‘It’s had a chillg effect’: Florida teachers anx about ‘don’t say gay’ bill | Florida | The Guardian

Contents:

• LGBTQ TEACHERS STGGLE TO NAVIGATE FLORIDA'S SO-CALLED 'DON'T SAY GAY' LAW
• TEACHERS TOLD TO REMOVE RABOWS, PHOTOS OF SAME-SEX SPO AS DESANTIS’ ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ LAW GO INTO EFFECT
• KARE JEAN-PIERRE REPEATS FALSE CLAIM GAY TEACHERS FLORIDA N’T HAVE SPOE PHOTOS ON SK
• ‘IT’S HAD A CHILLG EFFECT’: FLORIDA TEACHERS ANX ABOUT ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL
• HERE’S WHAT TEACHERS, STUNTS N EXPECT UNR FLORIDA’S ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ LAW
• ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ LAW BRGS WORRY, NFN TO FLORIDA SCHOOLS
• JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU
• FLORIDA GAY RIGHTS ACTIVISTS BOYTT ORANGE JUICE, 1977-1980

LGBTQ TEACHERS STGGLE TO NAVIGATE FLORIDA'S SO-CALLED 'DON'T SAY GAY' LAW

” This fall is the first school year which teachers and school admistrators mt follow Florida’s HB 1557—lled the “Parental Rights Edutn” statute by lawmakers and dubbed the Don’t Say Gay law by crics—that banned public school districts om teachg about sexual orientatn or genr inty krgarten through the third gra, or “ a manner that is not age-appropriate or velopmentally appropriate for stunts acrdance wh state standards. ) “All we want as tors is to create a safe space for our stunts and teach them to rpect each other, ” says Brian Kerek, a gay high school math teacher Osceola County, Florida. Cory Bernaert, a gay krgarten teacher Parrish, Florida, says his curriculum has never clud discsns of genr inty or sexual orientatn.

) “The fact that someone has to say to the teachers that you n have a picture of your spoe on your sk, shows the environment they’re havg to work , ” says McCracken, who is gay. Michael Woods, a gay high school special tn teacher Palm Beach County, says he terpreted Palm Beach’s school district’s guidance to mean that if a stunt tells him somethg about their genr or pronouns, he mt notify the kid’s parents. Florida's Parental Rights Edutn Act, cricized as the "Don't Say Gay" law, took effect July 1.

TEACHERS TOLD TO REMOVE RABOWS, PHOTOS OF SAME-SEX SPO AS DESANTIS’ ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ LAW GO INTO EFFECT

"'There is no mer, for example, to the suggtn that the statute rtricts gay and transgenr teachers om 'put[tg] a fay photo on their sk' or 'refer[rg] to themselv and their spoe (and their own children), '" the memo says, referencg guidance issued by the state a motn to dismiss filed a lawsu seekg to validate the law.

KARE JEAN-PIERRE REPEATS FALSE CLAIM GAY TEACHERS FLORIDA N’T HAVE SPOE PHOTOS ON SK

Crics have dubbed the act the "Don't Say Gay" law.

Whe Hoe prs secretary Kare Jean-Pierre on Thursday repeated the false claim that gay teachers Florida have been forced to take photos of their spo off their sks or risk losg their teachg license.

Jean-Pierre’s remark me durg the daily Whe Hoe prs briefg, as she mented on Florida’s so-lled “Don’t Say Gay” law, which was expand on Wednday to enpass all public school gra levels the Sunshe State. Unr threat of havg their licens revoked, gay teachers have been forced to take down pictur of their spo om their sks and censor their classroom materials, ” Jean-Pierre add. Whe Hoe prs secretary Kare Jean-Pierre blasted Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” law as “dystopian” on Imag.

‘IT’S HAD A CHILLG EFFECT’: FLORIDA TEACHERS ANX ABOUT ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL

The false claim stems om ments ma durg a June 28, 2022, school board meetg Orange County, where several teachers spoke about their ncerns regardg the “Don’t Say Gay” law. DeSantis’ so-lled “Don’t Say Gay”. A district spokperson later flatly nied that gay teachers would be forced or even enuraged not to display pictur of their spoe the classroom.

In a motn to dismiss the lawsu, the state argued that “there is no mer … to the suggtn that the statute rtricts gay and transgenr teachers om ‘put[tg] a fay photo on their sk’ or ‘refer[rg] to themselv and their spoe (and their own children). Sce long before was ever signed to law, legal experts and activists have been warng about the lack of clary Florida's so-lled "Don't Say Gay" legislatn and the potential legal jeopardy prents for LGBTQ+ people and pot?

"Cg a motn to dismiss filed June an ongog lawsu seekg to validate the law, the Orange County schools' memo read part:"'There is no mer, for example, to the suggtn that the statute rtricts gay and transgenr teachers om 'put[tg] a fay photo on their sk' or 'refer[rg] to themselv and their spoe (and their own children). If you\u2019re gay you n\u2019t discs your partner. Gay teachers n\u2019t.

HERE’S WHAT TEACHERS, STUNTS N EXPECT UNR FLORIDA’S ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ LAW

"Don't say Gay" law is creatg nfn? Michael Woods, a high school special tn teacher Palm Beach unty, Florida, wh 30 years of experience teachg and who grew up as a stunt the area who was bullied for beg gay, said he cried the night before this school year began Augt 2022 bee of anxiety related to Florida’s “don’t say gay” bill that went to effect July 2022.

“As a gay teacher, as a queer male, ’s been paful for me, ’s been very paful and very upsettg, ” said Woods. “The bills are all based on false pretens, they’re li, they’re based on li, they make assumptns that somethg is happeng our schools area, that teachers are somehow doctratg our stunts, teachg them to be gay, or whatever the se may be, ” said Andrew Spar, print of the Florida Edutn add: “I thk the biggt thg gog to the school year is the unknown, bee this bill and the other bills that are out there, give parents the abily to brg plats agast teachers, brg lawsus agast school districts, and we jt don’t know how ’s gog to play out. ”Ron DeSantis, the ernor of Florida, signg the ‘don’t say gay’ bill March 2022.

‘DON’T SAY GAY’ LAW BRGS WORRY, NFN TO FLORIDA SCHOOLS

– Headg back to school is excg for some, but others said this year is different, given the Parental Rights Edutn law, emed by crics the “Don’t Say Gay” law, is now head of the Orange County Teachers Unn said as teachers head to school, many are still nfed about what they n and n’t say the classroom. ”[SEE PREVIOUS COVERAGE BELOW]Gay rights advot sued Florida Gov.

Ron DeSantis on Thursday to block a new law that forbids classroom stctn on sexual orientatn and genr inty krgarten through third on the guil teachers n fact “say gay, ” but Cos wonrs how other districts will terpret the law. “They’re jt ntug the fear mongerg om ssn, ” says Jon Harris Mrer, public policy director for Equaly Florida, scribg 2023 legislative chang that fall squarely to the more-of-the-same-homophobic-nonsense tegory. DeSantis support of anti-gay vio lled bad strategy, worse msage.

A provisn that would extend the famo “Don’t Say Gay” provisns to middle schools.

JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU

Florida needs more public officials to fd the urage to stand up to Florida’s self-signated emperor and say “Governor, for someone so foced on ‘Don’t Say Gay, ’ you sure seem to brg up a lot.

(AP) — Some Florida schools have moved library books and bated changg textbooks rponse to a law crics ll “Don’t Say Gay” — and some teachers have worried that fay pictur on their sks uld get them trouble. WATCH: How Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law regulat school lsons on genr, sexual orientatn. Crics dubbed “Don’t Say Gay, ” though ntas no bans on specific phras and don’t bar material on sexual orientatn nsired age-appropriate for gras 4 and above.

READ MORE: LGBTQ+ parents fear their children will have to hi their fai at school unr Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill. "> NEW: LGBTQ teachers Orange County, Florida are beg told to take down photos of their same-sex spo their classrooms and not to talk about them to stunts followg the Don’t Say Gay law takg effect. NEW: LGBTQ teachers Orange County, Florida are beg told to take down photos of their same-sex spo their classrooms and not to talk about them to stunts followg the Don’t Say Gay law takg effect.

FLORIDA GAY RIGHTS ACTIVISTS BOYTT ORANGE JUICE, 1977-1980

It was also mored that teachers uldn't reference gay pri or wear pri shirts. Based on the pla language of HB 1557, durg the trag was remend that the safe space stickers be removed om K-3 classrooms so that classroom stctn did not advertently occur on the prohibed ntent of sexual orientatn or genr "Teachers are not allowed to make referenc to gay pri and are disuraged om wearg pri or BLM shirts and may not discs them if they do. EXPLANATION:"Teachers will be required to notify parents if a stunt out to them that they are gay.

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