What Florida's 'Don’t Say Gay' bill actually says

Contents:

• HERE'S WHAT FLORIDA'S 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL WOULD DO AND WHAT WOULDN'T DO
• “SAY GAY” IS TRENDG AS EVERYONE SPEAKS OUT AGAST FLORIDA’S DON’T SAY GAY LAW
• FLORIDA'S ERNOR SIGNS NTROVERSIAL LAW OPPONENTS DUBBED 'DON'T SAY GAY'
• FACT-CHECKG 3 PROMENT CLAIMS ABOUT FLORIDA’S ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL
• SO-LLED 'DON'T SAY GAY' L EXPAND THROUGH 12TH GRA FLORIDA
• FLORIDA’S BOARD OF EDUTN APPROV LE CHANG RELATED TO THE EXPANSN OF “DON’T SAY GAY”
• STRICTLY LEGAL: SU OVER 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL FAILS
• STT MAXWELL: FLORIDA’S ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ LAW LEADS TO CENSORSHIP OF CHILDREN’S PICTURE BOOK ON PENGUS

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

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.

”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.

“SAY GAY” IS TRENDG AS EVERYONE SPEAKS OUT AGAST FLORIDA’S DON’T SAY GAY LAW

In rponse to the Florida legislature passg the so-lled “Don’t Say Gay” bill, people are takg to social media to speak out wh the hashtag #SayGay.

Related lk: Florida Republin sists “gay isn’t permanent” to expla her vote for “Don’t Say Gay” bill.

Smh (D) poted to the other forc of discrimatn also at play the Florida legislature, notg: “While the Florida Senate prepar to pass #DontSayGay, I’m the Hoe fightg voter supprsn and anti-immigrant bills.

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

Many of the Florida lawmakers who opposed the bill monstrated their opposn by postg imag wh duct tape over their mouths wh the word “gay” on .

FACT-CHECKG 3 PROMENT CLAIMS ABOUT FLORIDA’S ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ BILL

Allison Tant (D) tweeted: “I will ntue to #saygay and support our LGBTQ+ youth and muny the state of Florida. Ta Polsky (D) wrote: “Jt fished my bate on the floor agast the don’t say gay bill. Andrew Learned (D) explaed: “I #SayGay for the ltle guys out there, the margalized and bullied, for the kids who don’t belong at the ol-kids-table at lunch.

You are perfect whether you’re gay or straight, black or brown, man or woman. I #SayGay for the ltle guys out there, the margalized and bullied, for the kids who don't belong at the ol-kids-table at lunch. You are perfect whether youre gay or straight, black or brown, man or woman.

#SayGay. Author Frerick Joseph also announced he is steppg up to start the #SayGay fund “to help efforts to protect LGBTQ+ youth Florida and bat Ron DeSantis’ #DontSayGay bill.

SO-LLED 'DON'T SAY GAY' L EXPAND THROUGH 12TH GRA FLORIDA

To help efforts to protect LGBTQ+ youth Florida and bat Ron DeSantis’ #DontSayGay bill, I’ve created the #SayGay fund. 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.

But crics nicknamed HB 1557 the “don’t say gay” bill, warng isn’t necsary and mak some stunts feel unsafe by sglg out LGBTQ material as dangero and appropriate. Dennis Baxley (R-Ola) the bill’s Senate sponsor who said he was addrsg “social engeerg” that uld rult more children intifyg as gay or transgenr.

FLORIDA’S BOARD OF EDUTN APPROV LE CHANG RELATED TO THE EXPANSN OF “DON’T SAY GAY”

” The guidance clus fns of terms related to sexual orientatn and genr inty — cludg gay, lbian and transgenr — that teachers are enuraged to e when applible.

” The word ‘gay’ People on Facebook and Twter have said that Florida Republins want to ban the word “gay” school.

“GOP’s 2022 platform: Ban books, Ban abortn, Ban Black history, Ban transgenr teens, Ban sayg ‘gay’ and Ban votg, ” said Dean Obeidallah, a left-leang rad host and edian, on March 11.

STRICTLY LEGAL: SU OVER 'DON'T SAY GAY' BILL FAILS

’” On SNL’s “Weekend Update” segment, anchor Col Jost told st member Kate McKnon, who is gay, that the bill “means that you n’t acknowledge that ‘gay’ exists at all. ” McKnon then slammed the legislatn, sayg, “I am eply gay — sorry, eply ncerned.

It jt seems like this is gog to make kids gay and trans — sorry, prsed and suicidal. ” The claims n largely be attributed to the legislatn’s “don’t say gay” nickname, ed by Equaly Florida. The legislatn do not lerally prohib Floridians om sayg the word “gay, ” but do prohib “classroom discsn about sexual orientatn or genr inty.

STT MAXWELL: FLORIDA’S ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ LAW LEADS TO CENSORSHIP OF CHILDREN’S PICTURE BOOK ON PENGUS

It looks like this le would make impossible to do much stctn at all, " Lra McGnis, of the LGBTQ advocy group PFLAG, prevly told ABC law was dubbed "Don't Say Gay" by crics for aimg to rtrict curriculum that clus history, lerature and more that touch on LGBTQ inti.