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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis Supports ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Bill

By |2022-02-08T19:53:29-08:00February 8th, 2022|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: , , , |

MIAMI, FL — (02-08-22) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis continued his anti-LGBTQ campaign on Monday when he voiced his support for the GOP's 'Don't Say Gay' Bill. A piece of legislation that would prohibit the discussion of sexual orientation and gender identity in the state's primary schools. Asked by reporters at a Miami event Monday, [...]

U.S. Court Blocks DeSantis Drag Performance Ban Law

By |2023-06-26T00:15:19-07:00June 26th, 2023|Categories: LGBT Politics, LGBT Politics Europe|Tags: , , , , , |

ORLANDO, FL — (06-26-23) — A U.S. judge on Friday blocked governor DeSantis' new Florida law that banned drag performances. This marks the third time this month that federal courts have rejected laws backed by anti-LGBTQ Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who has made it his mission to target the LGBTQ in Florida. In all three [...]

Disney World to Host Largest LGBTQ+ Conference in Defiance of DeSantis

By |2023-03-24T11:38:15-07:00March 24th, 2023|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: , , , |

ORLANDO, FL — (03-24-23) — Disney World fights back against Florida’s rightwing Republican governor Ron DeSantis' crackdown on LGBTQ+ civil rights, by hosting the largest LGBTQ+ conference in the world. The Out & Equal Workplace Summit says that they are “largest LGBTQ+ conference in the world” who attracts over 5,000 attendees annually. For the next [...]

Florida Senate Committee Passes “Don’t Say Gay” Bill, Will DeSantis Sign it or Bluster?

By |2022-02-09T12:17:19-08:00February 9th, 2022|Categories: LGBT Politics|Tags: , , , , |

TALLAHASSEE, FL — (02-09-22) — After nationwide outrage, the Florida Senate Education Committee passed its controversial 'Don't Say Gay bill' late Tuesday along party lines. The bill would bar school districts from encouraging classroom discussion on sexual orientation or gender identity. The 'Parental Rights in Education Bill', commonly referred to as the "Don't Say Gay" [...]

GOP Bill Aims to Bring ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Into Florida Workplaces

By |2023-11-24T11:34:33-08:00November 24th, 2023|Categories: LGBT Politics, LGBT Politics USA|Tags: , , , , |

TALLAHASSEE, FL — (11-24-23) — Right wing anti-LGBT Republicans in Florida are moving to expand their 'Don't Say Gay' Law into Florida businesses. HB 599 put forth by Florida state Rep. Ryan Chamberlin, would bar state employees from using their preferred pronouns, and prohibit nonprofits from training employees on issues of gender and sexuality. Last [...]

Judge Wendy Berger Tosses Challenge on Florida “Don’t Say Gay” Law

By |2023-08-18T20:10:54-07:00August 18th, 2023|Categories: LGBT Politics, LGBT Politics USA|Tags: , , , , |

TALLAHASSEE, FL — (08-18-23) — For the second time in less than a year, a Central Florida federal judge has backed the GOP's "Don't Say Gay" Law by dismissing a lawsuit challenging the 2022 state law that restricts instruction on gender identity and sexual orientation in schools. Last Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Wendy Berger issued [...]

Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Rule Expands to All Grades

By |2023-04-19T17:09:36-07:00April 19th, 2023|Categories: LGBT Politics, LGBT Politics USA|Tags: , , , , |

TALLAHASSEE, FL — (04-19-23) — Florida' right wing Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, expands his 'Don't Say Gay' agenda targeting the LGBTQ+ community by celebrating the passage of 3 anti-LGBTQ bills on Wednesday. DeSantis is celebrating his wins of a state board approving an expansion of his “Don’t Say Gay” law on Wednesday, and the state [...]

Equality Florida issues Travel Warning over anti-LGBTQ Florida

By |2023-04-14T02:13:18-07:00April 14th, 2023|Categories: LGBT Politics, LGBT Politics USA|Tags: , , , , |

PETERSBURG, FL — (04-14-23) — Equality Florida took the extraordinary step of issuing a travel advisory for the LGBTQ Community, women and minorities on Wednesday, when they issued a warning of the risks posed to the health, safety, and freedom of LGBTQ Americans traveling to Florida. Equality Florida says it was prompted to issue the [...]

Nebraska School district Sued after Axing paper over LGBTQ Edition

By |2023-04-02T12:51:16-07:00April 2nd, 2023|Categories: LGBT Politics, LGBT Politics USA|Tags: , , , , |

LINCOLN, NEBRASKA — (04-02-23) — After publishing its June LGBTQ-focused edition, the Grand Island Northwest Public Schools shutdown the Viking Saga newspaper at Grand Island Northwest High School. Now, the school district has been sued by the Nebraska High School Press Association and a former high school journalist,  claiming in their federal lawsuit filed last [...]

Florida ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Law Could Expand to 12th Grade

By |2023-03-21T18:10:10-07:00March 21st, 2023|Categories: LGBT Politics, LGBT Politics USA|Tags: , , , , , |

TAMPA, FL — (03-21-23) — Rumors are swirling that the DeSantis administration's anti-LGBTQ ideology is moving to expand it's 'Don't Say Gay' Law to go up to the 12th Grade. In fact the GOP's war on the LGBTQ Community is moving to bar all public school teachers from providing classroom instruction on sexual orientation or [...]

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