Gay high schooler says he's 'beg silenced' by Florida's LGBTQ law

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• AS FLORIDA'S 'DON'T SAY GAY' LAW TAK EFFECT, SCHOOLS ROLL OUT LGBTQ RTRICTNS
• FLORIDA STUNTS STAGE SCHOOL WALKOUTS OVER 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL
• FLORIDA HIGH SCHOOL STUNT SPEND FOR STARRG BAREBACK GAY PORN
• 'THIS IS CENSORSHIP': FLORIDA HIGH SCHOOL'S YEARBOOK ON HOLD OVER PHOTOS PROTTG SO-LLED 'DON'T SAY GAY' LAW
• FLORIDA HIGH SCHOOL STUNTS SAY THEIR PLAY WAS SHUT DOWN DUE TO VILE DON’T SAY GAY LAW
• FLORIDA EXPANDS ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ POLICY TO OLR STUNTS AT DESANTIS’ REQUT
• HIGH SCHOOL STUNTS ACROSS FLORIDA WALK OUT TO PROTT 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL
• STUNTS CHALLENGE ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ LAWS AMID WAVE OF ANTI-LGBTQ LEGISLATN
• GAY HIGH SCHOOLER SAYS HE'S 'BEG SILENCED' BY FLORIDA'S LGBTQ LAW
• GAY STUNT SAYS FLORIDA SCHOOL IS STOPPG HIS N FOR STUNT LEARSHIP
• 'SAY GAY!' STUNTS AT SWFL HIGH SCHOOLS RAISE VOIC AGAST PARENTAL RIGHTS EDUTN BILL

AS FLORIDA'S 'DON'T SAY GAY' LAW TAK EFFECT, SCHOOLS ROLL OUT LGBTQ RTRICTNS

As Florida’s Parental Rights Edutn law — or what crics have dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” law — go to effect Friday, some of the state’s public school districts have begun rollg out new polici to lim LGBTQ issu and inti om beg discsed the Tuday night, the Leon County School Board unanimoly approved s “LGBTQ Inclive School Gui, ” which clus a provisn to alert parents if a stunt who is “open about their genr inty” is their child’s physil tn class or wh them on an overnight school trip.

FLORIDA STUNTS STAGE SCHOOL WALKOUTS OVER 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL

Clifford / AP fileThe so-lled Don’t Say Gay law, HB 1557, bans “stctn” about sexual orientatn or genr inty “ krgarten through gra 3 or a manner that is not age appropriate or velopmentally appropriate for stunts acrdance wh state standards.

” A provisn the law also requir school staff members to alert parents about “cril cisns affectg a stunt’s mental, emotnal, or physil health or well-beg, ” which many advot have terpreted as a way to force tors to out their gay or trans stunts. They have also ntend that will not prohib teachers and stunts om talkg about their LGBTQ fai or bar classroom discsns about LGBTQ history, cludg events like the 2016 attack at the Pulse gay nightclub crics and legal experts have said the broad language of the law uld open school districts and teachers to lawsus om parents who believe any nversatn about LGBTQ people or issu is “not age appropriate.

Carlos Smh, a Democrat who is gay and has been an outspoken cric of the new law, said he was “not surprised” that schools the state were announcg the polici and guil. “What’s happeng right now — wh the censorship of rabow flags and school districts preparg to basilly ph LGBTQ stunts and teachers to the closet — is exactly what we said would happen wh the ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law.

FLORIDA HIGH SCHOOL STUNT SPEND FOR STARRG BAREBACK GAY PORN

"Members and supporters of the LGBTQ muny at the "Say Gay Anyway" rally Miami Beach, Fla., on March 13.

'THIS IS CENSORSHIP': FLORIDA HIGH SCHOOL'S YEARBOOK ON HOLD OVER PHOTOS PROTTG SO-LLED 'DON'T SAY GAY' LAW

Chandan Khanna / AFP via Getty Imag fileFive other stat — all of them the South — have enacted laws that lim stctn or discsns about LGBTQ people or issu school, and at least 32 others have proposed such measur this year, acrdg to acrdg to the Movement Advancement Project, an LGBTQ thk tank that has been trackg the strsed that the polici will have nsequenc for lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer stunts, potg to the disproportnately high rat of suici attempts among the untry’s LGBTQ youths. ”In Palm Beach County, Woods, who is gay, said that after they received the qutnnaire om school officials to flag urse material or books wh LGBTQ referenc, many of his lleagu are nervo they’ll be reprimand if they miss somethg. Stunts across Florida staged school walkouts rponse to legislatn — dubbed the "Don't Say Gay" bill — that would prohib discsg sexual orientatn and genr inty the state’s primary schools.

Stunts wavg rabow picket signs and shoutg “We say gay! "I believe this attempt to threaten me and remove me om mp is riddled wh homophobia and bigotry, " said Petocz, who is gay.

"You’re silencg a queer stunt standg up for what he believ , his rights, and you’re disciplg him for challengg you on the allowance of pri flags a gay rally?

FLORIDA HIGH SCHOOL STUNTS SAY THEIR PLAY WAS SHUT DOWN DUE TO VILE DON’T SAY GAY LAW

Hillsborough High School stunts prott the "Don't Say Gay" bill Thursday Tampa, Fla. The measure’s opponents ntend that the bill would be trimental to the mental health of the state’s LGBTQ children and teachers, preventg them om openly talkg about themselv and their Joe Hardg, the Republin who troduced the bill January, has repeatedly said 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 Orlando. "So I feel like should be tght schools bee will help other people jt like me know that 's OK to be gay.

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— Yearbooks at a central Florida high school won't be distributed until imag of stunts holdg rabow flags and a “love is love” sign while prottg the state's so-lled “Don't Say Gay” law n be vered up. “Rather than reprtg the yearbook at substantial st and lay, we have elected to ver that material that is out of pliance wh board policy so that yearbooks n be distributed as soon as possible, " the prcipal's statement se you missed :High school stunts across Florida walk out to prott so-lled 'Don't Say Gay' billLawsu:LGBTQ groups, parents file feral lawsu opposg Florida's 'Don't Say Gay' lawHistory repeats? Historians draw parallels between so-lled 'Don't Say Gay' legislatn and purge of gay teachers s agoIn an email Tuday, Semole County Public Schools spokman Michael Lawrence said the issue wasn't wh the prott but how s pictn the yearbook uld be terpreted as beg endorsed by the school, which would be vlatn of the school board's policy.

FLORIDA EXPANDS ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ POLICY TO OLR STUNTS AT DESANTIS’ REQUT

Lawrence noted that the yearbook dit a separate page to the school's Gay Straight Alliance Club and elsewhere shows stunts at a pri march and holdg rabow flags. Douglas Anrson School of the Performg Arts stunts say their productn of Incent was shut down by admistrators bee of the state’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law.

High school stunts alleged their upg theatre productn was shut down an act of anti-LGBTQ+ censorship bee of Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law. Stti told Teen Vogue that the st discsed beg “Don’t Say Gay-ed” after gettg the news.

Duval County Public Schools told the outlet that the show’s ncellatn was related to s “adult sexual dialog” rather than Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law. LGBTQ+ rights advot and high schoolers have protted agast Ron DeSantis and the ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law, an anti-LGBTQ+ measure signed by the ernor 2022. Stti shared a post on Instagram announcg the ncellatn, and they said the pany was notified that Incent would be shut down “not bee of, but related to the ials stated the ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill”.

HIGH SCHOOL STUNTS ACROSS FLORIDA WALK OUT TO PROTT 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL

The Florida Board of Edutn voted unanimoly on Wednday to bar the state’s middle and high school teachers om teachg stunts about sexual orientatn or genr inty, an expansn of a state policy for younger stunts known by crics as the “Don’t Say Gay” law, which fueled natnwi ntroversi over LGBTQ protectns and a fd between Gov.

The amendment, which do not require legislative approval, builds on Florida’s Parental Rights Edutn Act—dubbed by crics as “Don’t Say Gay”—which prohibs classroom stctn on sexual orientatn and genr inty krgarten through third gra. Instead of stg physics class, 15-year-old Kaylee Sanll was screamg "We say gay! Sanll and over 100 Leon County high school stunts walked out of school at noon prott of legislatn that's bee known as the "Don't Say Gay" bill by crics.

STUNTS CHALLENGE ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ LAWS AMID WAVE OF ANTI-LGBTQ LEGISLATN

Stunts wh signs that said "Beg gay is not a crime" and "Love is Love" stood outsi the Hoe and Senate chambers, chantg and yellg, hopg legislators would verage:'No place for the kids': How Leon County Schools' LGBTQ+ gui worked for one teen'Don't Say Gay' bill rais ncerns among Florida LGBTQ muny and alli"We n tell the policians that they have unrtimated  for the last time, " Sanll said. Crics unter that schools are sometim the only safe place for some LGBTQ youth and that the legislatn would hurt kids who aren't ready to e out to their Joe Hardg, R-Williston, who sponsored the bill, said  won't stop nversatns about inty altogether, but rather will guarantee that school personnel n't make cisns regardg a stunt's health whout volvg prott wound up the Capol urtyard, where stunts were greeted by openly gay state Rep.

"Don't Say Gay bill sparks other protts at high schools throughout Florida Elsewhere Thursday, more than 500 stunts chanted at Flagler Palm Coast High School's stadium Thursday. "We will say gay! "One of the problems wh the 'Don't Say Gay' bill is that a lot of people already don't unrstand LGBTQ+ issu and rights, " said Lopez, who is gay.

"I’m our school’s first openly-gay class print and the queer stunts at Pe View are pretty vol, " Moricz said. A Florida high school stunt who is openly gay is speakg out after he says he was subjected to censorship by school officials if he mentned the state’s “Parental Rights Edutn” law, also lled the “Don’t Say Gay” law by crics, his graduatn Moricz, a senr and the print of his graduatg class at Pe View School Osprey, Florida, claimed he was beg “silenced” a Twter thread two weeks ago. ”Moricz is also one of the youngt platiffs a lawsu filed agast the state of Florida over the “Parental Rights Edutn” 18-year-old told "Good Morng Ameri" he was worried ahead of the speech but felt supported by his fellow classmat and peers, some of whom wore “Say Gay” stickers and stood up and cheered durg his speech Sunday.

GAY HIGH SCHOOLER SAYS HE'S 'BEG SILENCED' BY FLORIDA'S LGBTQ LAW

"Edor’s PicksMoricz, an outspoken advote for LGBTQ rights, referred to his "curly hair" as a phemism for beg gay his speech.

GAY STUNT SAYS FLORIDA SCHOOL IS STOPPG HIS N FOR STUNT LEARSHIP

Zanr Moricz's graduatn speech last month about his curly hair -- a metaphor for beg a gay young adult -- has beme a symbol for the impact of anti-LGBTQ sentiment and so-lled "Don't Say Gay" laws across the untry. "I​​t would have felt appropriate as the first openly gay class print a public school, not to addrs a piece of legislatn that's gog to harm gay children public schools Florida, " Moricz told ABC has been outspoken agast the Florida law that bans LGBTQ curriculum om some classrooms.

Hillsborough High School stunts prott a Republin-backed bill dubbed the "Don't Say Gay" that would prohib classroom discsn of sexual orientatn and genr inty, a measure Democrats nounced as beg anti-LGBTQ, Tampa, Fla., March 3, 2022. "Moricz said he faced opposn durg his fal months at Pe View School Osprey, Florida, over stunt walkouts agast the "Don't Say Gay" law or the potential mentng of polil issu durg his graduatn school told ABC News that the prcipal did meet wh Moricz "to remd him of the ceremony expectatns, but the ntent of the speech had not been submted or reviewed at the time of that meetg. “We honor and celebrate the credible diversy thought, belief, and background our school, and champn the uniquens of every sgle stunt on their personal and tnal journey, " said Stephen Covert, the prcipal of Pe View now, Moricz is leavg the Florida school system amid a broar effort agast the "Don't Say Gay" bill -- he's sug the state alongsi other fai and LGBTQ advocy Equaly plat alleg that the law vlat the nstutnally protected rights of ee speech, equal protectn and due procs of stunts and Ron DeSantis' office nounced the lawsu.

'SAY GAY!' STUNTS AT SWFL HIGH SCHOOLS RAISE VOIC AGAST PARENTAL RIGHTS EDUTN BILL

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. ”“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.

Ileana Garcia's office after passage of the Parental Rights Edutn bill, dubbed the "Don't Say Gay" bill by crics, Miami on March Raedle / Getty Imag fileMay 19, 2022, 2:54 PM UTC / Source: The Associated PrsA 17-year-old gay stunt who was spend for leadg protts at his high school agast Florida’s so-lled Don’t Say Gay legislatn says school admistrators are stoppg him om nng for senr class print. Crics ll the “Don't Say Gay” legislatn and ntend  would prevent teachers om talkg about LGBTQ+ people or issu schools.