Internatnal uple Eric Turner and Morné Coetzer are a b of a pickle: They have set a date to marry (January 4, 2014), but bee the legalizatn of same-sex marriage remas globally sporadic, neher n do where he liv now (Eric's Hoton, Morné is London). They have cid on South Ai, where Morné grew up and gay marriage is legal. Morné's parents are already there, but Eric's are not. Now, they'd gladly pay for Eric's parents to fly there, but they'd more gladly e your money and so they have set up a gofundme page to e-panhandle $7,000 to ver Eric's parents' trip. Really, they have more important sh to buy. Wh their money. But not yours. Wr Eric:
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PHILLY KRGARTEN TEACHER: FLORIDA’S ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ LEGISLATN HAS ME TERRIFIED | OPN
They have cid on South Ai, where Morné grew up and gay marriage is legal. I am married to a man who grew up Black and gay Florida. As a teacher, I’ve seen untls kids who have to endure a nstant bate over who they are as Tuday, the Florida Senate voted to pass the ntroversial Parental Rights Edutn bill, dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” bill by opponents.
They believe that children ag 5 to 9 are pable of unrstandg the ncept of beg LGBTQ+ and that such discsns are “appropriate” for kids that age an early child tor and as a gay man, I know this is ludicro. I knew I was gay at 4 years old, even if I did not yet fully unrstand or have a name for what I was feelg at the time.
Wh legislatn like the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, the answer appears to be a roundg “no. This kd of homo-antagonistic policy is jt pla is srit to me is that this uld happen anywhere the natn. My hband teach high school mic and nstantly tells me how beg one of two gay teachers at his school — and the only Black and gay male teacher — has given some stunts a mol of what looks like to be LGBTQ+ as they explore their own inti.