The Solutn to "Gay" Insults: Freedom of Speech | Psychology Today

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• RON DESANTIS'S FLORIDA BOARD OF EDUTN: HEY, WHAT ABOUT THE “PERSONAL BENEF” OF BEG A SLAVE?FLORIDA’S NEW AIN AMERIN STUDI CURRICULUM STANDARDS WILL FORCE PUBLIC SCHOOL STUNTS TO LEARN ABOUT SOME OF THE SUPPOSED UPSIS OF SLAVERY.BY ERIC LUTZJULY 20, 2023RON DESANTIS SPEAKS DURG A MPAIGN EVENT IOWA JULY 14.RACHEL MUMMEY/BLOOMBERG VIA GETTY IMAGSAVE THIS STORYSAVESAVE THIS STORYSAVERON DESANTIS’S WAR ON “WOKENS” SCHOOLS ASCEND TO DANGERO NEW HEIGHTS WEDNDAY, AS FLORIDA’S STATE BOARD OF EDUTN APPROVED NEW AIN AMERIN STUDI CURRICULUM STANDARDS THAT, AMONG OTHER THGS, WOULD FORCE PUBLIC SCHOOL STUNTS TO LEARN ABOUT SOME OF THE SUPPOSED UPSIS OF SLAVERY — A WHEWASHG OF HISTORY THAT THE STATE’S LARGT TEACHERS UNN CRIED AS A “BIG STEP BACKWARD” FOR TN.“GOV. DESANTIS IS PURSUG A POLIL AGENDA GUARANTEED TO SET GOOD PEOPLE AGAST ONE ANOTHER, AND THE PROCS HE’S CHEATG OUR KIDS,” ANDREW SPAR, PRINT OF THE FLORIDA EDUTN ASSOCIATN, SAID A STATEMENT BLASTG THE NEW AIN AMERIN STUDI STANDARDS. “THEY SERVE THE FULL TTH OF AMERIN HISTORY, THE GOOD AND THE BAD.”FLORIDA PUBLIC SCHOOL STUNTS MAY NOT GET THAT UNR THE NEW L APPROVED WEDNDAY, WHICH REQUIRE TEACHERS— A SECTN ON SLAVERY— TO NOTE THAT “SLAV VELOPED SKILLS, WHICH, SOME STANC, ULD BE APPLIED FOR THEIR PERSONAL BENEF.” IN A SECTN ON “RENSTCTN AND BEYOND,” A PERD MARKED BY JIM CROW AND ROUTE WHE TERRORISM ON BLACK MUNI, THE NEW L DICTATE THAT STUNTS MT BE TGHT ABOUT “ACTS OF VLENCE PERPETRATED AGAST AND BY AIN AMERINS,” WHICH, AS DEMOCRATIC STATE SENATOR GERALDE THOMPSON POTED OUT, SUGGTS CINTS LIKE THE OEE MASSACRE WERE “SPARKED BY VLENCE OM AIN AMERINS.”“THAT’S BLAMG THE VICTIMS,” SAID THOMPSON, WHO, AS THE WASHGTON POST NOT, HELPED PASS A 2020 LAW REQUIRG FLORIDA SCHOOLS TO TEACH ABOUT THE 1920 MASSACRE, WHICH A WHE MOB KILLED DOZENS OF BLACK RINTS OF OEE, FLORIDA, ELECTN DAY VLENCE. (MANNY DIAZ, FLORIDA'S TN MISSNER, PRAISED THE CHANG, SAYG THAT “THIS IS SOMETHG THAT IS GOG TO SET THE NORM FOR STANDARDS OTHER STAT.”)TWTER NTENTTHIS NTENT N ALSO BE VIEWED ON THE SE ORIGAT OM.THE NEW STANDARDS E AS DESANTIS, A NTENR FOR THE 2024 REPUBLIN NOMATN, LAT HIS WAR ON SO-LLED “WOKE” TN, WHICH HAS CLUD BOOK BANS, THE REJECTN OF AN ADVANCED PLACEMENT URSE ON AIN AMERIN STUDI, AND THE PASSAGE OF THE STOP WOKE ACT, WHICH PROHIBS THE STCTN OF MATERIAL THAT ULD MAKE SOMEONE FEEL “GUILT, ANGUISH OR ANY FORM OF PSYCHOLOGIL STRS.” HIS NCERN FOR THE POSSIBLE “ANGUISH” OF FLORIDA STUNTS DO NOT SEEM TO EXTEND TO BLACK STUNTS, WHO ULD BE FORCED TO LEARN ABOUT THE SUPPOSED “BENEF” OF SLAVERY, NOR DO SEEM TO EXTEND TO LGBTQ KIDS AND THEIR FAI, WHO HAVE ALSO BEEN TARGETED HIS BATTLE. DESANTIS EXPAND HIS “DON’T SAY GAY” LAW THIS YEAR, AND THE FLORIDA BOARD OF EDUTN VOTED WEDNDAY FOR L THAT TOOK EVEN FURTHER — CLUDG BY BARRG TEACHERS OM ASKG STUNTS THEIR PREFERRED PRONOUNS. DIAZ SAID THE MOVE WOULD PROTECT KIDS OM “UNWELE FLUENC AND DOCTRATN," PRAISG DESANTIS, THE LEGISLATN, AND THE BOARD FOR WHAT HE SCRIBED A STATEMENT AS THEIR “UNWAVERG MMENT TO THE HEALTH, WELLBEG AND SAFETY OF OUR STUNTS.” BUT, AS CRICS CHARGED, THE L NSTUTED AN LATN THE “POLILLY-MOTIVATED WAR ON PARENTS, STUNTS, AND TORS” FLORIDA. “OUR STUNTS SERVE CLASSROOMS WHERE ALL FAI ARE TREATED WH THE RPECT THEY SERVE AND ALL YOUNG PEOPLE ARE WELED,” JENNIFER SOLOMON, EQUALY FLORIDA PARENTS & FAI SUPPORT MANAGER, SAID A STATEMENT WEDNDAY. “INSTEAD, THE DESANTIS ADMISTRATN NTU TO WIELD THE STATE AGAST .”“STOP TURNG OUR KIDS’ CLASSROOMS TO POLIL BATTLEFIELDS TO SRE CHEAP POTS,” SOLOMON NTUED.BUT DESANTIS, OF URSE, SHOWS NO SIGN OF STOPPG: HIS RELENTLS CULTURE WAR HELPED LIFT HIM TO NATNAL PROMENCE, AND HE HAS MA HIS CENTRAL — NAY, HIS ONLY — PCH TO GOP VOTERS HIS SPUTTERG PRINTIAL MPAIGN. “WE’VE MA THE STATE OF FLORIDA THE PLACE WHERE WOKE GO TO DIE,” HE SAID AT A RECENT MPAIGN EVENT. “AND NOW, IS OUR MISSN AS AMERINS TO ENSURE THAT JANUARY 2025…WE LEAVE WOKE IOLOGY THE DTB OF HISTORY WHERE BELONGS.”MORE GREAT STORI FROM VANY FAIRRILEY KEOUGH ON GROWG UP PRLEY, INHERG GRACELAND, AND MORECAN YOU NAME THE FILM THAT LNCHED BRIE LARSON, RAMI MALEK, AND MORE?THE 25 BT SHOWS ON NETFLIX TO WATCH RIGHT NOWTHE ABSOLUTELY WILST DETAILS OF THE GOVERNMENT’S LATT INDICTMENT AGAST DONALD TMPIVANKA TMP IS NOT LETTG HER DAD’S MOUNTG LEGAL WO RU HER SUMMERINSI ETON COLLEGE, HARRY AND WILLIAM’S POSH ALMA MATERHAS THE HAMPTONS FALLY FOUND ITS GREAT EQUALIZER?FROM THE ARCHIVE: TOO HEPBURN FOR HOLLYWOOD (2006)MOST POPULARRILEY KEOUGH ON GROWG UP PRLEY, LOSG LISA MARIE, AND INHERG GRACELANDBY BRT HENNEMUTHDONALD TMP’S LAWYER CAN’T STOP GOG ON TV AND MAKG DONALD TMP LOOK RIDICULOLY GUILTY OF THE CRIM HE’S BEEN ACCED OFBY BS LEV“DOPEY AND CONSTUTNALLY DUB”: LEGAL EXPERTS BLAST JUDGE AILEEN CANNON’S LATT PRO-TMP RULGSBY BS LEVERIC LUTZ
• WHY YOU SHOULD NEVER SAY “I ALWAYS KNEW YOU WERE GAY”"[IT] CENTERS THE EXPERIENCE OF THE OTHER PERSON, RATHER THAN HONORG THE EXPERIENCE OF THE PERSON WHO IS G OUT." {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY BOBBY BOXJANUARY 4, 2019/1:29 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:2605PX;WIDTH:3455PX;}POPIC/GETTYMAN WH HANDS ON HIS FACE. 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BUT WHEN I ME OUT AS BISEXUAL ONE YEAR AGO, THEY ULDN’T HAVE REACTED FURTHER THAN THE STEREOTYPE WOULD SUGGT. THEY WERE VERY SUPPORTIVE. BETTER THAN SUPPORTIVE, REALLY: THEY DIDN’T RE. HAVG GROWN UP WH THE GUYS SCE KRGARTEN, ME BEG BISEXUAL WAS SO NSEQUENTIAL THAT THEY SIMPLY ACCEPTED THE NEWS, GAVE ME A HUG, AND WERE OFF TO DISCS HOW TERRIBLY WILLIAM NYLANR HAS BEEN PLAYG THE THIRD PERD OF SATURDAY’S HOCKEY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ONE IEND, HOWEVER, TOSSED AN UNSAVORY MENT TO THE MIX THAT POISONED THE WELL. I N’T REMEMBER WHAT WAS SAID, BUT WAS SOMETHG ALONG THE L OF “I ALWAYS KNEW YOU WERE GAY.” THIS IMPLITN STCK A CHORD. BY THE TIME I HAD E OUT TO MY IENDS, I HAD MET SO MANY SPECIAL, DIVERSE PEOPLE WH THE LGBTQ MUNY, THAT HIS SGULAR UNRSTANDG OF WHAT MEANT TO BE GAY—WHICH HE EELY APPLIED TO ME EVEN WHEN I SAID I WAS BISEXUAL—ERASED THE NUANCE OF QUEER INTI. IT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GRANTED, HE’D KNOWN ME WHILE I WAS FATUATED WH THE SPICE GIRLS AND CHARLIE’S ANGELS, AND I UNRSTOOD THE IMPLITNS OF THOSE PAST FANCI. FROM THE HETERONORMATIVE PERSPECTIVE, ANY TERT OR ACTN THAT’S VIEWED AS FEME (FOR MEN) OR MASCULE (FOR WOMEN) IS A SIGNIFIER THAT SOMEONE IS GAY. NOW, DO THIS IEND LOVE THE SHOW NASHVILLE AND IDOLIZE CHLOE GRACE MORETZ? Y. IS HE GAY? NO. HE’S MARRIED TO A WOMAN AND THEY HAVE TWO KIDS.DRGROUNDS/GETTYYOUNG ADULT DISVERG HIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THOUGH HE DIDN’T REACT APPROPRIATELY TO MY G OUT, SUCH A RPONSE IS MON. I UNRSTAND THE PEOPLE ARE TRYG TO BE SUPPORTIVE AND MUNITE ACCEPTANCE, BUT THE IMPLITNS OF SUCH A NOTN DO THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“WHEN SOMEONE THE TYP OF RPONS AND/OR DON’T UNRSTAND HOW THE RPONS N BE HARMFUL, I RELY ON THE LE OF ‘TENT VS. IMPACT,’” LISHA AM, AND SEXUALY TOR, TELLS ME. “MEANG, NO MATTER HOW WELL-TENTNED OUR WORDS ARE, THEIR IMPACT WILL FAR OUTWEIGH OUR TENTNS.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IF SOMEONE IS SAYG, “I KNEW YOU WERE (SERT INTY),” WH AN TENTN TO NVEY ACCEPTANCE OR SUPPORT, THE IMPACT OF THIS ACTN UALLY RULTS TWO THGS, ACRDG TO AM. ONE, MAK THE PERSON WHO IS G OUT FEEL BELTLED AND LACKS THE TONOMY SHARG THEIR OWN STORY. AND TWO, THAT TYPE OF RPONSE CENTERS ON THE EXPERIENCE OF THE OTHER PERSON, RATHER THAN HONORG THE EXPERIENCE OF THE PERSON WHO IS G {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE ONLY TE WAY TO KNOW IF SOMEONE ELSE IS GAY (OR ANY OTHER INTY WH THE LGBTQ MUNY) IS FOR THAT PERSON TO TELL YOU THEMSELV. THERE IS NO BAROMETER, NO SET OF TERTS, GENR EXPRSNS, ETC. THAT WILL HELP SOMEONE “TECT” IF THAT PERSON IS PART OF THE LGBTQ MUNY. “THE REASON IS BEE THAT WOULD DUCE A WHOLE MULTIFACETED PERSON DOWN TO STEREOTYP ABOUT GENR OR SEXUAL INTY, WHEN THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER BPSYCHOSOCIAL FACTORS THAT MAKE UP WHO WE ARE AS PEOPLE,” AM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SOMEONE WHO ASSUM THAT THEY’RE ABLE TO “TELL” IF ANOTHER PERSON INTIFI AS LGBTQ IS TYPILLY BASG THEIR ASSSMENT ON STEREOTYP, WHICH IS A VERT FORM OF QUEERPHOBIA. THE WAYS WHICH WE ARRIVE TO OUR INTI ARE TERNAL PROCS THAT ARE UNIQUE TO EVERY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AS HUMANS, WE LIKE TO TEGORIZE THGS ORR TO MAKE SENSE OF THE WORLD AROUND , AND OUR SOCIAL WORLD IS NO EXCEPTN. “PEOPLE SOMETIM E STEREOTYP AS A WAY TO MAKE FERENC ABOUT OTHERS BASED ON THE KNOWLEDGE THEY ALREADY HAVE,” AM SAYS. “RELATEDLY, THE PRIMARY ROURCE THAT PEOPLE LEARN RMATN ABOUT LGBTQ INTI IS THROUGH MASTREAM MEDIA, WHICH N OFTENTIM BE MISRMED, HAVE LIMED REPRENTATN, AND/OR RITUR OF LGBTQ PEOPLE AND EXPERIENC. AND THIS IS HOW STEREOTYP ARE SOMETIM CREATED AND PERPETUATED.”JONATHAN KNOWL/{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HOW SHOULD ONE REACT TO A IEND OR FAY MEMBER G OUT?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“IT’S MORE IMPORTANT THAT YOU CENTER THEIR EXPERIENCE BEE G OUT TO ANOTHER PERSON REQUIR AN IMMENSE AMOUNT OF TST, PECIALLY IF THERE IS A POWER DYNAMIC TO THE RELATNSHIP, SUCH AS WH A PARENT OR TEACHER,” AM SAYS. “ONE WAY TO FACILATE SUPPORT WHEN ANOTHER PERSON OUT TO YOU ULD BE RPONDG WH: ‘I REGNIZE THAT MAY HAVE BEEN DIFFICULT FOR YOU TO SHARE, SO I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR TSTG ME. I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT I RE ABOUT YOU/LOVE YOU, SO PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF/HOW I N SUPPORT YOU OM HERE ON OUT.’”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}IT’S ALSO HELPFUL TO CHECK WH HOW THAT PERSON IS FEELG THAT MOMENT, AND ASK HOW NFINTIAL THIS RMATN IS (E.G. "AM I THE ONLY PERSON TO KNOW?” OR “IS THIS A SECRET?”). REGARDLS, ’S BT TO ERR ON THE SI OF UTN AND NOT REPEAT WHAT WAS TOLD TO YOU BEE YOU WOULD NEVER WANT TO “OUT” SOMEONE WHOUT NSENT. AND WH TODAY’S EVER-GROWG SOCIAL MEDIA ECHO CHAMBER, ’S IMPORTANT TO BE MDFUL ABOUT WHAT TYP OF MEDIA WE TAG OTHERS AND IF THAT ULD POTENTIALLY OUT THEM AS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I AM FORTUNATE THAT MY IENDS WERE ALL SUPPORTIVE, EVEN THE ONE WHO UTTERED THE SENSIVE MENT. HE FOLLOWED HIS REMARK WH WORDS OF ENURAGEMENT AND TLY MEANT NO HARM WHAT HE WAS SAYG. I’D LIKE TO THK HIS MISSTEP WAS DUE, PART, TO A LACK OF EXPOSURE TO LGBTQ PEOPLE. AS THE ONLY MEMBER OF MY IEND GROUP WHO INTIFI AS SOMETHG OTHER THAN HETEROSEXUAL, I WILL DO MY BT TO BE A REPRENTATIVE FOR MY MUNY AND TE THEM ON WHAT’S KOSHER AND WHAT ISN’{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}COMG OUT IS TOUGH AND TERRIFYG. IT’S A HUGE MOMENT EVERY OPENLY QUEER PERSON’S LIFE. TO SHOW YOUR SUPPORT, BE EMPATHETIC. ASK QUTNS. LET YOUR IEND KNOW YOU SUPPORT THEM AND KEEP ANY PERSONAL ANECDOT TO YOURSELF. ABOVE ALL ELSE, REMEMBER THIS: IT’S NOT YOUR STORY TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
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• WISH YOU WERE GAYCLDTRACK 5 ON SILE STAR PRODUCED BYDOUG SCHADTTHE BUT SGLE OM CLD’S EP SILE STAR MAY SHARE A SIAR TLE WH BILLIE EILISH’S MARCH 2019 “WISH YOU WERE GAY,” BUT LYRILLY, BOTH SONGS ARE DIFFERENT. CLD… READ MORE JUN. 14, 20191 VIEWER23.3K VIEWS22 CONTRIBUTORSWISH YOU WERE GAY LYRICS[VERSE 1]PICTURE THIS, YOU AND ME THE MORNGKISSG OVER THE FFEE YOU'RE POURGIT ULD BE LIKE THAT EVERY DAYHATE THAT I WISH YOU WERE -HOPG THAT I'M A BETTER REPLACEMENTFOR THE GUYS THAT YOU'RE ALWAYS OUT CHASGOR SHOULD I ACCEPT THGS I N'T CHANGE?HATE THAT I WISH YOU WERE -[CHOS]I WISH YOU WERE GAY SO YOU ULD JT HOLD MECALL ME YOUR BABE STEAD OF YOUR HOMIEDON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAYBUT I WISH YOU WERE GAYI WISH YOU WERE GAY SO WOULD BE EASYFOR ME TO SAY THAT I'M TCHG FEELGSAND I KNOW YOU'RE STRAIGHTBUT I WISH YOU WERE GAY[VERSE 2]NOW I SEE YOU GET OFF OF THE SUBWAYHAVEN'T SEEN YOU MONTHS BUT 'S OKAYI'D FOTTEN BUT I FEEL THE SAMEHATE THAT I STILL WISH YOU WERE -YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKEYOU WALK UP AND I'M DREADG THE SMALL TALKWH YOUR BOYIEND, HE'S CHATTG MY EAR OFFSO I LIE AND I SAY I N'T STAYHATE I STILL WISH YOU WERE -[CHOS]I WISH YOU WERE GAY SO YOU ULD JT HOLD MECALL ME YOUR BABE STEAD OF YOUR HOMIEDON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAYBUT I WISH YOU WERE GAYI WISH YOU WERE GAY SO WOULD BE EASYFOR ME TO SAY THAT I'M TCHG FEELGSAND I KNOW YOU'RE STRAIGHTBUT I WISH YOU WERE GAY[BRIDGE]WE'D BE SO GOODGIVE ME ONE LOOKI KNOW YOU DON'T MEAN WHEN YOU E TO FLIRTTHE DREAMS THAT I'M HAVG ARE JT GETTG WORSE[CHOS]I WISH YOU WERE GAY SO YOU ULD JT HOLD MECALL ME YOUR BABE STEAD OF YOUR HOMIEDON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAYBUT I WISH YOU WERE GAYI WISH YOU WERE GAY SO WOULD BE EASYFOR ME TO SAY THAT I'M TCHG FEELGSAND I KNOW YOU'RE STRAIGHTBUT I WISH YOU WERE GAY[OUTRO]I WON'T TRA FOUR ROS FOR YOUR HEARTI WON'T WA FOREVER THE DARK8EMBEDCANCELHOW TO FORMAT LYRICS:TYPE OUT ALL LYRICS, EVEN REPEATG SONG PARTS LIKE THE CHOSLYRICS SHOULD BE BROKEN DOWN TO DIVIDUAL LUSE SECTN HEARS ABOVE DIFFERENT SONG PARTS LIKE [VERSE], [CHOS], ETC.USE ALICS (<I>LYRIC</I>) AND BOLD (<B>LYRIC</B>) TO DISTGUISH BETWEEN DIFFERENT VOLISTS THE SAME SONG PARTIF YOU DON’T UNRSTAND A LYRIC, E [?]TO LEARN MORE, CHECK OUT OUR TRANSCRIPTN GUI OR VIS OUR TRANSCRIBERS FOMABOUT
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• "WISH YOU WERE GAY" LYRICS
• BILLIE EILISH RPONDS TO ‘WISH YOU WERE GAY’ BACKLASH: ‘IT’S NOT MEANT TO BE AN INSULT’

RON DESANTIS'S FLORIDA BOARD OF EDUTN: HEY, WHAT ABOUT THE “PERSONAL BENEF” OF BEG A SLAVE?FLORIDA’S NEW AIN AMERIN STUDI CURRICULUM STANDARDS WILL FORCE PUBLIC SCHOOL STUNTS TO LEARN ABOUT SOME OF THE SUPPOSED UPSIS OF SLAVERY.BY ERIC LUTZJULY 20, 2023RON DESANTIS SPEAKS DURG A MPAIGN EVENT IOWA JULY 14.RACHEL MUMMEY/BLOOMBERG VIA GETTY IMAGSAVE THIS STORYSAVESAVE THIS STORYSAVERON DESANTIS’S WAR ON “WOKENS” SCHOOLS ASCEND TO DANGERO NEW HEIGHTS WEDNDAY, AS FLORIDA’S STATE BOARD OF EDUTN APPROVED NEW AIN AMERIN STUDI CURRICULUM STANDARDS THAT, AMONG OTHER THGS, WOULD FORCE PUBLIC SCHOOL STUNTS TO LEARN ABOUT SOME OF THE SUPPOSED UPSIS OF SLAVERY — A WHEWASHG OF HISTORY THAT THE STATE’S LARGT TEACHERS UNN CRIED AS A “BIG STEP BACKWARD” FOR TN.“GOV. DESANTIS IS PURSUG A POLIL AGENDA GUARANTEED TO SET GOOD PEOPLE AGAST ONE ANOTHER, AND THE PROCS HE’S CHEATG OUR KIDS,” ANDREW SPAR, PRINT OF THE FLORIDA EDUTN ASSOCIATN, SAID A STATEMENT BLASTG THE NEW AIN AMERIN STUDI STANDARDS. “THEY SERVE THE FULL TTH OF AMERIN HISTORY, THE GOOD AND THE BAD.”FLORIDA PUBLIC SCHOOL STUNTS MAY NOT GET THAT UNR THE NEW L APPROVED WEDNDAY, WHICH REQUIRE TEACHERS— A SECTN ON SLAVERY— TO NOTE THAT “SLAV VELOPED SKILLS, WHICH, SOME STANC, ULD BE APPLIED FOR THEIR PERSONAL BENEF.” IN A SECTN ON “RENSTCTN AND BEYOND,” A PERD MARKED BY JIM CROW AND ROUTE WHE TERRORISM ON BLACK MUNI, THE NEW L DICTATE THAT STUNTS MT BE TGHT ABOUT “ACTS OF VLENCE PERPETRATED AGAST AND BY AIN AMERINS,” WHICH, AS DEMOCRATIC STATE SENATOR GERALDE THOMPSON POTED OUT, SUGGTS CINTS LIKE THE OEE MASSACRE WERE “SPARKED BY VLENCE OM AIN AMERINS.”“THAT’S BLAMG THE VICTIMS,” SAID THOMPSON, WHO, AS THE WASHGTON POST NOT, HELPED PASS A 2020 LAW REQUIRG FLORIDA SCHOOLS TO TEACH ABOUT THE 1920 MASSACRE, WHICH A WHE MOB KILLED DOZENS OF BLACK RINTS OF OEE, FLORIDA, ELECTN DAY VLENCE. (MANNY DIAZ, FLORIDA'S TN MISSNER, PRAISED THE CHANG, SAYG THAT “THIS IS SOMETHG THAT IS GOG TO SET THE NORM FOR STANDARDS OTHER STAT.”)TWTER NTENTTHIS NTENT N ALSO BE VIEWED ON THE SE ORIGAT OM.THE NEW STANDARDS E AS DESANTIS, A NTENR FOR THE 2024 REPUBLIN NOMATN, LAT HIS WAR ON SO-LLED “WOKE” TN, WHICH HAS CLUD BOOK BANS, THE REJECTN OF AN ADVANCED PLACEMENT URSE ON AIN AMERIN STUDI, AND THE PASSAGE OF THE STOP WOKE ACT, WHICH PROHIBS THE STCTN OF MATERIAL THAT ULD MAKE SOMEONE FEEL “GUILT, ANGUISH OR ANY FORM OF PSYCHOLOGIL STRS.” HIS NCERN FOR THE POSSIBLE “ANGUISH” OF FLORIDA STUNTS DO NOT SEEM TO EXTEND TO BLACK STUNTS, WHO ULD BE FORCED TO LEARN ABOUT THE SUPPOSED “BENEF” OF SLAVERY, NOR DO SEEM TO EXTEND TO LGBTQ KIDS AND THEIR FAI, WHO HAVE ALSO BEEN TARGETED HIS BATTLE. DESANTIS EXPAND HIS “DON’T SAY GAY” LAW THIS YEAR, AND THE FLORIDA BOARD OF EDUTN VOTED WEDNDAY FOR L THAT TOOK EVEN FURTHER — CLUDG BY BARRG TEACHERS OM ASKG STUNTS THEIR PREFERRED PRONOUNS. DIAZ SAID THE MOVE WOULD PROTECT KIDS OM “UNWELE FLUENC AND DOCTRATN," PRAISG DESANTIS, THE LEGISLATN, AND THE BOARD FOR WHAT HE SCRIBED A STATEMENT AS THEIR “UNWAVERG MMENT TO THE HEALTH, WELLBEG AND SAFETY OF OUR STUNTS.” BUT, AS CRICS CHARGED, THE L NSTUTED AN LATN THE “POLILLY-MOTIVATED WAR ON PARENTS, STUNTS, AND TORS” FLORIDA. “OUR STUNTS SERVE CLASSROOMS WHERE ALL FAI ARE TREATED WH THE RPECT THEY SERVE AND ALL YOUNG PEOPLE ARE WELED,” JENNIFER SOLOMON, EQUALY FLORIDA PARENTS & FAI SUPPORT MANAGER, SAID A STATEMENT WEDNDAY. “INSTEAD, THE DESANTIS ADMISTRATN NTU TO WIELD THE STATE AGAST .”“STOP TURNG OUR KIDS’ CLASSROOMS TO POLIL BATTLEFIELDS TO SRE CHEAP POTS,” SOLOMON NTUED.BUT DESANTIS, OF URSE, SHOWS NO SIGN OF STOPPG: HIS RELENTLS CULTURE WAR HELPED LIFT HIM TO NATNAL PROMENCE, AND HE HAS MA HIS CENTRAL — NAY, HIS ONLY — PCH TO GOP VOTERS HIS SPUTTERG PRINTIAL MPAIGN. “WE’VE MA THE STATE OF FLORIDA THE PLACE WHERE WOKE GO TO DIE,” HE SAID AT A RECENT MPAIGN EVENT. “AND NOW, IS OUR MISSN AS AMERINS TO ENSURE THAT JANUARY 2025…WE LEAVE WOKE IOLOGY THE DTB OF HISTORY WHERE BELONGS.”MORE GREAT STORI FROM VANY FAIRRILEY KEOUGH ON GROWG UP PRLEY, INHERG GRACELAND, AND MORECAN YOU NAME THE FILM THAT LNCHED BRIE LARSON, RAMI MALEK, AND MORE?THE 25 BT SHOWS ON NETFLIX TO WATCH RIGHT NOWTHE ABSOLUTELY WILST DETAILS OF THE GOVERNMENT’S LATT INDICTMENT AGAST DONALD TMPIVANKA TMP IS NOT LETTG HER DAD’S MOUNTG LEGAL WO RU HER SUMMERINSI ETON COLLEGE, HARRY AND WILLIAM’S POSH ALMA MATERHAS THE HAMPTONS FALLY FOUND ITS GREAT EQUALIZER?FROM THE ARCHIVE: TOO HEPBURN FOR HOLLYWOOD (2006)MOST POPULARRILEY KEOUGH ON GROWG UP PRLEY, LOSG LISA MARIE, AND INHERG GRACELANDBY BRT HENNEMUTHDONALD TMP’S LAWYER CAN’T STOP GOG ON TV AND MAKG DONALD TMP LOOK RIDICULOLY GUILTY OF THE CRIM HE’S BEEN ACCED OFBY BS LEV“DOPEY AND CONSTUTNALLY DUB”: LEGAL EXPERTS BLAST JUDGE AILEEN CANNON’S LATT PRO-TMP RULGSBY BS LEVERIC LUTZ

DeSantis expand his “Don’t Say Gay” law this year, and the Florida Board of Edutn voted Wednday for l that took even further — cludg by barrg teachers om askg stunts their preferred pronouns. I n’t remember what was said, but was somethg along the l of “I always knew you were gay. By the time I had e out to my iends, I had met so many special, diverse people wh the LGBTQ muny, that his sgular unrstandg of what meant to be gay—which he eely applied to me even when I said I was bisexual—erased the nuance of queer inti.

From the heteronormative perspective, any tert or actn that’s viewed as feme (for men) or mascule (for women) is a signifier that someone is gay. Is he gay?

And two, that type of rponse centers on the experience of the other person, rather than honorg the experience of the person who is g only te way to know if someone else is gay (or any other inty wh the LGBTQ muny) is for that person to tell you themselv.

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"Wish You Were Gay". I jt kda wish you were gay. "Wish You Were Gay" is the 4th sgle om Billie Eilish's but stud album "When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?

"I wrote this song about a guy that really was not terted me and ma me feel horrible so the song is lled 'Wish You Were Gay'. It lerally means I wish he was gay so that he didn't like me for an actual reason. “Two gay men livg a farm ral Portugal – not a problem.

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"WISH YOU WERE GAY" LYRICS

I have great passn for gays.

What is one to do when lled gay?

Many anti-bully activists sist that anti-bully laws should specifilly mentn sults agast gays and those of non-heterosexual orientns. If be a crime to sult people, then, is hoped, no one will be attacked wh the “gay” sult, and the associated vlence will disappear.

THE SOLUTN TO "GAY" INSULTS: FREEDOM OF SPEECH

One of the problems wh makg illegal to ll someone “gay” is that vlat the First Amendment right to Freedom of Speech. The tth is that society has e a long way recent s toward rcg hatred and discrimatn agast gays.

However, will be a while–if ever–before anti-gay sentiment disappears pletely.

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So what is one to do when lled gay? Usg laws to punish people for g “gay” as an sult is not likely to solve the problem, eher. If people get punished for sultg gays, do you thk they are gog to thk, “Now I rpect gays so much bee I was punished”?

We n al wh gay sults all by ourselv, and at the same time help rce prejudice society. Scenar Number One: I am not gay, but you ll me gay. You: You are soooo gay!

BILLIE EILISH REVEALS THE WILD TE STORY BEHD HER ‘WISH YOU WERE GAY' LYRICS

Everyone knows you’re gay! You’re flamg gay!

Stop llg me gay! I’m gog to keep on llg you gay until you adm ’s te! You ll me gay one more time and I’ll have no choice!

You: Gay, gay, gay, gay, gay!

"WISH YOU WERE GAY" LYRICS

Me: How e you thk I’m gay?

What about me do you thk mak me look gay?

"WISH YOU WERE GAY" LYRICS

Only gays would wear pants like that.

You: Well, they mt have been gay. You: Only gays like old movi.

Scenar Number Two: I am gay and have “e out, ” and you hate gays wh a passn. The Bible says all gays are gog to burn hell!

BILLIE EILISH RPONDS TO ‘WISH YOU WERE GAY’ BACKLASH: ‘IT’S NOT MEANT TO BE AN INSULT’

It was wrten by homophobic men! You: Yeah, go ahead, you gay sissy!

The police hate gays, too! Gays are beyond help! You: Bee you are gay!