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Contents:

• ‘I AM BIG GAY BABY’: HEARG DEVOLV INTO A SERI OF GNTS, YELLG AFTER VOTE ON HIDG GENR TRANSNS
• 'BIG GAY BABY' DRAG QUEEN TTIFI AGAST BILL THAT WOULD BAN GENR INTY CURRICULUM OM CLASSROOMS
• THE FAC BEHD LOUISIANA’S FIGHT TO SAY GAY
• THE METRO AREAS WH THE LARGT, AND SMALLT, GAY POPULATNS
• AS A GAY MAN, I’LL NEVER BE NORMAL

‘I AM BIG GAY BABY’: HEARG DEVOLV INTO A SERI OF GNTS, YELLG AFTER VOTE ON HIDG GENR TRANSNS

That bill, slammed by opponents as a “Don’t Say Gay Bill” would prevent the discsn of sexual orientatn and genr inty K-12 class. The mtee heard other ttimoni om dividuals opposed to the measure, cludg one blue-faced drag queen self-styled as “big gay baby.

” “I am big gay baby, ” he said. ” Big gay baby, also known as Maxwell, ntued by urgg the mtee to vote no on the HB466 measure for “the wound child that still feels closeted si me.

One of the people who ttified agast was a drag queen wh a blue face who lled himself “big gay baby.

'BIG GAY BABY' DRAG QUEEN TTIFI AGAST BILL THAT WOULD BAN GENR INTY CURRICULUM OM CLASSROOMS

One speaker scribed intified themselv as a trans person named "Maxwell" and "Big Gay Baby, " offered the pronouns as "they/them" and asked those overseeg the hearg, "what are yours? "MONTANA TRANSGENDER LAWMAKER BARRED FROM HOUSE FLOOR AFTER ‘HATE-FILLED TESTIMONY’ A person llg himself "Maxwell" and "Big Gay Baby" scribed himself as a drag performer and nmned the legislatn beg discsed.

Crics of the legislatn dubbed the "Don't Say Gay" bill.

THE FAC BEHD LOUISIANA’S FIGHT TO SAY GAY

When I went to ver the hearg for Louisiana Hoe Bill 466 — legislatn that would prohib teachers om discsg matters of genr and sexualy wh stunts public schools — the people I saw offerg ttimony for Louisiana’s versn of “Don’t Say Gay” were jt other ncerned cizens like me. When Maxwell Cohen, aka Big Gay Baby, a 27-year-old drag queen New Orleans, gave ttimony wh a blue face adorned wh stars, the crowd — and the media — went wild.

“The far right will pot the fact that we do survival sex work and have a higher risk of stgglg wh substance abe and we have higher rat of beg rcerated and they say ’s bee we’re trans or queer, but fact, ’s bee of all the stigma they keep throwg at , ” Cohen engaged the fight to say gay Louisiana are stgglg wh the ntext of that stigma — and is a fight that often requir great personal sacrifice.

The northern Italian cy of Padua has started removg the nam of non-blogil gay mothers om their children’s birth certifit unr new legislatn passed by the “tradnal fay-first” ernment of Prime Mister Grgia Meloni.

THE METRO AREAS WH THE LARGT, AND SMALLT, GAY POPULATNS

Surrogacy is illegal Italy, and gay marriage has not been legalized. “There is no discrimatn agast children, ” Fay Mister Eugenia Roccella told parliament when she troduced the bill June, explag that the children of gay upl would have accs to school and medil servic jt like those who only have one livg parent.

AS A GAY MAN, I’LL NEVER BE NORMAL

Homosexual acts are illegal Malaysia and punishable by f and up to 20 years prison. You are young people, and I’m sure a lot of you are gay and progrsive,” he said addrsg the dience. Between Southern Dence, the annual Gay Easter Para, and an extraordary NOLA Pri ftival, the cy wel love and self-exprsn among all dividuals and has plenty of LGBTQ+ activi to take part .

This LGBTQ+-iendly space n be perfect for a zy eveng or a romantic date night one of the bt ci for gay datg. They host annual "Gay Mardi Gras" parti durg Southern Dence and never fail to keep the celebratns gog.

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