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Contents:

• GAY IS OKAY
• LH COSMETICS RELEAS GAY IS OK SOAP TO SUPPORT EQUALY FLORIDA
• LH COSMETICS RELEAS GAY IS OK SOAP TO SUPPORT EQUALY FLORIDA
• ‘DON'T SAY GAY’: LH’S NEW LNCH FIGHTS NTROVERSIAL FLORIDA LAW
• LH IS PHG BACK AGAST FLORIDA’S ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL WH A CHARABLE (AND CUTE!) SOAP
• LH GAY IS OK SOAP SUPPORTS EQUALY FLORIDA
• AFTER YEARS OF PROGRS ON GAY RIGHTS, HOW DID THE US BEE SO ANTI-LGBTQ+?
• LH DROPS A "GAY IS OK" SOAP RPONSE TO FLORIDA'S "DON’T SAY GAY" LAW
• LUSH UNVEILS ‘GAY IS OK SOAP’ WH PROCEEDS BENEFG EQUALY FLORIDA

GAY IS OKAY

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LH COSMETICS RELEAS GAY IS OK SOAP TO SUPPORT EQUALY FLORIDA

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LH COSMETICS RELEAS GAY IS OK SOAP TO SUPPORT EQUALY FLORIDA

Unfortunately, our Love Soap uldn’t be sold 80 shops around the world bee of anti-gay laws the untri. 1 of 2 | Lh Cosmetics releas a limed-edn Gay is OK Soap to support Equaly Florida, the largt civil rights anizatn dited to securg full equaly for Florida’s lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer (LGBTQ) muny. 1 of 2Lh Cosmetics releas a limed-edn Gay is OK Soap to support Equaly Florida, the largt civil rights anizatn dited to securg full equaly for Florida’s lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer (LGBTQ) muny.

VANCOUVER, BC, May 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Wh the alarmg ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law g to effect Florida, mpaigng pany, Lh Cosmetics jumped to actn releasg a limed-edn Gay is OK Soap to support Equaly Florida, the largt civil rights anizatn dited to securg full equaly for Florida’s lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer (LGBTQ) to law by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, the ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law lims or prohibs classroom stctn on LGBTQ issu schools across the state.

‘DON'T SAY GAY’: LH’S NEW LNCH FIGHTS NTROVERSIAL FLORIDA LAW

“At Lh, we believe the state has a rponsibily to provi a safe and clive learng environment for all children and the Don’t Say Gay legislatn do jt the oppose. ” Carleen Pickard, Ethil Campaigner, Lh addn to the fancial support, Lh is enuragg ctomers to learn more about Equaly Florida, which is part of a lawsu agast the State of Florida opposn to the Don’t Say Gay law, and their Free To Say Gay has a long history of supportg the queer muny, cludg hostg mpaigns support of marriage equaly, transgenr rights, The Equaly Act and more.

About Equaly Florida Found 1997, Equaly Florida is the largt civil rights anizatn dited to securg full equaly for Florida’s lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer (LGBTQ) muny.

LH IS PHG BACK AGAST FLORIDA’S ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL WH A CHARABLE (AND CUTE!) SOAP

, /PRNewswire/ -- Wh the alarmg 'Don't Say Gay' law g to effect Florida, mpaigng pany, Lh Cosmetics jumped to actn releasg a limed-edn Gay is OK Soap to support Equaly Florida, the largt civil rights anizatn dited to securg full equaly for Florida's lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer (LGBTQ) muny. Lh Cosmetics releas a limed-edn Gay is OK Soap to support Equaly Florida, the largt civil rights anizatn dited to securg full equaly for Florida's lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer (LGBTQ) muny.

Signed to law by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, the 'Don't Say Gay' law lims or prohibs classroom stctn on LGBTQ issu schools across the state. "At Lh, we believe the state has a rponsibily to provi a safe and clive learng environment for all children and the Don't Say Gay legislatn do jt the oppose. " Carleen Pickard, Ethil Campaigner, Lh addn to the fancial support, Lh is enuragg ctomers to learn more about Equaly Florida, which is part of a lawsu agast the State of Florida opposn to the Don't Say Gay law, and their Free To Say Gay has a long history of supportg the queer muny, cludg hostg mpaigns support of marriage equaly, transgenr rights, The Equaly Act and more.

About Equaly FloridaFound 1997, Equaly Florida is the largt civil rights anizatn dited to securg full equaly for Florida's lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer (LGBTQ) more at Eqfl. Lh, the Brish bath bomb and e-bety specialists, has created a soap mpaigng agast Florida's 'Don't Say Gay' law. Available only to nsumers the US via, or via Florida stor, sal of the Gay is Ok soap will be donated to civil rights anisatn Equaly Florida's to support those impacted by the new legislatn.

LH GAY IS OK SOAP SUPPORTS EQUALY FLORIDA

Lh first lnched s Gay is Ok mpaign 2015 to advote for gay rights around the world. The brand raised £275, 955 ($400, 000) via sal of a limed edn #GayIsOk soap, wh the money donated to Lh's LGBT+ activist arm Love Fund. ✨✨ GAY IS OKAY SOAP!

✨✨In support of @equalyfl efforts to unter the hateful “Don’t Say Gay” legislatn recently passed. "We believe the state has a rponsibily to provi a safe and clive learng environment for all children and the Don't Say Gay legislatn do jt the oppose, " said Carleen Pickard, Ethil Campaigner at Lh Cosmetics.

Lh is dog s part to take a stand agast the so-lled “Don’t Say Gay” bill, actually lled the “Parental Rights Edutn” bill. Lh’s Gay Is OK soap brgs awarens to the discrimatory bill set to take effect July 1 Flordia, as well as rais money for LGBTQ+ folks’ legal fense.

AFTER YEARS OF PROGRS ON GAY RIGHTS, HOW DID THE US BEE SO ANTI-LGBTQ+?

“Help create a safe, supportive and welg space for LGBTQ+ people while upliftg Equaly Florida’s efforts to unter the hateful ‘Don’t Say Gay’ legislatn recently passed Florida, ” Lh stated on s webse. As Poli explas, the bill is already targetg the supportive teachers kids need school, such as the first openly gay class print at Pe View School Sarasota County, Zanr Moricz, who was told not to speak of his LGBTQ activism.

By purchasg this Gay Is OK soap, Lh is raisg $50, 000 to support Equaly Florida’s legal fense fund. Lh Cosmetics has released limed-edn Gay is OK Soap to support Equaly Florida, the largt civil rights anizatn dited to securg full equaly for Florida's lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer (LGBTQ) muny. The soap was created the wake of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signg Florida HB 1557, legislatn that has bee known as the 'Don't Say Gay' law, bee the law bee lims or prohibs classroom stctn on LGBTQ issu schools across the state.

LH DROPS A "GAY IS OK" SOAP RPONSE TO FLORIDA'S "DON’T SAY GAY" LAW

In addn to the fancial support, Lh is enuragg ctomers to learn more about Equaly Florida, which is part of a lawsu agast the State of Florida opposn to the Don't Say Gay law, and their Free To Say Gay mpaign. In 2019, the Atlantic ran an opn piece tled “The stggle for gay rights is over”.

The mise of the homophobic Defense of Marriage Act 2013 was followed by the end of the feral ban on marriage equaly 2015. Wispread acceptance of same-sex marriage rights, gay people servg the ary and the need for protectns for LGBTQ+ people followed. As recently as 2020, the urt, then wh two Tmp appote, led that the 1964 Civil Rights Act protected gay, lbian and transgenr workers.

In 1985, 89% of parents said they would be sad if they disvered their child was gay or a lbian. A rash of laws ncerng the teachg of human sexualy school curricula, banng trans stunt athlet and strippg parents of the right to help their genr-variant children obta appropriate re have popped up numero red stat this same-sex marriage is now part of the fabric of Ameri, nservativ have chosen to explo Amerins’ unfaiary wh trans people and piggyback on parental anger over the perceived overreach of Covid-era school closur, nflatg wh an sid sense of “wokens”, the hop of fdg an electorally viable sluiceway for anti-LGBTQ+ most famo of the anti-LGBTQ+ laws is the piece of Florida legislatn banng stctn on sexual orientatn or genr inty schools between krgarten and third gra, the so-lled “don’t say gay” law. Supporters of Florida’s ‘don’t say gay’ bill gather outsi Walt Disney World this month.

LUSH UNVEILS ‘GAY IS OK SOAP’ WH PROCEEDS BENEFG EQUALY FLORIDA

The ernor and his supporters have labeled as a “groomer” anyone who believ children n learn LGBTQ+ people exist, argug that simply by talkg about gay relatnships to a child, you are sexualizg that child. ”To be gay, their view, is to be herently sexualized, a threat to nocence a way that straight Amerins are vehemence has ught even veteran LGBTQ+ advot by surprise.

He was followed by Arizona’s ernor, Doug Ducey, who, after barrg mors om genr-affirmatn treatment, wouldn’t even state for the rerd that trans people were Florida lawmaker Michele Rayner-Goolsby, left, hugs her wife, Bian Goolsby, durg a march at cy hall St Petersburg agast the ‘don’t say gay’ bill. Photograph: Bob Daemmrich/Zuma Wire/Rex/ShutterstockPolicians are supported the media by mentators like Tucker Carlson, who claimed “no one had heard of this trans thg four years ago”, or Charlie Kirk, channelg 1980s fears sayg “gays want to rpt your children” rejuvenated, the right wg is poised to make transphobia and homophobia rnerston of the midterms and 2024 electns, wh promis to liver “don’t say gay” legislatn stat cludg Michigan and New Perks, the print of the Fay Rearch Council, a nservative lobbyg group, veighed agast the ernors of Indiana and Utah for vetog legislatn banng trans women om participatg sports, llg the bills “timely, mastream protectns”.