Print Joe Bin lled Florida's "Don't Say Gay" bills "hateful" and assured LGBTQ+ Amerins that "you are loved and accepted jt as you are."
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- FLORIDA’S FIRST OPENLY GAY STATE SENATOR ON ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ PASSG: ‘THE AIR WAS TAKEN OUT OF THE ROOM’
- FLORIDA'S FIRST OPENLY GAY STATE SENATOR SPEAKS OUT ON 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL
- FLORIDA HOE PASS NTROVERSIAL MEASURE DUBBED THE 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL BY CRICS
- ‘IT’S MY FLORIDA TOO’: PULSE SHOOTG SURVIVOR BRANDON WOLF ON BEG BLACK, GAY AND THE ANTI-RON DESANTIS
- 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL PASS FLORIDA SENATE
- FLORIDA JT PASSED THE "DON'T SAY GAY" BILL. HERE’S WHAT IT MEANS FOR KIDS
- FLORIDA HOE PASS 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL
- ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL: FLORIDA SENATE PASS NTROVERSIAL LGBTQ SCHOOL MEASURE
- FLORIDA HOE PASS NTROVERSIAL "DON'T SAY GAY" BILL
- FLORIDA'S 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL ADVANC THE HOE
- FLORIDA HOE PASS “DON’T SAY GAY” BILL
FLORIDA’S FIRST OPENLY GAY STATE SENATOR ON ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ PASSG: ‘THE AIR WAS TAKEN OUT OF THE ROOM’
After a gay legislator broke down tears speakg agast the bill, Republins passed the measure whout Democrat support. * gay florida congressman *
After Florida’s so-lled “Don’t Say Gay” bill was passed by the state Senate this week, the legislature’s first openly gay Senator, who had argued agast the bill, said he’s worried about the state’s LGBTQ+ youth. Shevr Jon plead wh his lleagu to vote agast the state legislature’s ntroversial Parental Rights Edutn bill, known to s crics as the “Don’t Say Gay” bill.
Like other LGBTQ+ advot, Jon, who is the state Senate’s first openly gay member, argued that the bill, which prohibs classroom stctn about sexual orientatn and genr inty that is not “age appropriate or velopmentally appropriate” for children, would likely force LGBTQ+ stunts further to the closet and stigmatize the experienc of people who are not heterosexual or cisgenr.
FLORIDA'S FIRST OPENLY GAY STATE SENATOR SPEAKS OUT ON 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL
The son of a pastor South Florida, the hman state senator prevly served three terms the state Hoe of Reprentativ, but did not publicly e out as gay until 2018, when he was 34. Geia this week troduced s own “Don’t Say Gay” bill, though s fate is far ls certa.
FLORIDA HOE PASS NTROVERSIAL MEASURE DUBBED THE 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL BY CRICS
You see bills like the ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill bee there’s jt not enough LGBTQ reprentatn stg at the table. FLORIDA’S ‘DON’T SAY GAY BILL’ HEADS TO DESANTIS’S DESK. DISNEY CEO ADDRESSES SILENCE ON FLORIDA ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL.
‘IT’S MY FLORIDA TOO’: PULSE SHOOTG SURVIVOR BRANDON WOLF ON BEG BLACK, GAY AND THE ANTI-RON DESANTIS
A gay Florida lawmaker spoke out last week ahead of the passage of the state's ntroversial Parental Rights Edutn bill — nounced as "Don't Say Gay" by LGBTQ activists — offerg a personal take on how might affect stunts. Democrat Shevr Jon is Florida's first openly gay state senator. Jon grew pecially emotnal when speakg about a book wrten by his dad and published jt weeks ago, which his father exprsed "disappotment" at learng that he was gay.
'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL PASS FLORIDA SENATE
Carlos Smh speaks agast HB 1577, dubbed the "Don't Say Gay" bill by crics, earlier this month Tallahassee, Fla. 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.
”Wolf had sought refuge Florida 15 years ago when he was done wh ral Oregon, the childhood home where he suffered embedd racism and homophobia on a daily basis. Among his motivatns for wrg the book was to reclaim tersectnaly om DeSantis and others on the right who seek to hijack explas: “I wanted to give a human flavour to what tersectnaly actually looks and feels like and what feels like to experience racism and homophobia at the same time. Growg up a nservative majory whe town was difficult bee the same kid who would ll me the N-word on one day would ll me a homophobic slur on another day and I was nstantly navigatg the tersectns of those two thgs.
Last month DeSantis’s mpaign released an anti-LGBTQ+ vio assailg Tmp for his past support of gay and transgenr ments: “It is a sry time to be not jt LGBTQ but LGBTQ and Black this state and ultimately that’s the tent. 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. 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.
FLORIDA JT PASSED THE "DON'T SAY GAY" BILL. HERE’S WHAT IT MEANS FOR KIDS
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.
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.
FLORIDA HOE PASS 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL
" 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. 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.
‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL: FLORIDA SENATE PASS NTROVERSIAL LGBTQ SCHOOL MEASURE
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. Gay marriage don’t offend me nearly as much as offendg feralism do through this legislatn. "Don't Say Gay" bill sparks bate.
Florida's ntroversial "Don't Say Gay" bill sparks bate over LGBTQ rights for stunts, parents.
FLORIDA HOE PASS NTROVERSIAL "DON'T SAY GAY" BILL
Florida's Hoe of Reprentativ passed HB 1557, also known as the "Don't Say Gay" bill, on Thursday. March 8 (Rters) - Florida lawmakers on Tuday passed a Republin-backed bill that would prohib classroom discsn of sexual orientatn and genr inty for many young stunts, rejectg cricism and stunt protts that characterized the measure as discrimatory and legislatn, referred to by s opponents as the "don't say gay" bill, has stirred natnal ntroversy amid an creasgly partisan bate over what schools should teach children about race and genr.
Democrats say such polici will harm the lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer muny. Vio footage showed stunts crowdg the steps and the halls of the state pol on Monday, rryg pro-LGBTQ signs and chantg "We say gay! Acquire Licensg Rights Read more'STAIN' ON FLORIDA HISTORYIn a floor bate before the state Senate vote on Tuday, Democrat Shevr Jon, the first openly gay Florida state senator, chid his Republin lleagu for phg for the bill for polil ga.
FLORIDA'S 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL ADVANC THE HOE
"As you prepare for this victory lap the name of parental rights, jt know that this is no victory lap, " Jon said to the chamber, a day after tearfully sharg his own difficult experienc as a gay man. — Florida Hoe Republins on Tuday advanced a bill to forbid discsns of sexual orientatn and genr inty schools, rejectg cricism om Democrats who said the proposal moniz LGBTQ measure, dubbed by opponents as the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, is now set for a fal vote the Hoe on Thursday after GOP lawmakers refed a seri of Democratic amendments proposal has drawn tense natnal scty and has served as the one of the latt battlegrounds between the Whe Hoe and Republin Gov.
Carlos Guillermo Smh, a Democrat who is gay, told lawmakers that the bill was eply personal and said sgl out LGBTQ people as taboo.
FLORIDA HOE PASS “DON’T SAY GAY” BILL
After a gay legislator broke down tears speakg agast the bill, Republins passed the measure whout Democrat support. “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.
And, as a new gay dad, he also attacked the bill for banng the children of LGBTQ people om talkg about their fai at school. Print Joe Bin has e strongly agast the "don't say gay" legislatn pendg tweeted about the issue Tuday afternoon, after a Whe Hoe spokperson had released a statement nouncg the Florida 's tweet lled the Florida legislatn "hateful" and assured LGBTQ+ Amerins that "you are loved and accepted jt as you are.