Stunts across the state of Florida staged school walkouts rponse to the "Don't Say Gay" bill.
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- GAY STUNT SAYS FLORIDA SCHOOL IS STOPPG HIS N FOR STUNT LEARSHIP
- FLORIDA STUNTS STAGE SCHOOL WALKOUTS OVER 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL
- LGBTQ STUNTS ARE BEG TERRORIZED. FLORIDA’S 'DON’T SAY GAY' LAW WILL MAKE IT WORSE.
- FLORIDA CHRISTIAN SCHOOL SAYS WILL REFER TO STUNTS ONLY BY 'BLOGIL GENR,' ASKS GAY AND TRANSGENR STUNTS TO LEAVE
- FLORIDA ULD GIVE TEACHERS 6 WEEKS TO OUT GAY STUNTS TO THEIR PARENTS, EVEN IF THEY’LL GET ABED
- HERE'S WHAT FLORIDA'S 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL WOULD DO AND WHAT WOULDN'T DO
GAY STUNT SAYS FLORIDA SCHOOL IS STOPPG HIS N FOR STUNT LEARSHIP
A 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 * gay students florida *
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. Stunts across Florida staged school walkouts rponse to legislatn — dubbed the "Don't Say Gay" bill — that would prohib discsg sexual orientatn and genr inty the state’s primary schools.
FLORIDA STUNTS STAGE SCHOOL WALKOUTS OVER 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL
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Stunts wavg rabow picket signs and shoutg “We say gay!
"I believe this attempt to threaten me and remove me om mp is riddled wh homophobia and bigotry, " said Petocz, who is gay.
LGBTQ STUNTS ARE BEG TERRORIZED. FLORIDA’S 'DON’T SAY GAY' LAW WILL MAKE IT WORSE.
Grace Christian School Valri, Florida, told parents an email will refer to stunts only by their birth genrs and will ask gay and trans stunts to leave. * gay students florida *
"You’re silencg a queer stunt standg up for what he believ , his rights, and you’re disciplg him for challengg you on the allowance of pri flags a gay rally? Hillsborough High School stunts prott the "Don't Say Gay" bill Thursday Tampa, Fla. The measure’s opponents ntend that the bill would be trimental to the mental health of the state’s LGBTQ children and teachers, preventg them om openly talkg about themselv and their Joe Hardg, the Republin who troduced the bill January, has repeatedly said the bill would not prohib stunts om talkg about their LGBTQ fai or bar classroom discsns about LGBTQ history, cludg events like the 2016 attack on the Pulse nightclub, a gay club Orlando.
"So I feel like should be tght schools bee will help other people jt like me know that 's OK to be gay. Petersburg, Gibbs High School, is draped wh rabow flags, Gay Straight Alliance club posters "everywhere" and other LGBTQ-affirmg symbols.
FLORIDA CHRISTIAN SCHOOL SAYS WILL REFER TO STUNTS ONLY BY 'BLOGIL GENR,' ASKS GAY AND TRANSGENR STUNTS TO LEAVE
Referred to by crics as the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, the legislatn seeks to ban “classroom stctn” on topics related to sexual orientatn or genr inty until stunts enter the fourth gra, acrdg to s text.
“This language is tend to stigmatize, isolate, and timidate LGBTQ stunts, and kids of gay parents particular, ” Smh said. ”While fenrs of Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” law claim ’s tend to prevent young children om accsg sexually explic material, uld impact virtually any posive teractn on LGBTQ topics any gra.
FLORIDA ULD GIVE TEACHERS 6 WEEKS TO OUT GAY STUNTS TO THEIR PARENTS, EVEN IF THEY’LL GET ABED
“You’re gog to have stunts who are aaid to e out or be part of Gay-Straight Allianc. ”- Aubrey, 14If tors choose not to ply wh the “Don’t Say Gay” law, the fallout uld be o.
And thgs are already bad: A 2019 report om the natnal advocy group GLSEN found that 80% of LGBTQ youth Florida “regularly” heard homophobic or transphobic remarks at school, cludg om teachers. ” When Sebastian, who is print of his school’s Gay-Straight Alliance, posted about the cint on Instagram, several stunts lled him a “f****t” the ments, and he received a ath threat om an anonymo acunt.
“Generally speakg, our staff promptly rponds to parent and stunt ncerns and acts acrdance to School Board policy, ” which “prohibs bullyg and harassment and outl nsequenc, reportg, and the vtigative procs, ” a district spokperson wrote a statement to ’s school did not rpond to HuffPost’s requts for a HomeDpe the overwhelmg challeng they face the shadow of Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” law, LGBTQ stunts are fightg month, a group of Florida stunts met wh Edutn Secretary Miguel Cardona and Assistant Secretary for Health Rachel Leve to urge them to take actn to support vulnerable LGBTQ youth. Javier creded that posive fluence wh fdg the urage to e out as gay at 13 years old. Stunts at Will’s school held signs readg “Protect Trans Kids” while chantg, “We say gay!
HERE'S WHAT FLORIDA'S 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL WOULD DO AND WHAT WOULDN'T DO
If they’re harassed the bathroom, Will said, newfound alli have started terveng to stop they admted that the realy is that “homophob will stay homophob, ” Will believ the drastic shift at their school was motivated by “turng the ntral people to advot. ” Many stunts told them that they were unaware before the walkout that LGBTQ people still experience the “Don’t Say Gay” law remas place, would be difficult to keep tg fellow stunts on the stggl that LGBTQ people face, Will said. A relig school Florida says will only refer to stunts by their sex assigned at birth, while pupils who are gay, transgenr or genr nonnformg "will be asked to leave the school immediately.