Gay high schooler says he's 'beg silenced' by Florida's LGBTQ law

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• GAY HIGH SCHOOLER SAYS HE'S 'BEG SILENCED' BY FLORIDA'S LGBTQ LAW
• GAY STUNT SAYS FLORIDA SCHOOL IS STOPPG HIS N FOR STUNT LEARSHIP
• NORTH JERSEY STUNTS NEED GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANC THEIR HIGH SCHOOLS. THIS IS WHY
• THE BT GAY-FRIENDLY SCHOOLS
• WHAT'S LIFE LIKE FOR GAY KIDS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS?
• THIS FLORIDA HIGH SCHOOL STUNT WASN’T ALLOWED TO SAY GAY HIS GRADUATN SPEECH

GAY HIGH SCHOOLER SAYS HE'S 'BEG SILENCED' BY FLORIDA'S LGBTQ LAW

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GAY STUNT SAYS FLORIDA SCHOOL IS STOPPG HIS N FOR STUNT LEARSHIP

In November 2019, Jordan Steffy, a junr at LaPorte High School Indiana, said a fellow classmate posted a homophobic msage about him on Snapchat. When Steffy nonted the other stunt, the stunt lled him a homophobic slur.

NORTH JERSEY STUNTS NEED GAY-STRAIGHT ALLIANC THEIR HIGH SCHOOLS. THIS IS WHY

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THE BT GAY-FRIENDLY SCHOOLS

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WHAT'S LIFE LIKE FOR GAY KIDS IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS?

Proponents of the measure have ntend that giv parents more discretn over what their children learn school and say LGBTQ issu are “not age appropriate” for young crics have argued that the law uld stifle teachers and stunts om talkg about their inti or their lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr and queer fay members. ”“The reason somethg like the ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law seems like nothg but is actually everythg is that when you nnot talk about or share who you are, there is a nstant subnsc affirmatn that you are not valid, that you should not exist, ” Moricz fight agast the legislatn is personal for Moricz, he add. Ileana Garcia's office after passage of the Parental Rights Edutn bill, dubbed the "Don't Say Gay" bill by crics, Miami on March Raedle / Getty Imag fileMay 19, 2022, 2:54 PM UTC / Source: The Associated PrsA 17-year-old gay stunt who was spend for leadg protts at his high school agast Florida’s so-lled Don’t Say Gay legislatn says school admistrators are stoppg him om nng for senr class print.

THIS FLORIDA HIGH SCHOOL STUNT WASN’T ALLOWED TO SAY GAY HIS GRADUATN SPEECH

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