What is Florida's 'Don't Say Gay' bill? - The Washgton Post

Contents:

• DESANTIS SIGNS 'DON'T SAY GAY' EXPANSN AND GENR-AFFIRMG RE BAN
• ISLAND HOE STAFF SAYS “KEEP KEY WT GAY”
• HOW FLORIDA'S 'DON’T SAY GAY' LAW HARMS LGBTQ+ STUNTS AND TEACHERS
• HERE'S WHAT FLORIDA'S 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL WOULD DO AND WHAT WOULDN'T DO
• FLORIDA JT PASSED THE "DON'T SAY GAY" BILL. HERE’S WHAT IT MEANS FOR KIDS
• WHAT EXACTLY IS FLORIDA’S NEW ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ LAW?
• OPPONENTS CALL IT THE ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL. HERE’S WHAT IT SAYS.
• HOW FLORIDA’S ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ LAW ULD HARM CHILDREN’S MENTAL HEALTH
• 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL BE LAW FLORIDA, BANNG SEXUAL ORIENTATN STCTN OM K-3
• ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL: FLORIDA SENATE PASS LAW MARGALIZG LGBTQ+ PEOPLE

DESANTIS SIGNS 'DON'T SAY GAY' EXPANSN AND GENR-AFFIRMG RE BAN

Ron DeSantis's sk, addg to a list of anti-gay polici on his rume as he prepar to n for Hoe also approved a bathroom bill that would require dividuals to e genr-signated rtroom facili based on the genr on their birth certifite stead of their genr inty. The bills passed the same day that the state's board of tn approved a measure expandg the state's "don't say gay" law up until high school graduatn.

From Your Se Articl'Thunrdome of Hate': Florida Hoe Debat Slew of Anti-LGBTQ+ Bills ›Florida Stunts Plan Walkout to Prott Edutn Rtrictns This Friday ›Homophobic DeSantis Campaign Staffer Cheers at LGBTQ+ Fai Fleeg Florida ›Florida Bs Displays Homophobic Slur on Sign Over Memorial Day Weekend ›. Ron DeSantis signed four bills Wednday rtrictg LGBTQ rights, cludg a measure that expands what crics have lled the state’s “Don’t Say Gay” law and another that will ban transn-related re for also signed a bill that will bar trans people om g the public facili that align wh their genr inti and another that will rtrict “adult” performanc ont of mors.

ISLAND HOE STAFF SAYS “KEEP KEY WT GAY”

”Florida teachers have said they removed books om their classrooms and cid not to form LGBTQ clubs as a rult of the first eratn of the so-lled “Don’t Say Gay” law. One teacher, Jenna Barbee, said on social media Saturday that she is beg vtigated by her school and the state’s Edutn Department after showg her fifth gra stunts “Strange World, ” a Disney animated movie featurg an openly gay character.

HOW FLORIDA'S 'DON’T SAY GAY' LAW HARMS LGBTQ+ STUNTS AND TEACHERS

ET): A prev versn of this article misstated when DeSantis signed the so-lled Don’t Say Gay bill to law. Republin supporters say the new laws rtrict genr-affirmg re for kids and adults, require people to e bathrooms that align wh their sex assigned at birth, ban kids om attendg “adult live performanc, " block the e of preferred pronouns and expand Florida's Parents Right law, rid by crics as the "Don't Say Gay" advot, however, lled the bill-signgs a "slate of hate.

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

'Don't Say Gay' expand:Florida's 'Don't Say Gay' (HB1557) expand to all gras. Florida expands "Don't Say Gay" to clu all grasFlorida’s ntroversial Parental Rights Edutn Act, also lled the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, has been expand to now clu fourth through 12th Parental Rights Edutn Act, HB 1557, was signed to law by DeSantis on March 28, 2022. A few stat are nsirg passg a siar legislatn based on the "Don't Say Gay" law.

Crics have labeled the legislatn as the “Don’t Say Gay” law, sayg lims eedom of exprsn and harms LGBTQ+ stunts and teachers.

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

Acrdg to 2019 data om the Centers for Disease Control and Preventn on Florida high schoolers prr to the implementatn of the “Don’t Say Gay” law, stunts who intified as gay, lbian, or bisexual were already substantially more likely to attempt suici, at 20. Is 'Don’t Say Gay' Constutnal? Texas joed the list on Monday, wh Litenant Governor Dan Patrick sayg he will make passg “Don’t Say Gay”-style legislatn a top prry the next state legislative ssn, the Texas Tribute reported.

WHAT EXACTLY IS FLORIDA’S NEW ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ LAW?

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.

OPPONENTS CALL IT THE ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL. HERE’S WHAT IT SAYS.

For starters, cricism that the “Don’t Say Gay” bill do not fact say “gay” anywhere s text is te.

HOW FLORIDA’S ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ LAW ULD HARM CHILDREN’S MENTAL HEALTH

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. “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. 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.

'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL BE LAW FLORIDA, BANNG SEXUAL ORIENTATN STCTN OM K-3

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. ” 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.

‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL: FLORIDA SENATE PASS LAW MARGALIZG LGBTQ+ PEOPLE

(AP) — Florida has e unr tense natnal scty over legislatn that crics have labeled the “Don’t Say Gay” law. In that ve, they have labeled the measure the “Don’t Say Gay” bill.

AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTOpponents Call It the ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Bill. Ron DeSantis of Florida is expected to sign Hoe Bill 1557, which supporters ll the “Parental Rights Edutn” bill, but that opponents refer to as the “Don’t Say Gay” bill.