The class print at a Florida high school says he wasn’t allowed to share his experience as a gay stunt his graduatn speech or how the state’s so-lled “Don’t Say Gay” law will affect stunts like him, so he talked about somethg else that mak him a ltle different om his classmat – his curly hair.
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- A FLORIDA CLASS PRINT ULDN’T DISCS BEG GAY HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATN SPEECH – SO HE TALKED ABOUT HIS CURLY HAIR
- GAY HIGH SCHOOLER SAYS HE'S 'BEG SILENCED' BY FLORIDA'S LGBTQ LAW
- FLORIDA STUNT FDS CLEVER WAY TO SHRED 'DON'T SAY GAY' LAW IN GRADUATN SPEECH
- THIS FLORIDA HIGH SCHOOL STUNT WASN’T ALLOWED TO SAY GAY HIS GRADUATN SPEECH
- 'CURLY HAIR' BE FOR GAY FLORIDA HIGH SCHOOL GRAD SPEECH AFTER SENR SAYS HE WAS CENSORED
- FLORIDA EXTENDS ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ LAW THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATN
A FLORIDA CLASS PRINT ULDN’T DISCS BEG GAY HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATN SPEECH – SO HE TALKED ABOUT HIS CURLY HAIR
High school grad uldn't say 'gay' speech, so he did this stead. The class print at a Florida high school says he wasn’t allowed to share his experience as a gay stunt his graduatn speech or how the state’s so-lled “Don’t Say Gay” law will affect stunts like him, so he talked about somethg else that mak him a ltle different om his classmat – his curly hair. Moricz me out durg his hman year and was the first openly-gay class print at the school, so he felt a rponsibily to addrs the ntroversy.
Moricz said he “strongly believ” the requt was rponse to a newly enacted state law, which crics have dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” law. Proponents of the measure have ntend that giv parents more discretn over what their children learn school and say LGBTQ issu are “not age appropriate” for young crics have argued that the law uld stifle teachers and stunts om talkg about their inti or their lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer fay members.
GAY HIGH SCHOOLER SAYS HE'S 'BEG SILENCED' BY FLORIDA'S LGBTQ LAW
”“The reason somethg like the ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law seems like nothg but is actually everythg is that when you nnot talk about or share who you are, there is a nstant subnsc affirmatn that you are not valid, that you should not exist, ” Moricz fight agast the legislatn is personal for Moricz, he add. A Florida high school stunt opted for a hair metaphor after he says faculty members threatened to censor his graduatn speech if he spoke about his LGBTQ activism or experienc as a gay teen. Zanr Moricz, senr class print of Pe View School for the Gifted Osprey, Florida, planned to e his speech on Sunday to cricize the state’s Parental Rights Edutn, or “Don’t Say Gay” law.
So, when Moricz, 18, livered his speech at Pe View’s graduatn ceremony, he shared quips about his curly hair as phemisms for beg gay. He also anized stunt walkouts prott of the “Don’t Say Gay” law, and is named a lawsu agast the state of Florida related to the legislatn.
The New Face of “No Promo Homo” Laws. Part of a class of legislatn lloquially known as “don’t say gay” bills, which have been troduced several state legislatur recent years, the Florida bill, if passed, uld easily be nsted as a directive to tors to erase all mentn of margalized people’s liv om the classroom. Its implitn—that the mere existence of LGBTQ people is an appropriate topic for children—draws on a long history of homophobic legislatn that portrays queer inti as hypersexualized and perverted.
FLORIDA STUNT FDS CLEVER WAY TO SHRED 'DON'T SAY GAY' LAW IN GRADUATN SPEECH
(Some of the “Don’t Say Gay” laws make exceptns that would seem to perm some discsn of sexual orientatn—provisns that allow for teachg about LGBTQ historil figur, for stance, or the Florida bill’s cutout for “age-appropriate or velopmentally appropriate” material. (In Texas, certa tnal materials mt “state that homosexual nduct is not an acceptable liftyle and is a crimal offense, ” even though gay sex has been legal sce the Supreme Court’s 2003 lg Lawrence v.
But the past few years, several stat have stck down the olr laws, known lloquially as “no promo homo” laws, a move that me after LGBTQ advocy groups challenged them wh lawsus. The newer “don’t say gay” bills appear to be an attempt to avoid such charg of discrimatn.
THIS FLORIDA HIGH SCHOOL STUNT WASN’T ALLOWED TO SAY GAY HIS GRADUATN SPEECH
They replace explic referenc to homo- and heterosexualy—which would dite disparate treatment—wh the tch-all terms sexual orientatn and genr inty. This kd of smotherg environment is the sired oute of Florida’s “don’t say gay” bill.
He liv near Pulse, the gay nightclub Orlando where a gunman killed 49 victims 2016—a massacre Wolf ped and survived.
"Durg a graduatn ceremony Sunday, Zanr Moricz spoke about his experienc and activism as the first openly gay class print of Pe View School Osprey, Florida, but his mencement addrs, he never said he was gay. "Opn: Three generatns later, LGBTQ children still need supportIn se you missed :LGBTQ groups, parents file feral lawsu opposg Florida's 'Don't Say Gay' lawMoricz is the youngt platiff a lawsu agast Florida's parental rights and tn law, often referred to as the "Don't Say Gay" bill, and has been outspoken his opposn to and how would affect his speech, he didn't say "gay" once. Edwards, who is openly gay, said Moricz served to be celebrated for who he is.
'CURLY HAIR' BE FOR GAY FLORIDA HIGH SCHOOL GRAD SPEECH AFTER SENR SAYS HE WAS CENSORED
Ron DeSantis and Republins the state would expand their dranian “don’t say gay” law forbiddg discsn of sexual orientatn and genr inty krgarten through third-gra classrooms universally across the state. ”Rearch nducted by the Public Opn Rearch Lab (PORL) at the Universy of North Florida found that 49 percent of Floridians oppose the "don't say gay" law while only 40 percent support . The stunts, parents, teachers, advot, and muny members who will be walkg out will do so to show their anger at DeSantis' tn polici which have targeted diversy, equy, and cln (DEI) programs, Ain Amerin studi, genr studi, and Your Se ArticlFlorida Hoe Pass Bill Extendg 'Don't Say Gay' Law ›Ron DeSantis Set to Expand ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Law to All Gras Florida ›Florida Legislator Aims to Expand ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Law ›Joe Snrs, One of Florida's First Gay Lawmakers, Looks to Make a Polil Comeback ›'Why Do You Have to Say They're Gay?