Billboards across Florida urge rints to ‘say gay’

Contents:

• BILLBOARDS ACROSS FLORIDA ENURAGE PEOPLE TO 'SAY GAY'
• 'IT'S OKAY TO SAY GAY' BILLBOARDS CONTUE TO POP UP FLORIDA
• 'SAY GAY' BILLBOARDS LNCH ACROSS COUNTRY OPPOSG ANTI-LGBTQ BILLS
• ‘SAY GAY’ BILLBOARDS GO UP SEVERAL US PALS
• FLORIDA BILLBOARDS URGE PEOPLE TO ‘SAY GAY’ AFTER STATE’S NTROVERSIAL NEW BILL
• GLSEN LNCH 80+ “IT’S OK TO SAY GAY!” BILLBOARDS ACROSS FLORIDA
• VA. LGBT COMMUNY RPONDS TO 'EX-GAY' BILLBOARD: 'WE ARE ALL BORN TO LOVE'
• 'SAY GAY' BILLBOARD APPEARS ON SAME DAY FLORIDA GOV. DESANTIS SIGNS NTROVERSIAL BILL TO LAW
• PHOTOS: 'IT'S OK TO SAY GAY' RALLY HELD ST. PETE
• BILLBOARDS ACROSS FLORIDA URGE RINTS TO ‘SAY GAY’ AFTER NTROVERSIAL ANTI-LGBTQ BILL IS SIGNED TO LAW
• 'SAY GAY' BILLBOARDS THAT FY GOV. RON DESANTIS' SO-LLED DON'T SAY GAY BILL ARE ABOUT TO BE POPPG UP FLORIDA CI
• ‘SAY GAY’: BILLBOARDS APPEAR ALL OVER FLORIDA PROTT AGAST ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL

BILLBOARDS ACROSS FLORIDA ENURAGE PEOPLE TO 'SAY GAY'

Billboards poppg up some of Florida’s largt ci are enuragg passersby to “say gay.

”The massive roadsi msag are a rponse to the state’s ntroversial Parental Rights Edutn bill, dubbed by crics the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, which Republin Gov.

”'Say Gay' billboard Orlando, Fla. WESH“It’s OK to say gay.

'IT'S OKAY TO SAY GAY' BILLBOARDS CONTUE TO POP UP FLORIDA

June is Pri month the LGBTQ muny and activists Florida are out force tryg to brg more attentn to the false “Don’t Say Gay” polil narrative that was ed durg the 2022 legislative ssn that nclud March.

“Say Gay” and now “It’s Ok to Say Gay” billboards have been poppg up all over the state last week, and now was only natural for the billboards to start populatg Broward County.

'SAY GAY' BILLBOARDS LNCH ACROSS COUNTRY OPPOSG ANTI-LGBTQ BILLS

Don't Say Gay. The bill, now law, never mentned the term “gay” nor do target the gay muny, but bee do not allow school teachers to teach sexual inty or talk about sexualy grammar schools, activists cleverly ed lled the bill the “Don’t Say Gay” bill. Carlos Guillermo Smh (D) also admted that the word "gay" was not found the legislatn.

Tmp Republin state Hoe ndidate Brian Clowdu, who happens to be openly gay, supported the bill and now law. Shevr Jon (D), who is openly gay, led the charge agast the bill durg the legislative ssn and ntu to prs the "say gay" narrative or ll to arms. Say GAY, be GAY, ANYWAY!!

‘SAY GAY’ BILLBOARDS GO UP SEVERAL US PALS

Southern Progrs PAC and FOLX Health, the latter of which says 's the "first digally native queer and trans telehealth provir, " recently put up billboards wh such msag as "Say Gay" and "Protect Trans Youth" several ci throughout the untry. One even popped up Orlando, Florida, the same day that the ntroversial so-lled "Don't Say Gay" bill was signed by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, acrdg to bill, HB1557, stat that "the bill rerc a parent's fundamental right to make cisns regardg the re and upbrgg of his or her child the public school settg. "In rponse to Newsweek, Southern Progrs PAC volunteer Ally Sammar said the group is dog this orr to "bat the harmful and unnecsary 'Don't Say Gay' bill.

The ia that teachers are groomg children is a weird nservative fantasy that helps them 'expla' why some kids are gay. "It's OK to say gay.

FLORIDA BILLBOARDS URGE PEOPLE TO ‘SAY GAY’ AFTER STATE’S NTROVERSIAL NEW BILL

Photo of FOLX Health's "Say Gay" billboard.

GLSEN LNCH 80+ “IT’S OK TO SAY GAY!” BILLBOARDS ACROSS FLORIDA

But when Orville Peck’s myster barone follows the twangy guar to “My mama told me when I was young/ We are all born superstars, ” brgs the gay anthem to another level. If you walk to a gay club wh the next few months and don’t hear the openg, heart-poundg stras of Vct’s “Kill My Heart, ” ll the police, bee a crime has been mted. The boards will read “SAY GAY” or “PROTECT TRANS YOUTH.

The mpaign as Florida’s Hoe Bill 1557, known as the “Don’t Say Gay” bill was signed to law by Gov.

VA. LGBT COMMUNY RPONDS TO 'EX-GAY' BILLBOARD: 'WE ARE ALL BORN TO LOVE'

There’s Big Freedia, 41, who has helped brg New Orleans bounce mic — and s rich queer history — to the mastream wh albums, TV projects and llaboratns wh Beyoncé and Drake; Tegan Qu, 38, of pop-rock duo Tegan and Sara, who 2016 tablished their own foundatn to improve the liv of LGBTQ women and girls, and who this year celebrate two s the bs; rapper-sger ILoveMakonnen, 30, who beme one of the most proment gay men hip-hop after g out 2017; breakout pop sger Hayley Kiyoko, 28, known to her fans as “Lbian J”; and Adam Lambert, 37, whose work as a solo artist, wh Queen and on Amerin Idol a ago has helped pave the way for many queer artists today.

When we started, was really strange to be stg predomantly wh straight men like, “So, you’re 18 and gay.

So stead of sayg, “I’m gay and this is me, ” I started tellg the story through my mic. I’m 6 foot 3, I’m tall, and I’m gay. A lot of people the dtry get their creative spiratn om the gays but don’t want to give up to the gays.

'SAY GAY' BILLBOARD APPEARS ON SAME DAY FLORIDA GOV. DESANTIS SIGNS NTROVERSIAL BILL TO LAW

We love the gays! Like, let’s talk about the fundamental buildg blocks of the gay civil rights movement.

I was alg wh the personal adjtment I had to make, and then on top of , there was all this energy behd beg the gay guy dog . I knew I was fortable sayg, “Y, I’m gay. I get DMs all the time: kids who don’t know how to e out to their parents, parents who don’t know how to al wh their kids who are gay.

I know a lot of gay guys here L. Explag that to Sie Homemaker Oh was tertg, bee they didn’t que unrstand that the makp didn’t mean gay.

PHOTOS: 'IT'S OK TO SAY GAY' RALLY HELD ST. PETE

Makonnen, terviews before you me out publicly, you embraced that ambiguy: “I don’t want to say I’m gay, I’m straight, I’m bisexual … who r. Like, if I had an experience wh a girl last night and I say I’m gay, then what am I? Bee [if someone says], “Oh, my iend’s gay, ” then ’s, “He n’t e over.

BILLBOARDS ACROSS FLORIDA URGE RINTS TO ‘SAY GAY’ AFTER NTROVERSIAL ANTI-LGBTQ BILL IS SIGNED TO LAW

Bee I love beg [scribed as] queer or gay, but when ’s ed as a way to margalize me, then ’s different. At the begng, what I was rejectg wasn’t jt the gay label, was “Canadian folk duo!

'SAY GAY' BILLBOARDS THAT FY GOV. RON DESANTIS' SO-LLED DON'T SAY GAY BILL ARE ABOUT TO BE POPPG UP FLORIDA CI

Gay tws om Canada!

He passed away 2017; he was an olr gay guy Atlanta, and he was black, and [he had] always been out. My mic go [to plac] where ’s not supported to e out as gay, [where] your fay will turn their back on you.

Qu: Sara and I actually didn’t ever e out to each other, and we didn’t ever talk about beg gay. Sara jt burst out like, “We’re gay.

‘SAY GAY’: BILLBOARDS APPEAR ALL OVER FLORIDA PROTT AGAST ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL

” He jt kd of chuckled and said, “Then say you’re gay.

Lambert: Sometim when this ally [nversatn] up, you see a straight male pop star or an actor beg like, “I like gay people. ” And I’m like, “I don’t give a sh if you fuckg like gay people! Bee I’m not gog to say that I didn’t want our straight ntemporari the mic bs to reach out and support me — I would’ve jt really loved if someone gay had.

A polil actn mtee led a billboard mpaign urgg people to “say gay” after Florida Gov.