Whe Hoe is spreadg li about the 'Don't Say Gay' bill

Contents:

• NEW YORK CY LNCH AD MPAIGN NOUNCG FLORIDA’S ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ LAW
• WHAT DO ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ ACTUALLY SAY?
• WHAT FLORIDA’S ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ LAW REALLY MEANS
• ZELD HTS AT NEW YORK VERSN OF “DON’T SAY GAY” BILL
• WHAT THE SCIENCE SAYS ABOUT ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ AND YOUNG PEOPLE
• THE ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL IS WORSE THAN IT SOUNDS
• THE WHE HOE IS SPREADG VILE LI ABOUT THE ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL
• STRICTLY LEGAL: SU OVER 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL FAILS
• IN SOME STAT, VERSNS OF ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILLS HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR AWHILE
• NYC SHOWS 'TE COLORS' CAMPAIGN DENOUNCG 'DON'T SAY GAY' LAW AND INVG FLORIDIANS TO MOVE

NEW YORK CY LNCH AD MPAIGN NOUNCG FLORIDA’S ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ LAW

New York Cy will lnch an ad mpaign Florida nouncg a new law that opponents have dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” law. What opponents are llg the “Don’t Say Gay” law has gotten the attentn of other stat across the untry. So, I happen to feel and I tweeted an opn about the ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill Florida.

Gen Z stunts had anized walk outs across the untry support of the LGBTQ muny and LGBTQ stunts often chantg “We Say Gay.

WHAT DO ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ ACTUALLY SAY?

Today, we have an analysis of a piece of tn legislatn Florida that crics have referred to as the “Don’t Say Gay” we have news of our own: We’re makg some chang to the Edutn Briefg. See below for Asenc-Rhe/Tampa Bay Tim, via Associated PrsA close read of ‘Don’t Say Gay’Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida is expected to sign Hoe Bill 1557, a proposed law that supporters ll the “Parental Rights Edutn” bill and opponents refer to as the “Don’t Say Gay” lleague Dana Goldste has done a close readg of the bill self, which is about much more than gay rights.

WHAT FLORIDA’S ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ LAW REALLY MEANS

Sentence has earned the bill the “Don’t Say Gay” nickname:L 97-101: Classroom stctn by school personnel or third parti on sexual orientatn or genr inty may not occur krgarten through gra 3 or a manner that is not age appropriate or velopmentally appropriate for stunts acrdance wh state impact is clear enough: Instctn on genr and sexualy would be nstraed all gras. That uld disurage a teacher om speakg about gay fai wh the whole class, even if some stunts have gay bill also targets mental health and unselg servic — a place where stunts often have difficult nversatns about genr inty and sexualy, pecially if they stggle to talk about those nversatns at as Florida revis s school unselg standards, adopted 2010, which affirm genr and sexual diversy unselg.

Suatns like Ltlejohn’s would now be prevented by Florida’s Parental Rights Edutn Act — dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay Bill” by s opponents — a provisn largely ignored by the media when was first troduced January 2022. Instead, when he gave his speech May 2022, he ed his curly hair as a phemism for beg gay as he cricized the bill. The Florida Edutn Associatn unn has sce issued updated guidance for teachers statg they n display fay photos, rabow flags, safe-space stickers, and affiliatns wh Gay-Straight Alliance clubs.

AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTGut EssayHigh school stunts Tampa, Fla., prottg the “Don’t Say Gay” law last Jon/RtersNathaniel FrankDr.

ZELD HTS AT NEW YORK VERSN OF “DON’T SAY GAY” BILL

Now the “Don’t Say Gay” law will also apply to stunts gras four to the law might appear to be jt about allowg parents a say their children’s tn — now up to high school graduatn — s breadth and vaguens have a chillg effect on what stunts and teachers thk they n say about sexual orientatn and genr inty. Gag le: the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy that banned ary members om sayg they were gay.

As wh “Don’t Say Gay” laws, proponents of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” promised to protect the rights, privacy and digny of people on all sis of the ght bate around sexualy.

Sce 2021, versns of the “Don’t Say Gay” law have been troduced 24 state legislatur. ” They found that the policy hamstng lears by forcg them to choose between followg the law and fully tendg to their subordat, ma harr for gay service members to obta psychologil re and unrmed stutnal tst by forcg troops to lie to one speech rtrictns that don’t directly ban g out are sure to reproduce this rrosive dynamic by impedg the sort of ee and thentic exchang between stunts and teachers that are val to cultivatg tstg relatnships and hive learng, one of the reasons “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” was so harmful was that penalizg exprsn — through direct or direct prsure to self-police how one appears to others — harms both personal health and social hn. ” Yet “Don’t Say Gay” laws threaten the future of the clubs and support groups that often serve as the only safe spac for stunts to e out.

WHAT THE SCIENCE SAYS ABOUT ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Stunts who experienced hostily and anti-gay victimizatn “reported higher levels of substance e, suicidaly and sexual risk behavrs. High school stunts 34 Oregon unti and found that suici attempts were “20 percent greater unsupportive environments pared to supportive environments, ” stark evince of the difference ma by gay-iendly genr inty and exprsn have bee ground zero of the culture wars, transgenr and genr-nonnformg youth have experienced particularly hostile climat, evinced by outright bans on transn-related health re.

A versn of this article appears prt on, Sectn A, Page 21 of the New York edn wh the headle: ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Will Harm Young People. Members and supporters of the LGBTQ+ muny attend the “Say Gay Anyway” rally Miami Beach on March 13. “Everyone knows I’m gay, but as long as I don’t talk about , ’s okay.

“It would be very easy for a parent to say, ‘There’s my dyke teacher teachg my kid to be gay, ’ and sue the school. Nicknamed “Don’t Say Gay” by opponents, the legislatn prohibs any discsn of LGBTQ+ sexualy or genr the classroom and empowers parents to sue for vlatns. While “Don’t Say Gay” is a tchy phrase that’s had the tend effect of drawg attentn to the bill, which is expected to be signed to law by Governor Ron DeSantis any day now, the legislatn is much worse than sounds.

THE ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL IS WORSE THAN IT SOUNDS

“‘Don’t Say Gay’ has a ‘sticks’ that helps stay people’s heads, but don’t nvey the full harm that this bill would e, ” says Ross Murray, the vice-print of the GLAAD Media Instute. Really, ’s the “Don’t Discs Anythg About Queer or Trans Existence and Don’t Counsel Trans or Gay Kids (Instead, You Mt Out Them to Their Parents) or Else Parents Can Force a State Invtigatn of the School, Get Money Damag, and Probably Get You Fired” bill. A trans kid who n’t talk about their genr inty at home, a closeted gay kid a nservative Christian fay — all public-school unselors would be required by law to out them to their parents, who may be unsupportive or abive.

If one of Eckhoff’s stunts says she discsed gay marriage class, the stunt’s parents n requt that a special magistrate vtigate the allegatn — at the school’s expense — wh the vtigatn to be submted to the state’s board of tn. That might entail removg books om the library, stutg gag l, endg discsns of sexual orientatn sex-ed class, curtailg faculty advisg of gay-straight allianc, and, whout a doubt, barrg LGBTQ+ teachers’ personal statements of any kd about themselv, their kids, or their fai.

At least public schools, gay-iendly enclav would be extguished. The bat around the bill have been a shockg throwback to the anti-gay csas of the 1970s wh nservativ stg gay people as child molters and opponents of the bill as groomers of children to be gay or trans.

THE WHE HOE IS SPREADG VILE LI ABOUT THE ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL

“When I first saw the headle ‘Don’t Say Gay, ’ I thought, I might lose my job over this, ” she says. It’s about elimatg any safe space for LGBTQ+ kids the entire state — no public school Tampa or Miami or Fort Lrdale or anywhere else would be okay to be gay, trans, or simply open about onelf or one’s fay.

This bill isn’t “Don’t Say Gay. ” It’s don’t be gay or trans. Is AP Psychology ‘Banned’ Florida Due to ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Law?

STRICTLY LEGAL: SU OVER 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL FAILS

The ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Bill Is Even Worse Than It Sounds.

IN SOME STAT, VERSNS OF ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILLS HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR AWHILE

Psaki said Print Bin is as horrified as she is about the legislatn, which Democrats ll the “Don’t Say Gay” bill.

NYC SHOWS 'TE COLORS' CAMPAIGN DENOUNCG 'DON'T SAY GAY' LAW AND INVG FLORIDIANS TO MOVE

Takg his cue, every idt Democrat, woke rporate and Hollywood celebry has malicly characterized the bill as “anti-gay. Florida Senate Democrats lked arms and marched around nonsensilly chantg, “Gay, gay, gay, gay, gay!