Florida advanc "Don't Say Gay" bill that would bar LGBTQ discsns schools - CBS News

Contents:

• SO-LLED 'DON'T SAY GAY' L EXPAND THROUGH 12TH GRA FLORIDA
• CLASS ACTIVY: WAYS TO CIVILLY ENGAGE YOUR STUNTS ON FLORIDA’S ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ LAW — AND OTHER NEWS FOR MARCH 31, 2022
• FLORIDA ADVANC "DON'T SAY GAY" BILL THAT WOULD BAR LGBTQ DISCSNS SCHOOLS
• FIVE THGS TO KNOW ABOUT FLORIDA'S 'DON'T SAY GAY' GENR DISCSNS AT SCHOOLS BILL
• ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ EXTEND TO 12TH GRA NEW BOARD OF EDUTN RULE, WH VAGUE EXCEPTNS
• SO-LLED 'DON'T SAY GAY' L EXPAND THROUGH 12TH GRA FLORIDA
• HERE'S WHAT FLORIDA'S 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL WOULD DO AND WHAT WOULDN'T DO
• DESANTIS TO BROAN SO-LLED 'DON'T SAY GAY' LAW TO 12TH GRA, AMID LIBRARY BOOK REMOVALS AND SCHOOL BOARD NFN
• FLORIDA BOARD VOT TO EXPAND ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ LAW TO ALL GRAS AS STATE PASS 3 ANTI-TRANS BILLS
• ‘NO ONE FELT SAFE’: FLORIDA SCHOOLS, STUNTS FEEL EFFECTS OF SO-LLED ‘DON'T SAY GAY’ LAW

SO-LLED 'DON'T SAY GAY' L EXPAND THROUGH 12TH GRA FLORIDA

It looks like this le would make impossible to do much stctn at all, " Lra McGnis, of the LGBTQ advocy group PFLAG, prevly told ABC law was dubbed "Don't Say Gay" by crics for aimg to rtrict curriculum that clus history, lerature and more that touch on LGBTQ inti. Coed by opponents as the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, forbids stctn on sexual orientatn and genr inty for krgarten through third gra. Who signed the so-lled ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill to law this week?

CLASS ACTIVY: WAYS TO CIVILLY ENGAGE YOUR STUNTS ON FLORIDA’S ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ LAW — AND OTHER NEWS FOR MARCH 31, 2022

Florida legislators nsirg "Don't Say Gay" bill that would bar LGBTQ discsns schools.

FLORIDA ADVANC "DON'T SAY GAY" BILL THAT WOULD BAR LGBTQ DISCSNS SCHOOLS

The state's Senate and Hoe have proposed the Parental Rights Edutn bills — monly referred to the "Don't Say Gay" bills by crics — which would apply to such topics primary gra levels, as well as s where the discsns are emed "not age-appropriate. " Ock, the print of her schools' Gay-Straight Alliance, said she first me out as lbian when she was 11 years old, and that havg support om her seventh gra English teacher at that time helped her bee more vol and open about her inty. A 2019 survey om The Gay, Lbian and Straight Edutn Network (GLSEN) found that the school climate Florida is "not safe" for most LGBTQ stunts as is.

FIVE THGS TO KNOW ABOUT FLORIDA'S 'DON'T SAY GAY' GENR DISCSNS AT SCHOOLS BILL

Supporters gather for a Safe Schools South Florida & Friends rally to ph back agast the so-lled "Don't Say Gay" bill (HB 1557/SB 1834) at the Pri Center Wilton Manors on Feb. "It will stop teachers and schools om talkg to kids about LGBTQ issu and will stop them om talkg about gay issu among themselv. Florida's "Don't Say Gay" bill has been trendg everywhere.

What do the 'Don't Say Gay' bill mean? " The bill would also give parents the abily to sue schools if they believed the schools vlated any provisns of the verbiage reads as follows: Requir district school boards to adopt procr that port wh provisns of law for notifyg stunt's parent of specified rmatn; requir procr to rerce fundamental right of parents to make cisns regardg upbrgg & ntrol of their children; provis requirements for such procr, school districts, & personnel; requir DOE to review & update specified 't Say Gay bate:Don't say salad? How vegetarian school lunch got pulled to 'Don't Say Gay' bateDeSantis and other supporters of the 'Don't Say Gay' billSupporters say the Hoe bill empowers parents who serve to have a say what their children DeSantis signaled his support for the measure, sayg  was "entirely appropriate" for teachers and school admistrators to have nversatns wh stunts about their genr inty, sayg that, some schools, children are told "Don't worry, don't pick your genr yet.

'Hateful':Whe Hoe nounc Florida's 'Don't Say Gay' bill as 'hateful' after DeSantis backs Florida LGBTQ alli:'Don't Say Gay' bill rais ncerns among Florida LGBTQ muny and alliWhat crics are saygCrics worry that the measure will strip protectns om LGBTQ kids and have a chillg effect on tors. It's not actually named the 'Don't Say Gay' billThe bill is officially tled "Parental Rights Edutn, " (HB 1557).

‘DON’T SAY GAY’ EXTEND TO 12TH GRA NEW BOARD OF EDUTN RULE, WH VAGUE EXCEPTNS

It was nicknamed 'Don't Say Gay' by crics as mov through the Florida Legislature. Louisiana, Mississippi, Oklahoma and Texas already have siar laws on the books banng the discsn of sexual orientatn and genr inty public schools, acrdg to GLSEN, an LGBTQ advocy stat – California, Colorado, Connecticut, Illois, Nevada, New Jersey and Oregon – have laws that promote LGBTQ issu school the 'Don't Say Gay' bill pass and bee law?

SO-LLED 'DON'T SAY GAY' L EXPAND THROUGH 12TH GRA FLORIDA

The le effectively expands Florida’s “Parental Rights Edutn” law, a hot-button measure that passed last year and was labeled by crics as the “don’t say gay” bill. Crics dubbed the law “don’t say gay, ” argug wrongly silenc all mentns of LGBTQ people school and unfairly suggts teachers were actg appropriately.

More than 25 people spoke at the board’s meetg, many nouncg the l as homophobic but others praisg them as an effort to keep appropriate subjects out of classrooms. Crics of the le and the law say they are vague, unfairly suggt gay and transgenr people aim to sexualize children and make teachers uncerta about what they n say whout nng to trouble.

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

They also said they make hard for gay teachers and for all teachers who want to be acceptg of LGBTQ stunts or children who live fai wh same-sex parents.

DESANTIS TO BROAN SO-LLED 'DON'T SAY GAY' LAW TO 12TH GRA, AMID LIBRARY BOOK REMOVALS AND SCHOOL BOARD NFN

“It’s homophobic.

FLORIDA BOARD VOT TO EXPAND ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ LAW TO ALL GRAS AS STATE PASS 3 ANTI-TRANS BILLS

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Florida “Don’t say gay” law now for all ag up to 12th gra. 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.

‘NO ONE FELT SAFE’: FLORIDA SCHOOLS, STUNTS FEEL EFFECTS OF SO-LLED ‘DON'T SAY GAY’ LAW

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.