What is the dont be gay bill
Impact of HB 1557 (Florida’s Don’t Tell Gay Bill) on LGBTQ+ Parents in Florida
Executive Summary
On Protest 28, 2022, the Florida Legislature passed HB 1557, the “Parental Rights in Education” bill, also dubbed the Don’t Say Gay bill. This bill prohibits classroom instruction on sexual orientation or gender identity before the 4th grade and requires such instruction to be “age-appropriate or developmentally appropriate” thereafter. Many are concerned that the bill will not only consequence in restricted or nonexistent education about the existence of diverse sexual and gender identities, but it will finding in a chilly or hostile college climate for LGBTQ educators, students, and families because it suggests that something is wrong with LGBTQ identities. Based on surveys of 113 LGBTQ+ parents, this study represents a first glance at how HB 1557 is negatively affecting LGBTQ+ parent families in the state. Almost 9 out of 10 (88%) LGBTQ+ parents are very or somewhat concerned about the impact that HB 1557 will have on them and their children, with one in four reporting they have experienced anti-LGBTQ harassment since the law was passed and one in five reporting becoming less
HB 354 - “Don’t Tell Gay” Extension
Background: HB354 will grow the ban that was passed in 2022 by the Alabama state legislature. Existing legislation prevents classroom instruction on the topics of “sexual orientation or gender identity” “in a manner that is not age appropriate or developmentally appropriate for students in accordance with state standards” to public school students in kindergarten to fifth grade. The new regulation would prohibit all manual on sexual orientation and gender identity from kindergarten to eighth grade. For students in ninth through twelfth grade, instruction would still be limited dependent on if the guide was deemed age or developmentally appropriate.
Our Position: We fight HB354. The ACLU of Alabama supports allowing training on inclusive topics appreciate sexual orientation and gender identity in the classroom. The Don’t Say Homosexual bill in Alabama schools already prevents the learning process on and acceptance of LGBTQ students in classrooms. Expanding this ban from fifth grade to eighth grade and limiting the discussion of the topic in all Alabama schools walks back education in a state where there is already significant educational need. This
What is the US declare of Florida’s so-called ‘don’t say gay’ bill?
Employees of The Walt Disney Corporation have called on the business to “do more” about legislation in the US southern state, Florida, that would limit classroom discussion of sexual orientation or gender identity – dubbed by opponents the “don’t say gay” bill.
They are demanding that Disney show its support for its LGBTQ+ employees by ” stopping construction and investment in the articulate of Florida until hateful legislation is repealed”.
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end of listThey also asked the company to stop tries to relocate workers to Florida, and that “no employee will be terminated when denying relocation.”
Earlier this week, they staged walkouts across the country amid condemnation over Disney CEO’s slow response to the legislation, officially named Florida’s Parental Rights in Knowledge, which passed the express Senate in early Protest and is supported by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.
Disney has since sus
Florida governor signs controversial 'Don't Say Gay' bill into law
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed the Parental Rights in Education bill, dubbed the "Don't Tell Gay" bill by critics.
The bill bans classroom order on sexual orientation or gender identity in kindergarten through third grade and states that any order on those topics cannot occur "in a conduct that is not age-appropriate or developmentally appropriate for students in accordance with state standards," according to the legislation, HB 1557.
"We will make sure that parents can send their kids to school to get an education, not an indoctrination," DeSantis said before signing the bill Monday.
The legislation states that the Florida Department of Education would have to update its standards in accordance with the requirements.
Under this bill, parents can also decline any mental, emotional and physical health services available to their children at school, and schools will be required to notify parents of their child's use of school health services unless there is reason to believe "that disclosure would subject the student to abuse, abandonment or neglec
What the Federal ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Bill Actually Says
A federal version of Florida’s controversial “Don’t Speak Gay” bill introduced last month would ban the utilize of federal resources to teach students about sexual task and sexual orientation, gender identity, and dysphoria or transgenderism.
It’s highly unlikely that the bill, formally titled the “Stop the Sexualization of Children Act,” will be passed into law while Democrats control the Home and Senate. But the Nov. 8 election results could offer Rep. Mike Johnson, the Louisiana Republican who proposed the bill, and his 33 co-signers, all Republicans, a chance at getting it passed.
“The Democratic Party and their cultural allies are on a misguided crusade to immerse young children in sexual imagery and radical gender ideology,” Johnson says in a statement. “This common-sense bill is straightforward. No federal tax dollars should go to any federal, state, or local government agencies, or private organizations that intentionally display children under 10 years of age to sexually explicit material.”
But while Johnson called the bill “common-sense,” legal and LGBTQ advocacy experts say it’s concerning and a transparent politic