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• A FLORIDA CLASS PRINT ULDN’T DISCS BEG GAY HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATN SPEECH – SO HE TALKED ABOUT HIS CURLY HAIR
• FLORIDA STUNT FDS CLEVER WAY TO SHRED 'DON'T SAY GAY' LAW IN GRADUATN SPEECH
• TOLD NOT TO SAY ‘GAY’ GRADUATN SPEECH, HE MA HIS POT ANYWAY
• FLORIDA STUNT SUG OVER ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ CURLY HAIR AS MENCEMENT SPEECH
• 'CURLY HAIR' BE FOR GAY FLORIDA HIGH SCHOOL GRAD SPEECH AFTER SENR SAYS HE WAS CENSORED
• FLORIDA HIGH SCHOOL STUNT GIV GRADUATN SPEECH USG “CURLY HAIR” AS CO FOR “GAY”
• FLORIDA STUNT’S GRADUATN SPEECH ABOUT CURLY HAIR HIGHLIGHTS CELTY OF ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ LAW
• STUNTS CHALLENGE ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ LAWS AMID WAVE OF ANTI-LGBTQ LEGISLATN

A FLORIDA CLASS PRINT ULDN’T DISCS BEG GAY HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATN SPEECH – SO HE TALKED ABOUT HIS CURLY HAIR

High school grad uldn't say 'gay' speech, so he did this stead. The class print at a Florida high school says he wasn’t allowed to share his experience as a gay stunt his graduatn speech or how the state’s so-lled “Don’t Say Gay” law will affect stunts like him, so he talked about somethg else that mak him a ltle different om his classmat – his curly hair.

Moricz me out durg his hman year and was the first openly-gay class print at the school, so he felt a rponsibily to addrs the ntroversy. Pe View School for the Gifted class print Zanr Moricz ed his graduatn speech on Sunday to ll out Florida's recently enacted "Don't Say Gay" law--but he did not mentn the measure or the lawsu challengg , for which he is one of the else did he not explicly mentn? A Florida high school stunt opted for a hair metaphor after he says faculty members threatened to censor his graduatn speech if he spoke about his LGBTQ activism or experienc as a gay teen.

FLORIDA STUNT FDS CLEVER WAY TO SHRED 'DON'T SAY GAY' LAW IN GRADUATN SPEECH

Zanr Moricz, senr class print of Pe View School for the Gifted Osprey, Florida, planned to e his speech on Sunday to cricize the state’s Parental Rights Edutn, or “Don’t Say Gay” law. So, when Moricz, 18, livered his speech at Pe View’s graduatn ceremony, he shared quips about his curly hair as phemisms for beg gay. He also anized stunt walkouts prott of the “Don’t Say Gay” law, and is named a lawsu agast the state of Florida related to the legislatn.

Senr Class Print Zanr Moricz was tapped wh givg a mencement speech at Pe View School Osprey, Fla., but was given a rtrictn not normally attached to such an openly gay activist who is the youngt platiff a lawsu agast a new state law that rtricts what teachers n say class about genr and sexual orientatn, the teenager said publicly that he had been warned by his prcipal not to mentn his activism or say the word “gay.

Kelsey Whealy, a spokwoman for Sarasota County Schools, said a May 10 email that Pe View’s prcipal “did meet wh Zanr Moricz to remd him of the ceremony expectatns” but did not say he had been told not to say “gay. ”The Parental Rights Edutn bill — which crics have labeled the “don’t say gay” bill — was signed March 28 by Florida Gov.

TOLD NOT TO SAY ‘GAY’ GRADUATN SPEECH, HE MA HIS POT ANYWAY

The law go to effect July platiffs the lawsu allege that the law harms LGBTQ stunts and fai and vlat their First Amendment right to eedom of speech, as well as their nstutnal right to equal protectn unr the n watch Moricz’s speech here:florida high school class print zanr moricz was told by his school that they would cut his microphone if he said “gay” his grad speech, so he replaced gay wh “havg curly hair. 48 hours later, 10, 000 Say Gay stickers were claimed across Florida.

FLORIDA STUNT SUG OVER ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ CURLY HAIR AS MENCEMENT SPEECH

An openly gay Florida high schooler who is among those sug over the state’s “Don’t Say Gay” law ed his graduatn speech to speak about his experience — while g a wkg to avoid referrg to his orientatn directly. “I am the first openly-gay Class Print my school’s history — this censorship seems to show that they want me to be the last.

'CURLY HAIR' BE FOR GAY FLORIDA HIGH SCHOOL GRAD SPEECH AFTER SENR SAYS HE WAS CENSORED

Ron DeSantis (R) late March signed to law the ntroversial Don’t Say Gay bill, which lims discsn of sexualy and sexual orientatn classrooms. "Durg a graduatn ceremony Sunday, Zanr Moricz spoke about his experienc and activism as the first openly gay class print of Pe View School Osprey, Florida, but his mencement addrs, he never said he was gay.

"Opn: Three generatns later, LGBTQ children still need supportIn se you missed :LGBTQ groups, parents file feral lawsu opposg Florida's 'Don't Say Gay' lawMoricz is the youngt platiff a lawsu agast Florida's parental rights and tn law, often referred to as the "Don't Say Gay" bill, and has been outspoken his opposn to and how would affect his speech, he didn't say "gay" once.

FLORIDA HIGH SCHOOL STUNT GIV GRADUATN SPEECH USG “CURLY HAIR” AS CO FOR “GAY”

Edwards, who is openly gay, said Moricz served to be celebrated for who he is. LGBTQ+ activists and alli natnwi are speakg out agast Florida’s hateful “Don’t Say Gay” bill, a new law that prohibs the discsn of sexual inty and genr inty the classroom. When Zanr Moricz — the first openly gay class print at Pe View School Osprey, Florida — was prohibed by school admistratn not to e the word “gay” his graduatn speech, he didn’t avoid the nversatn.

”Zanr is a platiff a lawsu that is challengg the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, which is known officially as the Parental Rights Edutn bill.

“I am the first openly-gay Class Print my school’s history–this censorship seems to show that they want me to be the last. I am the youngt public platiff the “Don’t Say Gay” lawsu. I am my Florida high school’s first openly-gay Class Print.

FLORIDA STUNT’S GRADUATN SPEECH ABOUT CURLY HAIR HIGHLIGHTS CELTY OF ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ LAW

He found a brilliant class print Zanr Moricz was given a fair warng: If he ed his graduatn speech to cricize the “Don’t Say Gay” law, then his microphone would be shut off immediately.

Moricz, an openly gay stunt at Pe View School for the Gifted Florida, also anized stunt walkouts prott and is the youngt public platiff the state sug over the law formally known as the Parental Rights Edutn law, which prohibs the discsn of sexual orientatn or genr inty gras K-3. The 18-year-old tweeted, “I am the first openly-gay Class Print my school’s history–this censorship seems to show that they want me to be the last.

If ’s not obv now, will soon bee clear that “curly hair” is a phemism for beg gay. Pe View School for the Gifted class print Zanr Moricz ed his graduatn speech on Sunday to ll out Florida's recently enacted "Don't Say Gay" law—but he did not mentn the measure or the lawsu challengg , for which he is one of the else did he not explicly mentn? 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.

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

"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.