Florida ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Bill Is Even Worse Than It Sounds

Contents:

• KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY
• DO FLORIDA’S ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL VLATE THE FIRST AMENDMENT?
• JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ACH OUT AS GAY
• THE ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL IS WORSE THAN IT SOUNDS
• 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL AIMED AT FLORIDA TEACHERS MAY VLATE STUNTS' RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH
• THE NSTUTNAL PROBLEM WH FLORIDA’S “DON’T SAY GAY” BILL
• REPORT: WARRRS EXPECTED TO SHOW TERT RUDY GAY
• IS RUDY GAY A GOOD F?

KEV MAXEN BE FIRST MALE ACH A US MEN’S PROFSNAL SPORTS LEAGUE TO PUBLICLY E OUT AS GAY

Kev Maxen has bee the first male ach a US men’s profsnal sports league to e out as gay.

Per Outsports, as of September 2022, there have only ever been 16 players NFL history to publicly e out as gay or bisexual. Carl Nassib beme the first active NFL player league history to announce that he is gay 2021. Per Outsports, Maxen is the “first publicly out male ach a major Amerin men’s pro sports league, ” wh WNBA ach Curt Miller, who publicly me out to the media as gay 2015, also a publicly out male ach an Amerin profsnal sports league.

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DO FLORIDA’S ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL VLATE THE FIRST AMENDMENT?

For while those power seek to discrimate agast gay Amerins for beg gay, Ain Amerins for beg Black, Asian Amerins for beg Asian and Jewish Amerins for beg Jewish, the tth we nnot lose sight of is that we are all Amerins. Human Rights Watch works for lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr peopl' rights, and wh activists reprentg a multiplicy of inti and issu. Qutns have been raised as to whether Florida’s so-lled “Don’t Say Gay” bill vlat the First Amendment rights of teachers and stunts public primary schools the state.

JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS ACH OUT AS GAY

All ey will be on Florida Monday as the so-lled Don’t Say Gay bill go before the full state Senate for nsiratn. But Calvert warned of a very likely “chillg effect, ” where teachers would be cled to censor themselv over fear of retributn om parents, who unr the bill would be granted greater thory to sue school districts believed to be vlatn of “Don’t Say Gay. FLORIDA ‘DON’T SAY GAY BILL’ PASSES FINAL SENATE COMMITTEE.

“I am eply alarmed by a wispread, profoundly negative ripti created by liberate actns to roll back the human rights of LGBT people at state level, ” he said, notg that the clu eply discrimatory measur seekg to rebuild stigma agast lbian and gay persons, limg prehensive sexual and genr tn for all, and accs to genr-affirmg treatment, sports and sgle-sex facili for trans and genr diverse persons.

THE ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL IS WORSE THAN IT SOUNDS

St Kts and Nevis crimaliz gay sex.

Kts and Nevis High Court that laws crimalizg gay sex are unnstutnal. “This landmark lg is an important step forward ensurg equaly and digny for the lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr muny St.

Members and supporters of the LGBTQ+ muny attend the “Say Gay Anyway” rally Miami Beach on March 13. “Everyone knows I’m gay, but as long as I don’t talk about , ’s okay.

'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL AIMED AT FLORIDA TEACHERS MAY VLATE STUNTS' RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH

“It would be very easy for a parent to say, ‘There’s my dyke teacher teachg my kid to be gay, ’ and sue the school. Nicknamed “Don’t Say Gay” by opponents, the legislatn prohibs any discsn of LGBTQ+ sexualy or genr the classroom and empowers parents to sue for vlatns. While “Don’t Say Gay” is a tchy phrase that’s had the tend effect of drawg attentn to the bill, which is expected to be signed to law by Governor Ron DeSantis any day now, the legislatn is much worse than sounds.

“‘Don’t Say Gay’ has a ‘sticks’ that helps stay people’s heads, but don’t nvey the full harm that this bill would e, ” says Ross Murray, the vice-print of the GLAAD Media Instute.

THE NSTUTNAL PROBLEM WH FLORIDA’S “DON’T SAY GAY” BILL

Really, ’s the “Don’t Discs Anythg About Queer or Trans Existence and Don’t Counsel Trans or Gay Kids (Instead, You Mt Out Them to Their Parents) or Else Parents Can Force a State Invtigatn of the School, Get Money Damag, and Probably Get You Fired” bill.

A trans kid who n’t talk about their genr inty at home, a closeted gay kid a nservative Christian fay — all public-school unselors would be required by law to out them to their parents, who may be unsupportive or abive. If one of Eckhoff’s stunts says she discsed gay marriage class, the stunt’s parents n requt that a special magistrate vtigate the allegatn — at the school’s expense — wh the vtigatn to be submted to the state’s board of tn.

REPORT: WARRRS EXPECTED TO SHOW TERT RUDY GAY

That might entail removg books om the library, stutg gag l, endg discsns of sexual orientatn sex-ed class, curtailg faculty advisg of gay-straight allianc, and, whout a doubt, barrg LGBTQ+ teachers’ personal statements of any kd about themselv, their kids, or their fai.

IS RUDY GAY A GOOD F?

At least public schools, gay-iendly enclav would be extguished. The bat around the bill have been a shockg throwback to the anti-gay csas of the 1970s wh nservativ stg gay people as child molters and opponents of the bill as groomers of children to be gay or trans. “When I first saw the headle ‘Don’t Say Gay, ’ I thought, I might lose my job over this, ” she says.

It’s about elimatg any safe space for LGBTQ+ kids the entire state — no public school Tampa or Miami or Fort Lrdale or anywhere else would be okay to be gay, trans, or simply open about onelf or one’s fay.