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• ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL PASS FLORIDA, GO TO ERNOR
• ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL SIGNED BY FLORIDA GOV. RON DESANTIS
• ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL PASS FLORIDA, GO TO ERNOR
• FLORIDA HOE PASS GOP ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL
• EXPLAINER: WHAT IS LAW CRICS HAVE DUBBED ‘DON’T SAY GAY’?
• INDIANA ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL PIVOTS TO KIDS’ GENR INTY
• FLORIDA EXPANDS ‘DON’T SAY GAY'; HOE OKS ANTI-LGBTQ BILLS
• JUDGE TOSS CHALLENGE TO FLORIDA’S ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL
• LOUISIANA’S ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL PASS, ADVANC TO SENATE
• FLORIDA GOP NEARS FAL PASSAGE ON ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL
• HERE'S WHAT FLORIDA'S 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL WOULD DO AND WHAT WOULDN'T DO
• ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ LAW NF SOME FLORIDA SCHOOLS
• LOUISIANA ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL ADVANC OUT OF MTEE
• DISNEY WORKERS PLAN WALKOUT TO PROTT ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL
• WHE HOE NOUNC FLORIDA GOP OVER ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL

‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL PASS FLORIDA, GO TO ERNOR

The proposal, which opponents have dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, now mov to the sk of Republin Gov. Smh, a Democrat who is gay, addg that “sends a terrible msage to our youth that there is somethg wrong wh LGBTQ people, that there is somethg so dangero or appropriate about that we have to be prohibed and censored om the classroom. Dozens of stunts and advot flood mtee rooms durg the proposal’s early stag and then packed to the halls of the legislature as moved toward fal passage, often wh chants of “We say gay!

DeSantis has chafed at llg the proposal the “Don’t Say Gay” bill bee he said would apply to stctn on any genr inty or sexual orientatn.

‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL SIGNED BY FLORIDA GOV. RON DESANTIS

LGBTQ advot, stunts, Democrats, the entertament dtry and the Whe Hoe have dubbed the measure the “Don’t Say Gay” law. Florida stunts staged walkouts and packed to mtee rooms and statehoe halls to prott the measure, often wh boomg chants of “We say gay!

‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL PASS FLORIDA, GO TO ERNOR

Smh, a Democrat who is gay. “Even worse, #DontSayGay sends a hateful msage to our most vulnerable youth who simply need our support. 22, 2022, Florida Hoe Republins advanced a bill, dubbed by opponents as the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, to forbid discsns of sexual orientatn and genr inty schools, rejectg cricism om Democrats who said the proposal moniz LGBTQ people.

The proposal, which crics have dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, has attracted scty om Print Joe Bin, who lled “hateful, ” as well as other Democrats who argue moniz LGBTQ people. Carlos Guillermo Smh, a Democrat who is gay, told lawmakers the Hoe before the measure passed. Ron DeSantis displays the signed Parental Rights Edutn, aka the Don’t Say Gay bill, flanked by elementary school stunts durg a news nference on Monday, March 28, 2022, at Classil Preparatory school Shady Hills.

FLORIDA HOE PASS GOP ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL

(AP) — Florida has e unr tense natnal scty over legislatn that crics have labeled the “Don’t Say Gay” GOP legislatn, which Republin Gov.

EXPLAINER: WHAT IS LAW CRICS HAVE DUBBED ‘DON’T SAY GAY’?

In that ve, they have labeled the measure the “Don’t Say Gay” bill. The so-lled “Don’t Say Gay” bill drew tense natnal scty om those who argue margaliz LGBTQ people.

INDIANA ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL PIVOTS TO KIDS’ GENR INTY

Missouri lawmakers also rejected a more rtrictive versn of the “Don’t Say Gay” law. Ron DeSantis add more ws to his agenda targetg the LGBTQ+ muny as a state board approved an expansn of what crics ll the “Don’t Say Gay” law Wednday, and the Hoe passed bills on genr-transn treatments, bathroom e and keepg children out of drag Board of Edutn approved a ban on classroom stctn about sexual orientatn and genr inty all gras, expandg the law that bans those lson up to gra 3 at the requt of DeSantis as he gears up for an expected printial le change would ban lsons on sexual orientatn and genr inty om gras 4-12, unls required by existg state standards or as part of reproductive health stctn that stunts n choose not to take.

The entertament giant publicly opposed the “Don’t Say Gay” legislatn last year, and, as punishment, DeSantis phed lawmakers to give him ntrol of a self-erng district that Disney overse s theme park a set of new DeSantis appote uld assume ntrol of the district, Disney’s board passed rtrictive venants that strip the g members of most of their powers, bluntg the ernor’s retaliatn. (AP) — For the send time about a month, a lawsu challengg Florida’s so-lled “don’t say gay” legislatn rtrictg teachg on genr inty and sexual orientatn schools has been dismissed by a feral judge.

FLORIDA EXPANDS ‘DON’T SAY GAY'; HOE OKS ANTI-LGBTQ BILLS

A report released Augt by the Human Rights Campaign, one of the natn’s largt LGBTQ advocy groups, and the Center for Counterg Digal Hate said that hateful referenc to gays, lbians and other LGBTQ people surged onle after Florida’s Republin-domated legislature passed the bill.

(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.

JUDGE TOSS CHALLENGE TO FLORIDA’S ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL

Addnally, they say would have a negative effect on teachers who fear beg penalized for mentng anythg related to homosexualy. The proposal, dubbed by opponents as the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, is expected to pass the GOP-ntrolled legislature this week.

Smh, a Democrat who is gay and has been one of the most vol crics of the bill, tweeted that Phaw should step down over her ments. “#DeSantis’ spokperson openly acced opponents of #DontSayGay of beg ‘groomers’— aka PEDOPHILES, ” he wrote.

But Florida’s Parental Rights Edutn act — which crics have dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” bill — has sudnly sparked a natnal war of recent weeks, lears of global rporatns, edorial boards of major newspapers and Hollywood actors have all weighed on the proposed legislatn, wh some llg “eply disturbg” and others “nonntroversial. ” Conversely, opponents say would unfairly target the LGBTQ muny — particularly gay and trans stunts — and is “pretendg to solve a problem that don’t exist. For starters, cricism that the “Don’t Say Gay” bill do not fact say “gay” anywhere s text is te.

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

The bill, which passed Florida’s Senate last week and the state’s Hoe of Reprentativ Febary, do, however, nta the terms “sexual orientatn” and “genr inty, ” each legal experts say that whether the bill prohibs the word “gay” self is a “distractn.

“The ‘Don’t Say Gay’ moniker is a moniker about a certa polil amg of this suatn. ”Beyond brandg, a re argument over the bill centers around whether would prohib the “stctn” or “discsn” of sexual bill’s sponsors have emphatilly stated that the bill would not prohib stunts om talkg about their LGBTQ fai or bar classroom discsns about LGBTQ history, cludg events like the 2016 adly attack on the Pulse nightclub, a gay club Orlando. (AP) — Some Florida schools have moved library books and bated changg textbooks rponse to a law crics ll “Don’t Say Gay” — and some teachers have worried that fay pictur on their sks uld get them stunts return om summer break, tors are utly adjtg and wag to see how the new law erng lsons on genr and sexual orientatn will be terpreted and enforced.

FLORIDA GOP NEARS FAL PASSAGE ON ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL

Crics dubbed “Don’t Say Gay, ” though ntas no bans on specific phras and don’t bar material on sexual orientatn nsired age-appropriate for gras 4 and above.

HERE'S WHAT FLORIDA'S 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL WOULD DO AND WHAT WOULDN'T DO

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.

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. (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.

‘DON’T SAY GAY’ LAW NF SOME FLORIDA SCHOOLS

So far, three other stat — Alabama, Arkansas and Kentucky — have enacted siar “Don’t Say Gay” laws. Petersburg, Fla., on Saturday, March 12, 2022 durg a march to prott the ntroversial “Don’t say gay” bill passed by Florida’s Republin-led legislature and now on s way to Gov. 2 of 6 | Florida Hoe Reprentative Michele Rayner livers an impassned speech vowg to challenge the ntroversial “Don’t say gay” bill passed by Florida’s Republin-led legislature and now on s way to Gov.

Petersburg, Fla., on Saturday, March 12, 2022, to prott the ntroversial “Don’t say gay” bill passed by Florida’s Republin-led legislature and now on s way to Gov. Petersburg, Fla., on Saturday, March 12, 2022 durg a rally and march to prott the ntroversial “Don’t say gay” bill passed by Florida’s Republin-led legislature and now on s way to Gov.

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

5 of 6 | Florida Hoe Reprentative Michele Rayner livers an impassned speech vowg to challenge the ntroversial “Don’t say gay” bill passed by Florida’s Republin-led legislature and now on s way to Gov. Pete Pier durg a rally and march to prott agast a bill dubbed by opponents as the “Don’t Say Gay” bill Saturday, March 12, 2022, St.

2 of 6Florida Hoe Reprentative Michele Rayner livers an impassned speech vowg to challenge the ntroversial “Don’t say gay” bill passed by Florida’s Republin-led legislature and now on s way to Gov. 5 of 6Florida Hoe Reprentative Michele Rayner livers an impassned speech vowg to challenge the ntroversial “Don’t say gay” bill passed by Florida’s Republin-led legislature and now on s way to Gov.

DISNEY WORKERS PLAN WALKOUT TO PROTT ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL

(AP) — Disney workers are planng walkouts durg their breaks every day this week to prott CEO Bob Chapek’s slow rponse publicly cricizg Florida legislatn that crics have dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” act of prott will culmate next Tuday wh a general walkout by LGBTQ workers and their supporters at Disney works California, Florida and elsewhere, the group of Disney employe said this week on their webse.

Republin-backed legislatn, -sponsored by Baxley, Florida that uld severely lim discsn of gay and lbian issu public schools is beg wily nmned as dangero and discrimatory, wh one gay Democratic lawmaker sayg ’s an attempt to silence LGBTQ stunts, fai and history. Republin-backed legislatn Florida that uld severely lim discsn of gay and lbian issu public schools is beg wily nmned as dangero and discrimatory, wh Smh, a gay Democratic lawmaker, sayg ’s an attempt to silence LGBTQ stunts, fai and history. Republin-backed legislatn, -sponsored by Hardg, Florida that uld severely lim discsn of gay and lbian issu public schools is beg wily nmned as dangero and discrimatory, wh one gay Democratic lawmaker sayg ’s an attempt to silence LGBTQ stunts, fai and history.

4 of 4 | FILE - Participants wh the Alliance for GLBTQ Youth march at the annual Miami Beach Gay Pri Para, Sunday, April 9, 2017, Miami Beach, Fla. Republin-backed legislatn Florida that uld severely lim discsn of gay and lbian issu public schools is beg wily nmned as dangero and discrimatory, wh one gay Democratic lawmaker sayg ’s an attempt to silence LGBTQ stunts, fai and history.

WHE HOE NOUNC FLORIDA GOP OVER ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL

4 of 4FILE - Participants wh the Alliance for GLBTQ Youth march at the annual Miami Beach Gay Pri Para, Sunday, April 9, 2017, Miami Beach, Fla.

A Whe Hoe spokperson weighed on the legislatn, dubbed by activists as the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, shortly after a GOP-ntrolled mtee approved the measure.