Florida Teachers Confed By So-Called 'Don't Say Gay' Law | Time

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• 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. 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.

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

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.

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

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?

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

"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).

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

If you\u2019re gay you n\u2019t discs your partner.

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"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.

FLORIDA GAY RIGHTS ACTIVISTS BOYTT ORANGE JUICE, 1977-1980

“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.

– 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.