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The Florida Hoe passed the "Don't Say Gay" bill, which bans LGBTQ ntent om classrooms.

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FLORIDA JT PASSED THE "DON'T SAY GAY" BILL. HERE’S WHAT IT MEANS FOR KIDS

The Florida Senate passed the ntroversial so-lled “Don’t Say Gay” bill on Tuday, sendg the Republin-backed legislatn banng LGBTQ stctn primary schools to Gov. The proposed law, often referred to by crics as the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, bans public school districts om teachg about sexual orientatn or genr inty krgarten through the third gra, or “ a manner that is not age-appropriate or velopmentally appropriate for stunts”—language that crics say uld extend the ban to higher gra levels.

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” Read more: Kid of the Year Falist Kai Shappley, 11, Tak on Lawmakers Her Fight for Trans Rights What impact uld the ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill have? Shevr Jon, Florida’s first openly gay Florida state senator, who told the legislative body: “To those who thk you n legislate gay people away, I’m sorry. The Parental Rights Edutn bill, dubbed the "Don't Say Gay" bill by LGBTQ activists, has now been passed by both the Florida Senate and Hoe.

FLORIDA HOE PASS NTROVERSIAL MEASURE DUBBED THE 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL BY CRICS

Carlos Smh speaks agast HB 1577, dubbed the "Don't Say Gay" bill by crics, earlier this month Tallahassee, Fla.

FLORIDA HOE PASS NTROVERSIAL 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL

Opponents — many of whom have taken to llg the measure the "Don't Say Gay" bill — say will make life harr for LGBTQ youth, who already face a higher rate of bullyg and a higher risk of suici than their straight, cisgenr peers. "As expected, the #DontSayGayBill jt passed the Florida Hoe, but SEVEN Republins crossed party l to vote agast , " Rep. Febary 24, 2022, 3:39 PMThe Parental Rights Edutn bill, dubbed the "Don't Say Gay" bill by LGBTQ activists, has been passed by the Florida Hoe of Reprentativ.

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The measure, dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” bill by s opponents, was passed by the state Hoe last month and now heads to Republin Gov. Parents n sue school districts for alleged a tearful addrs to the Senate on Monday, Democrat Shevr Jon, the first openly gay Florida state senator, urged his lleagu to narrow the bill’s language to say stctn should not be “tend to change a stunt’s sexual orientatn or genr inty. ”“I ask that you open up your hearts jt a tad b, ” he said, notg the name-llg and shunng he had faced as a gay man.

The Republin-domated Florida legislature passed a bill on Tuday which would forbid stctn on sexual orientatn and genr inty krgarten through third gra, rejectg a wave of cricism om Democrats that margaliz LGBTQ+ proposal, which opponents have dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, now mov to the sk of the Republin ernor, Ron DeSantis, who is expected to sign to s ceptn, the measure has drawn tense opposn om LGBTQ+ advot, stunts, Democrats, the Whe Hoe and the entertament dtry, amid creased attentn on Florida as Republins ph culture war legislatn and DeSantis ascends the GOP as a potential printial ndidate. Dozens of stunts and advot flood mtee rooms durg the early stag of the bill procs and then packed the halls of the legislature as moved toward fal passage, often wh chants of “We say gay!

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DeSantis has chafed at llg the proposal the “Don’t Say Gay” bill bee he said would apply to stctn on any genr inty or sexual orientatn. Florida's Hoe of Reprentativ passed a bill Thursday that would prohib "classroom discsn about sexual orientatn or genr inty" the state’s primary legislatn — tled the Parental Rights Edutn bill but dubbed by crics the "Don’t Say Gay" bill — heads to the state's Republin-held Senate, where is expected to pass.

" Hardg has repeatedly strsed 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 attack on the Pulse nightclub, a gay club crics have said the broad language of the legislatn uld open districts to lawsus om parents who believe any nversatn about LGBTQ people or issu to be an impassned speech on the Hoe floor Thursday, Rep. Carlos Guillermo Smh, a Democrat who is gay, told lawmakers that he purposefully wore a rabow Pri ribbon upsi down on his lapel "as a symbol that LGBTQ muny Florida is distrs. " In addn to the “Don’t Say Gay” bill Florida, 15 other bills are unr nsiratn eight stat that would lim speech about LGBTQ inti classrooms, acrdg to PEN Amerin, a nonprof group that advot for ee speech.

Three stat passed siar bills last year — monly referred to as "no promo homo" laws — that allow parents to opt stunts out of any lson or ursework that mentns sexual orientatn or genr inty, acrdg to GLSEN, an advocy group that aims to end LGBTQ discrimatn tn. Print Joe Bin has prevly rebed Florida's "Don't Say Gay" bill, vowg to "fight for the protectns and safety" of LGBTQ youths.

FLORIDA HOE PASS 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL

The proposal, which opponents have dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, now mov to the sk of Republin Gov. Smh, a Democrat who is gay, addg that “sends a terrible msage to our youth that there is somethg wrong wh LGBTQ people, that there is somethg so dangero or appropriate about that we have to be prohibed and censored om the classroom. Dozens of stunts and advot flood mtee rooms durg the proposal’s early stag and then packed to the halls of the legislature as moved toward fal passage, often wh chants of “We say gay!

Florida’s Hoe passed the Parental Rights Edutn bill — known to s crics as “Don’t Say Gay” — on Thursday a 69-47 vote. “I’m gog to vote down on this bill, and I am gog to say ‘gay’ until I am rabow the face, ” state Rep. “Dpe overwhelmg public outrage, pollg data unrsrg immense unpopulary wh voters, and hours of ttimony om LGBTQ fai, Republin legislators voted to pass the ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill and ‘Stop WOKE’ Act the Florida Hoe.

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A Florida Senate mtee on Monday passed the Parental Rights Edutn bill — known to s crics as “Don’t Say Gay” — by a vote of 12-8. Florida’s so-lled “Don’t Say Gay” bill on Monday passed s fal state Senate mtee.

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‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill: Florida Senate pass ntroversial LGBTQ school measure .

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