THE BEST Orange County Gay Clubs & Bars (Updated 2023)

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• AS FLORIDA'S 'DON'T SAY GAY' LAW TAK EFFECT, SCHOOLS ROLL OUT LGBTQ RTRICTNS
• TAMRA JUDGE CALLS 'RHOC' COSTARS 'HOMOPHOBIC BULLI' AS SHE SLAMS THEM FOR CLAIMG HER HBAND IS GAY
• THE BEST ORANGE COUNTY GAY CLUBS & BARSSEE ALL THGS TO DOGAY CLUBS & BARS ORANGE COUNTY
• TEACHERS VOICE NCERNS AFTER ORANGE COUNTY PREVIEWS ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ IMPACT TO CLASSROOMSBY NICK PAPANTONIS, JUNE 27, 2022 AT 11:31 PM EDTBY NICK PAPANTONIS, JUNE 27, 2022 AT 11:31 PM EDTORANGE COUNTY, FLA. — REPRENTATIV FOR ORANGE COUNTY TEACHERS SOUND ALARM BELLS MONDAY AFTER WORD SPREAD OM PRCIPALS THAT ORANGE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS WOULD IMPOSE STRICT RTRICTNS ON CLASSROOM BEHAVR AFTER FLORIDA’S NEW PARENTAL RIGHTS EDUTN LAW, A.K.A THE “DON’T SAY GAY” LAW, TOOK EFFECT.>>> STREAM CHANNEL 9 EYEWITNESS NEWS LIVE <<<
• THE RISE AND FALL OF LAGUNA BEACH, A GAY CALIFORNIA HOTSPOT
• GAY ORANGE COUNTY TRAVEL GUI

AS FLORIDA'S 'DON'T SAY GAY' LAW TAK EFFECT, SCHOOLS ROLL OUT LGBTQ RTRICTNS

We have programs for senrs, gay, lbian, trans, youth, and those livg wh HIV. As Florida’s Parental Rights Edutn law — or what crics have dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” law — go to effect Friday, some of the state’s public school districts have begun rollg out new polici to lim LGBTQ issu and inti om beg discsed the Tuday night, the Leon County School Board unanimoly approved s “LGBTQ Inclive School Gui, ” which clus a provisn to alert parents if a stunt who is “open about their genr inty” is their child’s physil tn class or wh them on an overnight school trip.

Clifford / AP fileThe so-lled Don’t Say Gay law, HB 1557, bans “stctn” about sexual orientatn or genr inty “ krgarten through gra 3 or a manner that is not age appropriate or velopmentally appropriate for stunts acrdance wh state standards. ” A provisn the law also requir school staff members to alert parents about “cril cisns affectg a stunt’s mental, emotnal, or physil health or well-beg, ” which many advot have terpreted as a way to force tors to out their gay or trans stunts.

They have also ntend that will not prohib teachers and stunts om talkg about their LGBTQ fai or bar classroom discsns about LGBTQ history, cludg events like the 2016 attack at the Pulse gay nightclub crics and legal experts have said the broad language of the law uld open school districts and teachers to lawsus om parents who believe any nversatn about LGBTQ people or issu is “not age appropriate. Carlos Smh, a Democrat who is gay and has been an outspoken cric of the new law, said he was “not surprised” that schools the state were announcg the polici and guil. “What’s happeng right now — wh the censorship of rabow flags and school districts preparg to basilly ph LGBTQ stunts and teachers to the closet — is exactly what we said would happen wh the ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law.

TAMRA JUDGE CALLS 'RHOC' COSTARS 'HOMOPHOBIC BULLI' AS SHE SLAMS THEM FOR CLAIMG HER HBAND IS GAY

"Members and supporters of the LGBTQ muny at the "Say Gay Anyway" rally Miami Beach, Fla., on March 13.

Chandan Khanna / AFP via Getty Imag fileFive other stat — all of them the South — have enacted laws that lim stctn or discsns about LGBTQ people or issu school, and at least 32 others have proposed such measur this year, acrdg to acrdg to the Movement Advancement Project, an LGBTQ thk tank that has been trackg the strsed that the polici will have nsequenc for lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer stunts, potg to the disproportnately high rat of suici attempts among the untry’s LGBTQ youths.

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”In Palm Beach County, Woods, who is gay, said that after they received the qutnnaire om school officials to flag urse material or books wh LGBTQ referenc, many of his lleagu are nervo they’ll be reprimand if they miss somethg. Men Alive, the Orange County Gay Men’s Chos is buildg bridg to the public at large, entertag and lightg dienc, and spreadg harmony, goodwill and a msage of acceptance to all. Theatre Out prents works by gay and lbian playwrights, as well as piec about the gay and lbian muny, and striv to explore both the classics that shaped our history and the new works that are ntug to form, exame and rhape our culture.

Surf and Sun Softball’s goal is to provi a gay-iendly atmosphere for softball players and their fans. While many simply play for fun, Surf and Sun Softball’s affiliatn wh North Amerin Gay Amatr Athletics Alliance and Amatr Sports Alliance of North Ameri allows teams our league to participate the World Seri Tournament. Orange County Frontnners is a nng group that is affiliated wh the Internatnal Frontnners anizatn which promot the sports of nng, walkg and related athletic activi for gays, lbians, bisexuals and transgenrs and their supporters.

TEACHERS VOICE NCERNS AFTER ORANGE COUNTY PREVIEWS ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ IMPACT TO CLASSROOMSBY NICK PAPANTONIS, JUNE 27, 2022 AT 11:31 PM EDTBY NICK PAPANTONIS, JUNE 27, 2022 AT 11:31 PM EDTORANGE COUNTY, FLA. — REPRENTATIV FOR ORANGE COUNTY TEACHERS SOUND ALARM BELLS MONDAY AFTER WORD SPREAD OM PRCIPALS THAT ORANGE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS WOULD IMPOSE STRICT RTRICTNS ON CLASSROOM BEHAVR AFTER FLORIDA’S NEW PARENTAL RIGHTS EDUTN LAW, A.K.A THE “DON’T SAY GAY” LAW, TOOK EFFECT.>>> STREAM CHANNEL 9 EYEWITNESS NEWS LIVE <<<

Great Outdoors is an alternative place where Gay, Lbian, Bi-sexual and Transgenr people uld meet and socialize outsi of the bars. This all volunteer anizatn aims to “troduce the gay world to the phenomena of mpg, hikg, gettg dirty”. Gay for Good.

Gay for Good aims to energize and mobilize the LGBTQ muny to teract wh the greater muny by volunteerg time to var social welfare and environmental service projects. Gay For Good Orange County selects a different non-prof to donate our time for a muny service project. » Vis Gay for Good.

OCmeetup promot gay-iendly hangouts and activi throughout Orange County Cal. OCMeetup is a gay-iendly group, not jt a gay group, and we wele everyone regardls of their about the next meetup. The Orange County Lavenr Bar Associatn (OCLBA) is the official associatn of lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and allied attorneys, judg, and law stunts Orange County.

THE RISE AND FALL OF LAGUNA BEACH, A GAY CALIFORNIA HOTSPOT

Unual Attus is a gay affy group for aviators throughout Southern California.

We provi recreatnal get-togethers, workg, and support for gay, lbian, and trans* aircraft pilots, ATC ntrollers, and other aviatn enthiasts.

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Craig Cooley, who started the nonprof Laguna Pri, has been workg to get a larger gay muny back to Laguna Beach.

Des ago, when Chris Tebbutt was a teen livg Missn Viejo, he sought out Laguna Beach as a muny where he uld feel a b more fortable about beg gay. The r Boom Boom Room on South Coast Highway was the anchor of a one-block district of gay bars, and Laguna Beach was a place where Tebbutt said he met like-md people and felt he uld exprs himself.