Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill is one of many aimg ‘to lock LGBTQ+ topics on the wrong si of the schoolhoe gate’
Contents:
- HERE’S WHAT FLORIDA’S ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ AND ANTI-'WOKE’ BILLS ACTUALLY SAY
- FLORIDA'S 'DON'T SAY GAY' (HB1557) EXPAND TO ALL GRAS. EVERYTHG YOU NEED TO KNOW:
- FLORIDA SET TO DRAMATILLY EXPAND ITS 'DON'T SAY GAY' LAWS. HERE'S WHAT THEY WILL DO
- FLORIDA’S ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ LAW MAY SOUND VAGUE – BUT S PURPOSE IS CLEAR
- ‘IT’S HAD A CHILLG EFFECT’: FLORIDA TEACHERS ANX ABOUT ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL
- AS 'DON'T SAY GAY' AND SIAR BILLS TAKE HOLD, LGBTQ YOUTHS FEEL THEY'RE 'GETTG CSHED'
HERE’S WHAT FLORIDA’S ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ AND ANTI-'WOKE’ BILLS ACTUALLY SAY
‘Don’t say gay’ vs. But crics nicknamed HB 1557 the "don’t say gay" bill, warng isn’t necsary and mak some stunts feel unsafe by sglg out LGBTQ material as dangero and appropriate. Dennis Baxley, R-Ola, the bill’s Senate sponsor who said he was addrsg "social engeerg" that uld rult more children intifyg as gay or transgenr.
The guidance clus fns of terms related to sexual orientatn and genr inty — cludg gay, lbian and transgenr — that teachers are enuraged to e when applible.
FLORIDA'S 'DON'T SAY GAY' (HB1557) EXPAND TO ALL GRAS. EVERYTHG YOU NEED TO KNOW:
The word ‘gay’ is not banned Florida. People on Facebook and Twter have said that Florida Republins want to ban the word "gay" school. "GOP's 2022 platform: Ban books, Ban abortn, Ban Black history, Ban transgenr teens, Ban sayg ‘gay’ and Ban votg, " said Dean Obeidallah, a left-leang rad host and edian, on March 11.
On SNL’s "Weekend Update" segment, anchor Col Jost told st member Kate McKnon, who is gay, that the bill "means that you n't acknowledge that 'gay' exists at all. " McKnon then slammed the legislatn, sayg, "I am eply gay — sorry, eply ncerned.
FLORIDA SET TO DRAMATILLY EXPAND ITS 'DON'T SAY GAY' LAWS. HERE'S WHAT THEY WILL DO
It jt seems like this is gog to make kids gay and trans — sorry, prsed and suicidal.
The claims n largely be attributed to the legislatn’s "don’t say gay" nickname, ed by Equaly Florida. The legislatn do not lerally prohib Floridians om sayg the word "gay, " but do prohib classroom stctn on "sexual orientatn or genr inty.
Tampa Bay Tim, Republins ma chang to ‘don’t say gay’ bill. Tampa Bay Tim, Florida’s ‘don’t say gay’ bill passed, head to DeSantis amid stunt protts, March 8, 2022.
FLORIDA’S ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ LAW MAY SOUND VAGUE – BUT S PURPOSE IS CLEAR
’ Miami teachers react to passg of ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill, March 10, 2022. Florida’s legislature passed ntroversial bills the past two weeks affectg nversatns about race and racism the classroom, as well as rtrictg younger stunts’ accs to lsons on sexual orientatn and genr bills—wily referred to as an anti-"woke” bill and a “Don’t Say Gay” bill—have been vered extensively natnal media and even late night televisn.
‘IT’S HAD A CHILLG EFFECT’: FLORIDA TEACHERS ANX ABOUT ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL
The ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill. Formal Tle: ‘Parental Rights Edutn’ billLegislative History: Called the “Don’t Say Gay” bill by s crics, the measurewas passed by the Florida legislature March 8 and awas signature by Gov.
AS 'DON'T SAY GAY' AND SIAR BILLS TAKE HOLD, LGBTQ YOUTHS FEEL THEY'RE 'GETTG CSHED'
If schools vlate any of the requirements, parents n file official plats wh the partment of tn or lawsus agast the don’t do: Dpe the term “Don’t Say Gay, ” ed by crics of the bill, do not mentn the term “gay” or the LGBTQ+ muny by name.
Nor do prohib stunts at any gra level om talkg about their LGBTQ+ fay members or themselv, or acknowledgg the existence of gay people, as some crics of the bill have claimed. A versn of this article appeared the April 06, 2022 edn of Edutn Week as Insi Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ and Anti-‘Woke’ Measur. Florida’s ntroversial Parental Rights Edutn Act, also lled the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, has been expand to now clu fourth through 12th gras.
Ron DeSantis and is expected to go to effect after a procral notice perd of about a ’s what you need to know about the bill’s expansn:What is Florida’s "Don’t Say Gay" law (HB 1557)?