After Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill was signed to law, kids n still fight back schools — and I know why ’s so important that they do.
Contents:
- ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL: WHAT DO MEAN?
- WHAT'S THE SO-LLED DON'T SAY GAY BILL THAT ULD IMPACT THE WHOLE UNTRY
- I DON’T CARE WHAT FLORIDA TELLS US — KEEP “SAYG GAY” AT SCHOOL
- STOP THE ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL
- FACT-CHECKG 3 PROMENT CLAIMS ABOUT FLORIDA’S ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL
‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL: WHAT DO MEAN?
Florida lawmakers have been phg Hoe Bill 1557, dubbed the ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill, which jt passed the Hoe Judiciary Commtee along party l. The ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill is set to e to bate and a full Hoe vote next week. At s re, the ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill outl what seems to be one of the most ntroversial topics today’s news.
WHAT'S THE SO-LLED DON'T SAY GAY BILL THAT ULD IMPACT THE WHOLE UNTRY
Florida is not the only state wh bills siar to ‘Don’t Say Gay’. Demonstrators gather on the steps of the Florida Historic Capol Mm ont of the Florida State Capol March Tallahassee, Fla, prottg what opponents ll the "Don't Say Gay" bill. Hoe Republins have troduced legislatn that some crics are scribg as a natnal "Don't Say Gay" bill – spired by the ntroversial Florida law that bans stctn on genr inty and sexual orientatn krgarten through third gra class.
" Crics of the measure dubbed the Florida law "Don't Say Gay" and argue that s tent is to margalize LGBTQ people and their fai.
I DON’T CARE WHAT FLORIDA TELLS US — KEEP “SAYG GAY” AT SCHOOL
A feral 'Don't Say Gay or Trans' bill... Activist Er Reed, who tracks anti-transgenr legislatn, argu that the parison to a "Don't Say Gay" bill mimiz the potential effects of this proposed legislatn.
"Don't Say Gay/Trans was foced on 'classroom stctn' which was bad enough, " she wrote on Twter.
“The church don’t hate gay people, I don’t hate gay people. “There is nothg wrong or bad about beg gay, but is clear that a hband and a wife is what God tend. It wasn’t the first time anti-gay msagg was celly dropped onto my shoulrs at school, and wouldn’t be the last time eher.
STOP THE ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL
But even wh this reassurance, took me a long time to e to terms wh my sexualy: I spent eight hours a day trapped at school, beg battered wh sual homophobic remarks om teachers and stunts alike.
FACT-CHECKG 3 PROMENT CLAIMS ABOUT FLORIDA’S ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL
It built somethg wh me that I wouldn’t unrstand for years to e, heavy like a are the memori that e back to me when I thk of Florida’s Hoe Bill 1557, aka the Don’t Say Gay Bill, which was signed to law by Gov. Stunts Florida (and around the untry) are fightg back agast the Don’t Say Gay policy wh peer-led walk-outs, prottg this law support of themselv and their classmat. It would have meant everythg to me as a kid if the iends I loved and the peers I sat bi for hours took actn agast the anti-gay msagg promoted my school system.
That number rose by six percentage pots sce 2016 — but wh laws like Don’t Say Gay takg effect, stunts n do more. When I me out at age 23, the first place I turned was to my queer iends, who held me, lerally and figuratively, when ternalized homophobia and fear ate away at me om the si. In a world where Don’t Say Gay has bee law, that dream hangs the balance.