Activists and lawmakers have vowed to take action after the Florida Senate passed a hateful and homophobic legislation commonly known as the ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill.
if information about their children is withheld, or if instruction on LGBTQ topics is not “age-appropriate.”and fewer consequences for individuals who bully them, due to vague language in the bill that might prevent victims from stepping forward., meaning that it wouldn’t affect the current academic year but would apply to schools in the fall.
The author of the bill, Florida state Rep. Joe Harding , claims that the legislation isn’t meant to harm LGBTQ students, but rather to restrict school districts from “insert[ing] themselves” into discussions best left to families. However, the Senate sponsor of the bill, Sen.
Activists and lawmakers have decried the bill as hateful and detrimental to the well-being of children in Florida. “The ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill isn’t just hateful — it’s homophobic and ignorant, and it only moves us further away from the progress we’ve made as a nation,”