At least 20 stat have troduced “Don’t Say Gay” laws this year. But a handful of stat, versns of the legislatn have existed for s.
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- ALABAMA ERNOR SIGNS 'DON'T SAY GAY,' TRANS RE AND BATHROOM BAN BILLS
- ALABAMA’S ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL: WHAT WOULD DO; READ THE TEXT
- ALABAMA’S ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ EXPANSN WILL NOT HAPPEN THIS YEAR, LAWMAKER SAYS
- ALABAMA HOE APPROV BILL TO TAKE ANTI-GAY LANGUAGE OM SEX TN STANDARDS
- IVEY SIGNS BILL TO UPDATE ALABAMA SEX TN, REMOVE ANTI-GAY LANGUAGE
- ALABAMA LEGISLATURE PASS SURPRISE ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ AMENDMENT, TRANSGENR BATHROOM RTRICTNS
- IN SOME STAT, VERSNS OF ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILLS HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR AWHILE
- GOV. KAY IVEY SIGNS ‘DON’T SAY GAY,’ ANTI-LGBT BATHROOM BILLS TO LAW
ALABAMA ERNOR SIGNS 'DON'T SAY GAY,' TRANS RE AND BATHROOM BAN BILLS
The language mirrors the ntroversial so-lled "Don't Say Gay" bills poppg up across the took issue wh that characterizatn, sayg a statement, "Let me be clear to the media and opponents who like to rrectly dub this the 'Don't Say Gay' amendment: That is misleadg, false and jt pla wrong.
Alabama’s Governor Kay Ivey has signed a bill that will update the US state’s sexualy tn law, removg accurate and stigmatizg language about lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) people. Prevly, Alabama state law required that sexualy tn emphasize “that homosexualy is not a liftyle acceptable to the general public” and “homosexual nduct is a crimal offense unr the laws of the state.
That legislatn also clud a modified versn of Florida’s so-lled “Don’t Say Gay” law, which went further than the origal by banng all “classroom discsn” of sexual orientatn or genr inty gras K-5. ” Meanwhile, Katie and her mother are weighg whether to take her out of her sophomore year of high school and away om the rt of their fay.
ALABAMA’S ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL: WHAT WOULD DO; READ THE TEXT
Another bill, which requir K-12 stunts to e bathrooms signated for their blogil sex, clud a last-hour amendment Thursday crics have pared to siar legislatn Florida dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” law.
ALABAMA’S ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ EXPANSN WILL NOT HAPPEN THIS YEAR, LAWMAKER SAYS
Opponents of the measure nmned s passage, wh the ACLU of Alabama sayg, “It also vok legislatn siar to Florida’s ntroversial ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill by banng classroom stctn or discsn of genr inty public elementary schools.
ALABAMA HOE APPROV BILL TO TAKE ANTI-GAY LANGUAGE OM SEX TN STANDARDS
“Let me be clear to the media and opponents who like to rrectly dub this the “Don’t Say Gay” amendment: That is misleadg, false and jt pla wrong, ” Ivery said. The new state law, which go to effect July 1, remov the requirement that tors teach that homosexualy isn’t an acceptable liftyle and that beg a homosexual is a crimal offense the state.
Lra Hall (D), who said that she downplayed the removal of the nmnatn of homosexualy to foc on makg the bill age-appropriate and accurate for the sexual tn curriculum. Homosexualy.
IVEY SIGNS BILL TO UPDATE ALABAMA SEX TN, REMOVE ANTI-GAY LANGUAGE
""We jt don't thk 's appropriate to be talkg about homosexualy and genr inty, " Shelnutt said. "The language is siar to a Florida bill that crics have dubbed the "Don't Say Gay" bill. "Acrdg to your amendment, they won’t be able to answer the qutn that lawmakers approve bill that crimaliz genr-affirmg re for trans youthOPINION:Florida's 'don't say gay' law and other rtrictns hurt kids and drive away teachersSenate Republins quickly clotured, or end, bate over the amendment.
ALABAMA LEGISLATURE PASS SURPRISE ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ AMENDMENT, TRANSGENR BATHROOM RTRICTNS
"MORE:Florida's 'Don't Say Gay' bill sparked natnal backlash.
IN SOME STAT, VERSNS OF ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILLS HAVE BEEN AROUND FOR AWHILE
Kay Ivey signed to law Hoe Bill 322, lloquially dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, rtrictg public school teachers om discsg LGBTQ+ history or people public elementary schools. At least 20 stat have troduced “Don’t Say Gay” laws this year, which have ma wav around the untry.
GOV. KAY IVEY SIGNS ‘DON’T SAY GAY,’ ANTI-LGBT BATHROOM BILLS TO LAW
READ MORE: Florida Legislature vot to strip Disney of self-ernment after opposn to ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill. Sce 1992, Alabama’s tn stipulated that teachers emphasize “ a factual manner and om a public health perspective, that homosexualy is not a liftyle acceptable to the general public and that homosexual nduct is a crimal offense unr the laws of the state. A year ago, “Don’t Say Gay” laws that had passed the 1980s were nsired archaic, LGBTQ+ advot said, wh many of them repealed over the years.
Texas lawmakers have exprsed tert pursug a “Don’t Say Gay” bill like Florida’s and Alabama’s, even though the state has had a siar regulatn on the books sce 1991. In Texas, the state still stipulat that tnal materials for people unr the age of 18 “state that homosexual nduct is not an acceptable liftyle and is a crimal offense. Oklahoma passed the natn’s first bill banng teachers om talkg about homosexualy an AIDS sex ed measure April 1987, and Louisana followed su that July.
South Carola passed a “Don’t Say Gay” bill 1988.