Opn: Florida's 'don't say gay' bill is cel and dangero | CNN

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• NEW YORK CY LNCH AD MPAIGN NOUNCG FLORIDA’S ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ LAW
• LGBTQ+ GROUP SLAMS FLORIDA’S ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL NEW AD
• HERE'S WHAT FLORIDA'S 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL WOULD DO AND WHAT WOULDN'T DO
• WHAT THE BILL DUBBED ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BY CRICS ACTUALLY SAYS
• AGAST 'DON'T SAY GAY' PROPAGANDA | OPN
• WHAT DO ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ ACTUALLY SAY?
• AFTER 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL PASSED, ANTI-LGBTQ 'GROOMG' RHETORIC SURGED 400% ONLE
• FLORIDA'S ERNOR SIGNS NTROVERSIAL LAW OPPONENTS DUBBED 'DON'T SAY GAY'
• WHAT'S THE SO-LLED DON'T SAY GAY BILL THAT ULD IMPACT THE WHOLE UNTRY
• NEW YORK CY TO LGBTQ FLORIDIANS: IT'S OK TO SAY ‘GAY’ HERE
• AHF TV AD CAMPAIGN IMPLOR DISNEY TO OPPOSE ‘DON’T SAY GAY!’
• FLORIDA’S ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL IS CEL AND DANGERO

NEW YORK CY LNCH AD MPAIGN NOUNCG FLORIDA’S ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ LAW

New York Cy will lnch an ad mpaign Florida nouncg a new law that opponents have dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” law. What opponents are llg the “Don’t Say Gay” law has gotten the attentn of other stat across the untry. So, I happen to feel and I tweeted an opn about the ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill Florida.

Gen Z stunts had anized walk outs across the untry support of the LGBTQ muny and LGBTQ stunts often chantg “We Say Gay. The ad ph back agast Florida’s Parental Rights Edutn bill — dubbed by s crics as the “Don’t Say Gay” bill — which was passed by a state Hoe mtee January and a state Senate mtee earlier this month.

LGBTQ+ GROUP SLAMS FLORIDA’S ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL NEW AD

HOUSE COMMITTEE IN FLORIDA PASSES ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL. Ron DeSantis's legislative agenda pos to LGBTQ+ 30-send ads feature pictns of what the anizatn says will happen if both the "don't say gay" bill and the Stop Woke Act are passed to law.

HERE'S WHAT FLORIDA'S 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL WOULD DO AND WHAT WOULDN'T DO

\u201c\ud83d\ua8 ALERT \ud83d\ua8 @GovRonDeSantis is fast-trackg the #DontSayGay bill, banng discsn of LGBTQ people or issu classrooms. "The "don't say gay" bill would ban discsn of LGBTQ+ topics primary gras. For example, anyone, even someone who don't have a child schools, is able to object to library books and stctnal materials and ny accs to every stunt as a rult, " Smh Whe Hoe and Print Joe Bin nmned the "don't say gay" legislatn last week.

But Florida’s Parental Rights Edutn act — which crics have dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” bill — has sudnly sparked a natnal war of recent weeks, lears of global rporatns, edorial boards of major newspapers and Hollywood actors have all weighed on the proposed legislatn, wh some llg “eply disturbg” and others “nonntroversial. ” Conversely, opponents say would unfairly target the LGBTQ muny — particularly gay and trans stunts — and is “pretendg to solve a problem that don’t exist. For starters, cricism that the “Don’t Say Gay” bill do not fact say “gay” anywhere s text is te.

The bill, which passed Florida’s Senate last week and the state’s Hoe of Reprentativ Febary, do, however, nta the terms “sexual orientatn” and “genr inty, ” each legal experts say that whether the bill prohibs the word “gay” self is a “distractn. “The ‘Don’t Say Gay’ moniker is a moniker about a certa polil amg of this suatn.

WHAT THE BILL DUBBED ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BY CRICS ACTUALLY SAYS

”Beyond brandg, a re argument over the bill centers around whether would prohib the “stctn” or “discsn” of sexual bill’s sponsors have emphatilly stated that the bill would not prohib stunts om talkg about their LGBTQ fai or bar classroom discsns about LGBTQ history, cludg events like the 2016 adly attack on the Pulse nightclub, a gay club Orlando.

'I am eply gay': Kate McKnon mocks Florida's ntroversial bill. In their qut to bee the party of “parental rights, ” Republins Florida and other stat are attemptg to muzzle discsn of gay and civil rights school.

Ron DeSantis signed – tled “Parental Rights Edutn” – has been dubbed by crics the “Don’t Say Gay” bill bee seeks to ban discsn of genr and sexualy issu wh younger stunts. What has been dubbed by crics as the “Don’t Say Gay” bill was the subject of an tense opposn mpaign.

AGAST 'DON'T SAY GAY' PROPAGANDA | OPN

Earlier this month, DeSantis grew agated at the Florida Strawberry Ftival when a reporter asked him about the phrase – “Don’t Say Gay” – that crics have applied to the bill.

" But parents who follow the natnal news—or tune to "Saturday Night Live"—have heard of this bill by a different name: The "Don't Say Gay" fake-namg was an unprecented propaganda ploy.

Last weekend, edian Bill Maher opened a panel discsn by askg the qutn: "Is Florida's 'Don't Say Gay' bill signed to trap Democrats to sayg they support teachg young children about sexualy? In an era of seemgly fe polil stupidy, 's difficult to thk of anythg more polilly idtic—not to mentn morally dub—than Democratic legislators skippg down the state pol hallway shoutg "Gay! "Whatever the real story, the "Don't Say Gay" propaganda mpaign isn't exactly a new story.

WHAT DO ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ ACTUALLY SAY?

Today, we have an analysis of a piece of tn legislatn Florida that crics have referred to as the “Don’t Say Gay” we have news of our own: We’re makg some chang to the Edutn Briefg. See below for Asenc-Rhe/Tampa Bay Tim, via Associated PrsA close read of ‘Don’t Say Gay’Gov.

Ron DeSantis of Florida is expected to sign Hoe Bill 1557, a proposed law that supporters ll the “Parental Rights Edutn” bill and opponents refer to as the “Don’t Say Gay” lleague Dana Goldste has done a close readg of the bill self, which is about much more than gay rights. Sentence has earned the bill the “Don’t Say Gay” nickname:L 97-101: Classroom stctn by school personnel or third parti on sexual orientatn or genr inty may not occur krgarten through gra 3 or a manner that is not age appropriate or velopmentally appropriate for stunts acrdance wh state impact is clear enough: Instctn on genr and sexualy would be nstraed all gras.

That uld disurage a teacher om speakg about gay fai wh the whole class, even if some stunts have gay bill also targets mental health and unselg servic — a place where stunts often have difficult nversatns about genr inty and sexualy, pecially if they stggle to talk about those nversatns at as Florida revis s school unselg standards, adopted 2010, which affirm genr and sexual diversy unselg. Anti-LGBTQ hate surged onle followg the passage of a Florida law that lims classroom stctn on sexual orientatn and genr inty, a new report particular surge volv rhetoric implyg that lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer people are “groomg” children and clus such slurs as “groomer, ” “pedophile” and “predator” relatn to the LGBTQ muny. The month after the Florida Senate passed the Parental Rights Edutn bill, or what crics have dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, on March 8, tweets mentng the LGBTQ muny alongsi the slurs creased 406%, acrdg to the report, which was nducted by the LGBTQ advocy group Human Rights Campaign and the nonprof Center for Counterg Digal law, which took effect July 1, bans stctn about sexual orientatn and genr inty “ krgarten through gra 3 or a manner that is not age appropriate or velopmentally appropriate for stunts acrdance wh state standards.

AFTER 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL PASSED, ANTI-LGBTQ 'GROOMG' RHETORIC SURGED 400% ONLE

In April, a gay uple said a man on an Amtrak tra lled them “rapists” and “pedophil” ont of their children.

The bill, which some opponents have lled "Don't Say Gay, " was signed by DeSantis on Monday. The "Don't Say Gay" moniker om crics of the measure who blast this ia and sist this policy will hurt LGBTQ children. "Florida's HB 1557, also known as the 'Don't Say Gay' bill, should never have passed and should never have been signed to law, " the statement read.

Ron DeSantis on Monday signed legislatn banng certa stctn about sexual orientatn and genr inty the classroom, approvg the ntroversial measure that opponents have dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” law.

FLORIDA'S ERNOR SIGNS NTROVERSIAL LAW OPPONENTS DUBBED 'DON'T SAY GAY'

“Florida’s HB 1557, also known as the ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill, should never have passed and should never have been signed to law, ” the statement said.

Demonstrators gather on the steps of the Florida Historic Capol Mm ont of the Florida State Capol March Tallahassee, Fla, prottg what opponents ll the "Don't Say Gay" bill. Hoe Republins have troduced legislatn that some crics are scribg as a natnal "Don't Say Gay" bill – spired by the ntroversial Florida law that bans stctn on genr inty and sexual orientatn krgarten through third gra class. " Crics of the measure dubbed the Florida law "Don't Say Gay" and argue that s tent is to margalize LGBTQ people and their fai.

WHAT'S THE SO-LLED DON'T SAY GAY BILL THAT ULD IMPACT THE WHOLE UNTRY

A feral 'Don't Say Gay or Trans' bill...

Activist Er Reed, who tracks anti-transgenr legislatn, argu that the parison to a "Don't Say Gay" bill mimiz the potential effects of this proposed legislatn.

NEW YORK CY TO LGBTQ FLORIDIANS: IT'S OK TO SAY ‘GAY’ HERE

"Don't Say Gay/Trans was foced on 'classroom stctn' which was bad enough, " she wrote on Twter. That followed Florida’s passage of the so-lled “Don’t Say Gay” tn law. Others are followg Florida’s lead – which passed a bill crics dubbed “Don’t Say Gay” – and are eyeg rtrictns on teachg LGBTQ topics schools.

When the Supreme Court legalized gay marriage unr the Obergefell v. They were stunned at how quickly the culture had shifted support of gay marriage and were left to regroup. “I feel like the whole gay marriage bate was a sham, ” Terry Schillg, print of the right-wg Amerin Prcipl Project, said an terview wh CNN.

“When we were batg gay marriage as a untry, the opponents of gay marriage were sentially sayg this is gog to lead to the sexualizatn of children.

AHF TV AD CAMPAIGN IMPLOR DISNEY TO OPPOSE ‘DON’T SAY GAY!’

“Essentially we went om Obergefell and gay marriage to now sex chang for gay mors, hormone treatments, puberty blockers. ” Siarly, Florida is facg a lawsu over s law – lled the “Don’t Say Gay” bill by crics – that rtricts stctn related to certa LGBTQ topics.

Hardg noted that he is a lennial who grew up wh gay iends and attend llege Miami, addg, “It’s not like I’m this narrow-md right-wger. Still, he add: “The gay muny hontly has done a disservice by beg lumped wh this trans and genr movement bee ’s not their fight. Activists who long cried gay rights, often assailg them as a threat to nservative fay valu and procreatn, said they’ve found new alli, particularly their efforts to lim medil re and athletic opportuni for transgenr youth.

FLORIDA’S ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL IS CEL AND DANGERO

In the 1970s, Christian sger and anti-gay activist Ana Bryant lnched the “Save Our Children” mpaign to fight back agast a lol Da County, Florida, ordance that banned discrimatn based on sexual orientatn hog and employment. Among her arguments: “Homosexuals nnot reproduce, so they mt rec.