Louisiana lawmakers revive ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill – The Hill

Contents:

• LOUISIANA’S ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL PASS, ADVANC TO SENATE
• LOUISIANA 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL CLASSROOMS ADVANC THE LEGISLATURE
• LOUISIANA'S 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL PASS, ADVANC TO SENATE
• LOUISIANA LAWMAKERS REVIVE ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL
• LOUISIANA ADVANC ANTI-LGBTQ SCHOOL BILL CRICS LL 'DON'T SAY GAY'
• LOUISIANA HOE PASS ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL
• LOUISIANA 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL ADVANC OUT OF COMMTEE
• LOUISIANA IS THE LATT STATE TO FILE S OWN 'DON’T SAY GAY' BILL FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS
• THERE’S A REASON THE ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILLS DON’T SAY WHAT THEY MEAN
• DISNEY’S DON'T SAY GAY BILL LAWSU W PUTS DESANTIS ON NOTICE
• ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL TRODUCED BY LOUISIANA REPUBLIN WILL ‘ISOLATE’ LGBT+ KIDS, ADVOT WARN
• ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL LOUISIANA LEGISLATURE WOULD ‘ISOLATE’ LGBTQ STUNTS, CRIC SAYS
• LOUISIANA LAWMAKERS KILL 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL RTRICTG GENR INTY DISCSN
• LGBTQ COMMUNY OUTRAGED AFTER 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL FILED LOUISIANA
• AUTHOR KILLS LOUISIANA’S ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL
• LOUISIANA ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL ADVANC OUT OF MTEE

LOUISIANA’S ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL PASS, ADVANC TO SENATE

(AP) — As Republin-drafted legislatn that prohibs school employe om teachg sexual orientatn or genr inty the classroom mounts, Louisiana lawmakers advanced their own “Don’t Say Gay” bill legislative ssn season, nservativ across the untry have filed bills takg aim at nearly every facet of transgenr existence, om health re to athletics to bathroom accs. Louisiana’s bill is siar to legislatn that Florida passed last year, which crics have dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” law.

So far, at least three other stat — Alabama, Arkansas and Kentucky — have enacted siar “Don’t Say Gay” laws. Addnally, they say would have a negative effect on teachers who fear beg penalized for mentng anythg related to homosexualy. Louisiana’s legislatn, which already passed the Hoe and advanced om the Senate Commtee on Edutn to the GOP-domated Senate floor on Thursday, is siar to a law enacted Florida last year that crics dubbed, “Don't Say Gay.

At least three other stat — Alabama, Arkansas and Kentucky — have enacted siar “Don’t Say Gay” laws. “This is a hateful piece of legislatn, ” state Public Service Commissner Devante Lewis, Louisiana’s first openly gay elected state official, told the Republin-ntrolled Senate mtee. ”Polil CartoonsLouisiana’s bill is siar to legislatn that Florida passed last year, which crics have dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” law.

LOUISIANA 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL CLASSROOMS ADVANC THE LEGISLATURE

Louisiana lawmakers also attempted to overturn two other ntroversial LGBTQ+ bills that Edwards vetoed; a “ Don’t Say Gay ” bill that broadly bars teachers om discsg genr inty and sexual orientatn public school classrooms; and a measure requirg public school teachers to e the pronouns and nam that align wh what stunts were assigned at birth. This year alone, more than 525 anti-LGBTQ+ bills were troduced 41 stat, acrdg to data llected by the Human Rights Campaign, a gay rights anizatn. Dodie Horton, scribed by crics as a "don't say gay" bill, rtricts the discsn of genr and sexualy public school Bill 81 by Republin Bossier Cy Rep.

"It would prevent gay and trans children om beg loved and valued. John Bel Edwards‘ recent bill rejectns, which clud blockg a genr-affirmg re ban for transgenr youths and the state’s versn of “Don’t Say Gay” legislatn. Durg the wang days of Louisiana’s legislative ssn, lawmakers passed a seri of ntroversial bills: a ban on genr-affirmg medil re for transgenr mors that clus puberty-blockers, hormone treatment and surgery; a “ Don’t Say Gay ” bill that broadly bars teachers om discsg genr inty and sexual orientatn public school classrooms; and a measure requirg public school teachers to e the pronouns and nam that align wh what stunts were assigned at birth.

LOUISIANA'S 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL PASS, ADVANC TO SENATE

John Bel Edwards' recent bill rejectns, which clud blockg a genr-affirmg re ban for transgenr youths and the state's versn of “Don't Say Gay” legislatn.

LOUISIANA LAWMAKERS REVIVE ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL

The Louisiana Hoe of Reprentativ passed a so-lled Don’t Say Gay bill Tuday that would prohib teachers om discsg genr inty or sexual orientatn, and would protect only teachers and parents who hold nservative views of transgenr rights. (AP) — As several nservative stat adopt legislatn that prohibs school employe om teachg or discsg sexual orientatn and genr inty the classroom, Louisiana advanced s own “Don’t Say Gay” bill anti-LGBTQ+ measure was narrowly approved by a Republin-ntrolled Hoe mtee and heads to the full Hoe, where an emotnally charged bate over the culture war measure is all but guaranteed. ”Last year, Florida beme the first state to pass what crics ll the “Don't Say Gay” law.

They also say creat a chillg effect on teachers who fear beg penalized for mentng anythg related to homosexualy. Louisiana beme the latt state to file a Florida-style “Don’t Say Gay” bill when state Rep.

” This uld mean elimatg books wh LGBTQ characters or removg people who intified as gay or lbian om history uld also mean barrg stunts wh gay parents om participatg class discsns when that rmatn is relevant. For example, clus a measure that allows parents to opt their children out of unselg and mental health servic and giv them the power to sue schools, at the district’s st, if they thk any part of the bill has been least four stat addn to Florida had troduced “Don’t Say Gay” bills as of mid-Febary, acrdg to The Hill. A recent draft of the state’s revised standards asked stunts to analyze “the major ntributns and limatns placed on diverse groups” cludg “LGBT people, ” but that versn was later isn’t the first time stat have tried to pass legislatn rtrictg classroom discsn of genr and sexualy; rather 's jt a new least a half-dozen stat, cludg Louisiana, already have “no promo homo” laws place that lim how, or whether, teachers n talk about LGBTQ issu wh stunts.

LOUISIANA ADVANC ANTI-LGBTQ SCHOOL BILL CRICS LL 'DON'T SAY GAY'

“No sex tn urse offered the public schools of the state shall utilize any sexually-explic materials pictg male or female homosexual activy, ” the policy a statement Thursday, SarahJane Guidry, executive director of Fom for Equaly, said Horton’s bill was meant to “stigmatize LGBTQ people, isolate LGBTQ kids and make teachers fearful of providg safe, clive classrooms. In an terview wh Louisiana Illumator reporter Julie O’Donoghue, Horton reportedly disagreed wh the bill’s scriptn as “Don’t Say Gay” legislatn, argug her motivatn was to protect children “om nversatns that are not age appropriate. The last time I wrote about Florida’s “don’t say gay” bill, which prohibs “classroom stctn by school personnel or third parti on sexual orientatn or genr inty, ” I received an email om a rear that I haven’t been able to stop thkg about.

LOUISIANA HOE PASS ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL

“It don’t say anythg about not sayg gay. How uld be, when didn’t even mentn the word “gay”? In fact, his plat was that the bill did not target them wh sufficient seems to be the strategy behd the Florida legislatn, the Parental Rights Edutn Bill, and the pyts that are sprgg up stat like Oh and Louisiana: Pass homophobic and transphobic bills cloaked ntral language, then pretend liberals are crazy for llg the bills homophobic and transphobic.

You won’t fd a sgle mentn of the word “gay” or “lbian” or “transgenr” or “nonbary” the bills. “Gay" and “bisexual” are sexual orientatns, but so is “straight. “When racists are charge of admisterg seemgly race-ntral laws, they often apply them uneven ways that reflect their racism, " Kse homophob are the on g seemgly ntral laws, the actual effects of those laws will be homophobic.

LOUISIANA 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL ADVANC OUT OF COMMTEE

’ ”Several years ago, Mter says, the NCLR succsfully filed challeng agast discrimatory laws that specifilly mentned homosexualy: In South Carola, for example, schools were prohibed om discsg “homosexual relatnships except the ntext of stctn ncerng sexually transmted diseas. The “don’t say gay” bills are the oppose of that, specifilly bee they do not say gay. Maybe that’s bee ’s historilly been hard for some people to picture discsg homosexualy whout discsg sex.

A 2016 Pew Rearch survey found that 87 percent of Amerins knew someone who is gay.

Do supporters of the “don’t say gay” bills tly want their children’s schools to be forced to legally pretend that Uncle Mike or Neighbor June don’t exist?

LOUISIANA IS THE LATT STATE TO FILE S OWN 'DON’T SAY GAY' BILL FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS

A bill om Republin state Rep Dodie Horton mirrorg Florida’s so-lled “Don’t Say Gay” legislatn would prohib Louisiana’s teachers and school stctors om “ver[g] the topics of sexual orientatn or genr inty” krgarten through eighth gra also prohibs all school staff om “discs[g] his own sexual orientatn or genr inty” wh stunts of any Horton told Baton Rouge ABC affiliate WBRZ that she “wasn’t aware of the need [for this legislatn] until I looked at some thgs on Twter and Facebook. Opponents warn such measur are beg ed to strip away civil liberti and erase already vulnerable LGBT+ Amerins om public life while drawg teachers and schools to stly and ivolo pollg om Ipsos partnership wh ABC News found that 62 per cent of Amerins oppose so-lled “Don’t Say Gay” legislatn, while 37 per cent support . It follows siar efforts Florida and more than a dozen other stat referred to as “Don’t Say Gay” proposals.

She also objected to labelg her proposal as as a “Don’t Say Gay” bill.

“This is not a ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill, ” Horton said. Louisiana's versn of legislatn to bar classroom discsn of sexual orientatn or genr inty, scribed as a "Don't Say Gay" bill by opponents, was killed the Hoe Edutn Commtee Tuday.

THERE’S A REASON THE ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILLS DON’T SAY WHAT THEY MEAN

"If they learn that this is taboo, they will learn to hate themselv, " said Mary Lee Montgomery, a sophomore at Tulane Universy.

Another opponent who intified as gay said she was a victim of nstant bullyg school wh children hurlg slurs at her, eventually promptg her to "take a handful of pills" after she beme "reckls wh my life.

DISNEY’S DON'T SAY GAY BILL LAWSU W PUTS DESANTIS ON NOTICE

Centers for Disease Control and half of rponnts who intified as lbian, gay or bisexual said they had serly thought about suici, while one four lbian, gay or bisexual youth reported attemptg , the agency found. LGBTQ advot exprsed outrage after a Louisiana lawmaker troduced a so-lled "don't say gay" bill aimed at limg the discsn of sexual orientatn and genr inty Bill 837, filed by Republin state Reprentative Dodie Horton, would ban any discsns of sexual orientatn or genr inty krgarten through eighth-gra classrooms and prevent teachers and school employe om discsg their sexual orientatn or genr inty wh K-12th gra troductn of the legislatn two weeks after a siar bill passed the state Senate Florida. LGBTQ+ advot exprsed outrage after a so-lled “Don’t Say Gay” bill was filed the Louisiana state legislature.

‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL TRODUCED BY LOUISIANA REPUBLIN WILL ‘ISOLATE’ LGBT+ KIDS, ADVOT WARN

"Another stupid 'don't say gay' time LA. In this one, ncern is that teachers will fluence kids to be gay.

‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL LOUISIANA LEGISLATURE WOULD ‘ISOLATE’ LGBTQ STUNTS, CRIC SAYS

Yeah bee beg gay is a choice like cidg what to wear Please LA wh the celty. Another stupid "don't say gay" time LA. Yeah bee beg gay is a choice like cidg what to wear ? Please LA wh the celty.

LOUISIANA LAWMAKERS KILL 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL RTRICTG GENR INTY DISCSN

ACLU of Louisiana's Advocy Director Chris Kaiser wrote a statement to Newsweek that the bill is "aimed at villaizg gay and transgenr people and effectively removg them om public life. He nounced "don't say gay" legislatn durg his State of the State addrs last week, acrdg to the Louisiana Illumator. Dodie Horton, R-Hghton, thor of what’s been labeled Louisiana’s “Don’t Say Gay” legislatn, told the Illumator she has voluntarily shelved her bill for this legislative ssn.

Horton’s proposal is moled after “Don’t Say Gay” legislatn that Florida Gov. John Bel Edwards’ recent bill rejectns, which clud blockg a genr-affirmg re ban for transgenr youths and the state’s versn of “Don’t Say Gay” Ssn is official.

Lawmakers mt adjourn no later than the end of the day on July are some of the bills Edwards vetoed this ssn that will likely draw BILLSDurg the wang days of Louisiana’s legislative ssn, lawmakers passed a seri of ntroversial bills: a ban on genr-affirmg medil re for transgenr mors that clus puberty-blockers, hormone treatment and surgery; a " Don’t Say Gay " bill that broadly bars teachers om discsg genr inty and sexual orientatn public school classrooms; and a measure requirg public school teachers to e the pronouns and nam that align wh what stunts were assigned at birth. As several reliably red stat adopt legislatn that prohibs school employe om teachg or discsg sexual orientatn and genr inty the classroom, Louisiana advanced s own “Don’t Say Gay” bill Wednday, April 26.

LGBTQ COMMUNY OUTRAGED AFTER 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL FILED LOUISIANA

As several reliably red stat adopt legislatn that prohibs school employe om teachg or discsg sexual orientatn and genr inty the classroom, Louisiana advanced s own “Don’t Say Gay” bill Wednday, April 26, 2023. Last year, Florida beme the first state to pass what crics ll the “Don’t Say Gay” law. So far, three other stat — Alabama, Arkansas and Kentucky — have enacted siar “Don’t Say Gay” laws.

AUTHOR KILLS LOUISIANA’S ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL

LOUISIANA ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL ADVANC OUT OF MTEE