Rosky, a law profsor at the Universy of Utah, anti-gay curriculum laws currently exist as many as 20 Florida bill go a step further, allowg parents to directly sue schools districts and seek damag if they believe an tor has broken the is a nod to last year's abortn bill passed Texas, which permted private cizens to sue anybody volved wh an abortn takg place the on this story. 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+ 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 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.
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!
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.
FLORIDA HOE PASS NTROVERSIAL MEASURE DUBBED THE 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL BY CRICS
Carlos Smh speaks agast HB 1577, dubbed the "Don't Say Gay" bill by crics, earlier this month Tallahassee, Fla.
Opponents — many of whom have taken to llg the measure the "Don't Say Gay" bill — say will make life harr for LGBTQ youth, who already face a higher rate of bullyg and a higher risk of suici than their straight, cisgenr peers. "As expected, the #DontSayGayBill jt passed the Florida Hoe, but SEVEN Republins crossed party l to vote agast , " Rep. Echog DeSantis, proponents of the Parental Rights Edutn bill — dubbed by crics as the "Don't Say Gay" bill — argue that discsns about LGBTQ issu are "not age-appropriate" for followg the ernor’s ments, a nearly intil state Senate versn of the bill passed Florida’s Senate Edutn Commtee on Tuday along party the measure's opponents ntend the bill would be trimental to the mental health of the state's LGBTQ children and teachers, preventg them om openly talkg about themselv and their fai.
However, Solomon — who attend a prott agast the bill last week Wilton Manors, a gay enclave about 30 north of Miami — worri for fai livg Florida's ral muni. Simultaneoly, seven stat — California, Colorado, Connecticut, Illois, Nevada, New Jersey and Oregon — have laws that require the curriculum to be clive of LGBTQ people, acrdg to the advocy Solomon thks that lawmakers like DeSantis are advotg for legislatn like the "Don't Say Gay" bill "bee they were born another time. Florida's Hoe of Reprentativ passed a bill Thursday that would prohib "classroom discsn about sexual orientatn or genr inty" the state’s primary legislatn — tled the Parental Rights Edutn bill but dubbed by crics the "Don’t Say Gay" bill — heads to the state's Republin-held Senate, where is expected to pass.
FLORIDA GOV. RON DESANTIS SIGNALS SUPPORT FOR 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL
" Hardg has repeatedly strsed that the bill would not prohib stunts om talkg about their LGBTQ fai or bar classroom discsns about LGBTQ history, cludg events like the 2016 attack on the Pulse nightclub, a gay club crics have said the broad language of the legislatn uld open districts to lawsus om parents who believe any nversatn about LGBTQ people or issu to be an impassned speech on the Hoe floor Thursday, Rep. Carlos Guillermo Smh, a Democrat who is gay, told lawmakers that he purposefully wore a rabow Pri ribbon upsi down on his lapel "as a symbol that LGBTQ muny Florida is distrs. " In addn to the “Don’t Say Gay” bill Florida, 15 other bills are unr nsiratn eight stat that would lim speech about LGBTQ inti classrooms, acrdg to PEN Amerin, a nonprof group that advot for ee speech.
FLORIDA HOE PASS 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL
Three stat passed siar bills last year — monly referred to as "no promo homo" laws — that allow parents to opt stunts out of any lson or ursework that mentns sexual orientatn or genr inty, acrdg to GLSEN, an advocy group that aims to end LGBTQ discrimatn tn.
‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL: FLORIDA SENATE PASS NTROVERSIAL LGBTQ SCHOOL MEASURE
Print Joe Bin has prevly rebed Florida's "Don't Say Gay" bill, vowg to "fight for the protectns and safety" of LGBTQ youths.
The measure, dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” bill by s opponents, was passed by the state Hoe last month and now heads to Republin Gov. Parents n sue school districts for alleged a tearful addrs to the Senate on Monday, Democrat Shevr Jon, the first openly gay Florida state senator, urged his lleagu to narrow the bill’s language to say stctn should not be “tend to change a stunt’s sexual orientatn or genr inty. ”“I ask that you open up your hearts jt a tad b, ” he said, notg the name-llg and shunng he had faced as a gay man.
The Parental Rights Edutn bill, dubbed the "Don't Say Gay" bill by LGBTQ activists, has now been passed by both the Florida Senate and Hoe. LGBTQ advot march at a rally at Walt Disney World Orlando, Fla., to urge the pany to publicly oppose what they ll the "Don't Say Gay" that aims to lim stctn of genr inty and sexual orientatn schools. Parental Rights Edutn is the official name of the bill, but crics have dubbed the "Don't Say Gay" bill, argug that would make life at school harr for LGBTQ kids.
'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL PASS FLORIDA SENATE
Dennis Baxley, have said that their foc is on classroom stctn, and that the bill do not actually prevent the word "gay" om beg said schools. "Here you've got a bill that don't e the term gay that the media has taken and advertis as a 'Don't say gay bill, ' and there's nothg about that the bill except extrapolatg a missn that they're on, " Baxley said. "She lled a groomg bill, meang that gay people or teachers talkg about gayns are pedophil and are groomg children for moltatn, " Democratic State Sen.
Florida legislators nsirg "Don't Say Gay" bill that would bar LGBTQ discsns schools.
FLORIDA SENATE PASS A NTROVERSIAL SCHOOLS BILL LABELED 'DON'T SAY GAY' BY CRICS
The state's Senate and Hoe have proposed the Parental Rights Edutn bills — monly referred to the "Don't Say Gay" bills by crics — which would apply to such topics primary gra levels, as well as s where the discsns are emed "not age-appropriate. " Ock, the print of her schools' Gay-Straight Alliance, said she first me out as lbian when she was 11 years old, and that havg support om her seventh gra English teacher at that time helped her bee more vol and open about her inty. A 2019 survey om The Gay, Lbian and Straight Edutn Network (GLSEN) found that the school climate Florida is "not safe" for most LGBTQ stunts as is.
Supporters gather for a Safe Schools South Florida & Friends rally to ph back agast the so-lled "Don't Say Gay" bill (HB 1557/SB 1834) at the Pri Center Wilton Manors on Feb. "It will stop teachers and schools om talkg to kids about LGBTQ issu and will stop them om talkg about gay issu among themselv.