Tennsee Lawmaker Reviv State's 'Don't Say Gay' Bill for Schools

Contents:

• THK FLORIDA’S DON’T SAY GAY BILL IS BAD? TENNSEE IS CONSIRG ONE THAT’S WORSE.
• DERAILED "DON'T SAY GAY" BILL TN SHOWS HOW YOUR VOICE
• HARSHER VERSN OF TENNSEE “DON’T SAY GAY” BILL RE-INTRODUCED
• TENNSEE’S “DON’T SAY GAY” BILL IGN NATNAL CONTROVERSY
• GLSEN CONMNS RETRODUCTN OF TENNSEE'S "DON'T SAY GAY
• HERE'S WHAT FLORIDA'S 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL WOULD DO AND WHAT WOULDN'T DO
• STOP THE DON’T SAY GAY BILL THE TENNSEE STATE SENATESTOP THE DON’T SAY GAY BILL THE TENNSEE STATE SENATE
• WHAT'S THE SO-LLED DON'T SAY GAY BILL THAT ULD IMPACT THE WHOLE UNTRY
• FLORIDA'S ERNOR SIGNS NTROVERSIAL LAW OPPONENTS DUBBED 'DON'T SAY GAY'
• TENNESSEE’S “DON’T SAY GAY” BILL REVIVED
• VOTE ON TENNSEE 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL LAYED FOR UP TO THREE WEEKS
• TENNSEE LAWMAKERS INTRODUCE THEIR OWN ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL

THK FLORIDA’S DON’T SAY GAY BILL IS BAD? TENNSEE IS CONSIRG ONE THAT’S WORSE.

Florida's "Don't Say Gay" bills are gettg a lot of natnal attentn, but Tennsee state Rep. " Advot had prevly noted that Florida's "Don't Say Gay" bills would be bellweathers for other stat, and the succs there uld enurage other policians to make siar mov their Tennsee, a list of the pendg bills is available on the Tennsee Equaly Project's Your Se ArticlTennsee Close to Banng Genr-Affirmg Care for Youth ›GOP Lt.

Governor Adms to Complementg Nearly Nu Photos of Gay Man ›Big Mic Stars Jo LGBTQ+ ‘Love Risg’ Benef Concert Tennsee ›Gay Instagrammer: Tennsee Lt. Florida’s Don’t Say Gay bill (passed by both ho of the legislature) is bad. shall not lolly adopt or e the public schools of this state, textbooks and stctnal materials or supplemental stctnal materials that promote, normalize, support, or addrs lbian, gay, bi-sexual, or transgenr (LGBT) issu or liftyl.

DERAILED "DON'T SAY GAY" BILL TN SHOWS HOW YOUR VOICE

Classics like The Sun Also Ris clu gay characters; mt they all be thrown out?

A gay, 18-year-old high school senr will have to register for selective service, and they n vote electns, but they would not be able to mentn their gay inty as part of a class project. Florida’s Don’t Say Gay bill will almost certaly end up urt, where s fate remas to be seen. A proposed law to prohib discsn of any sexual orientatn Tennsee schools other than heterosexualy, sometim lled "No Promo Homo" laws, was sentially killed for another year yterday.

HB0821, also lled the "Don’t Say Gay" bill, would prevent Tennsee teachers and schools om discsg sexual orientatn other than heterosexualy.

HARSHER VERSN OF TENNSEE “DON’T SAY GAY” BILL RE-INTRODUCED

On Wednday, the Tennsee K-12 Submtee cid not to take up the bill, which should kill the "Don’t Say Gay" bill for at least another year. NASHVILLE – A Tennsee state senator has troduced a revamped versn of last year’s so-lled “Don’t Say Gay” bill that plac LGBT stunts at risk and lims teachers’ and unselors’ ee speech. The bill seeks to prohib discsn about sexual orientatn Tennsee public elementary and middle schools, and uld require school staff to rm parents if their child is gay or lbian.

On Sunday, May 20, 2011, the Tennsee State Senate passed bill SB0049, also known as the “Don't Say Gay” bill, that would outlaw any discsns on homosexualy classrooms om krgarten to eighth gra. SB0049 has attracted natnal attentn om celebri, cludg Gee Takei, and ntu to generate discsn natnally, spurred by the efforts of anizatns, cludg the Courage Campaign, a California-based LGBT group that has lnched the “Don't Say Gay?

TENNSEE’S “DON’T SAY GAY” BILL IGN NATNAL CONTROVERSY

Hicks now serv as the chair of TEPF's Safe Schools Commtee and has formally lnched the “It's Okay To Say Gay” Campaign. Even as a straight person, I was often lled fag, queer and gayfer.

NEW YORK - The Gay, Lbian & Straight Edutn Network (GLSEN) and s Middle Tennsee and East Tennsee chapters nmned the retroductn of the so-lled "Don't Say Gay" bill (SB 234) the Tennsee state legislature. The bill would prohib tors om discsg lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr (LGBT) issu the classroom.

Acrdg to a Tennsee rearch brief based on data om GLSEN's 2009 Natnal School Climate Survey, nearly all (98%) LGBT stunts Tennsee heard "gay" ed a negative way (e. G., "that's so gay") and nearly all (98%) heard other homophobic remarks (e.

GLSEN CONMNS RETRODUCTN OF TENNSEE'S "DON'T SAY GAY

"But this bill would further distance my gay son om havg any accs to supportive tors his life, creatg a greater sense of anxiety and fear.

If passed, Tennsee would bee the nth state the untry to pass a "No Promo Homo" law that exprsly forbids school personnel om discsg gay and transgenr issu, cludg sexual health and HIV/AIDS awarens school.

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

GLSEN, the Gay, Lbian & Straight Edutn Network, is the leadg natnal tn anizatn foced on ensurg safe schools for all stunts.

STOP THE DON’T SAY GAY BILL THE TENNSEE STATE SENATESTOP THE DON’T SAY GAY BILL THE TENNSEE STATE SENATE

But Florida’s Parental Rights Edutn act — which crics have dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” bill — has sudnly sparked a natnal war of recent weeks, lears of global rporatns, edorial boards of major newspapers and Hollywood actors have all weighed on the proposed legislatn, wh some llg “eply disturbg” and others “nonntroversial. ” Conversely, opponents say would unfairly target the LGBTQ muny — particularly gay and trans stunts — and is “pretendg to solve a problem that don’t exist. For starters, cricism that the “Don’t Say Gay” bill do not fact say “gay” anywhere s text is te.

WHAT'S THE SO-LLED DON'T SAY GAY BILL THAT ULD IMPACT THE WHOLE UNTRY

The bill, which passed Florida’s Senate last week and the state’s Hoe of Reprentativ Febary, do, however, nta the terms “sexual orientatn” and “genr inty, ” each legal experts say that whether the bill prohibs the word “gay” self is a “distractn.

FLORIDA'S ERNOR SIGNS NTROVERSIAL LAW OPPONENTS DUBBED 'DON'T SAY GAY'

“The ‘Don’t Say Gay’ moniker is a moniker about a certa polil amg of this suatn. ”Beyond brandg, a re argument over the bill centers around whether would prohib the “stctn” or “discsn” of sexual bill’s sponsors have emphatilly stated 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 adly attack on the Pulse nightclub, a gay club Orlando.

Good Wednday to you!Today, we have an analysis of a piece of tn legislatn Florida that crics have referred to as the “Don’t Say Gay” bill.And we have news of our own: We’re makg some chang to the Edutn Briefg. See below for tails.ImageCred...Martha 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” bill.My lleague Dana Goldste has done a close readg of the bill self, which is about much more than gay rights.

Issu.One 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 standards.The impact is clear enough: Instctn on genr and sexualy would be nstraed all gras.

TENNESSEE’S “DON’T SAY GAY” BILL REVIVED

That uld disurage a teacher om speakg about gay fai wh the whole class, even if some stunts have gay parents.The 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 home.It as Florida revis s school unselg standards, adopted 2010, which affirm genr and sexual diversy unselg. On Thursday, April 20, the State Senate Edutn Commtee remend passage of Senator Stacey Campfield’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill (SB049) the Senate Edutn Commtee.

Tennsee’s approved curriculum guil clu no stctn on homosexualy the gras K-8. How much will st the State of Tennsee to fend Don’t Say Gay when challenged urt on First Amendment ee speech grounds? Don’t Say Gay will tie the hands of school unselors, school psychologists, teachers, prcipals and other school employe protectg our children.

Early tectn of the signs of prsn n help prevent suicis among lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr youth. The Don’t Say Gay bill uld mean ath to LGBT or qutng youth Tennsee.

VOTE ON TENNSEE 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL LAYED FOR UP TO THREE WEEKS

This bill is simply a ploy to troduce bias toward lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr people Tennsee schools.

Contact Tennsee State Senators and tell them to VOTE NO on the Don’t Say Gay bill. Demonstrators gather on the steps of the Florida Historic Capol Mm ont of the Florida State Capol March Tallahassee, Fla, prottg what opponents ll the "Don't Say Gay" bill.

TENNSEE LAWMAKERS INTRODUCE THEIR OWN ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL

Hoe Republins have troduced legislatn that some crics are scribg as a natnal "Don't Say Gay" bill – spired by the ntroversial Florida law that bans stctn on genr inty and sexual orientatn krgarten through third gra class. " Crics of the measure dubbed the Florida law "Don't Say Gay" and argue that s tent is to margalize LGBTQ people and their fai. A feral 'Don't Say Gay or Trans' bill...

Activist Er Reed, who tracks anti-transgenr legislatn, argu that the parison to a "Don't Say Gay" bill mimiz the potential effects of this proposed legislatn.