Thread by @LGBAlliance_USA

A statement about #DontSayGay (a thread).

The legislation in Florida known as the "Don't Say Gay" bill is not really about same-sex orientation or same-sex rights. The bill aims to ensure schools will not be permitted to discuss "sexual orientation or gender identity" (1/7)

below the third grade level. Since sex ed or sexuality in general is not currently discussed in these younger grades, the bill itself does not affect same-sex rights in schools; rather, it is clear this bill is primarily designed to prevent schools from (2/7)

promoting gender ideology to young children. While we do not align politically with the proponents of this bill and we fully understand that many of its proponents are likely homophobic in addition to being critical of self-ID, we do agree that gender ideology is (3/7)

a harmful and anti-scientific narrative that has no place in schools. One day we hope to see a bill that explicitly and unambiguously protects #LGB and gender-nonconforming youth from both discrimination and from gender ideology without any roots in homophobia. (4/7)

The fact that the bill places "sexual orientation [and] gender identity" in the same class is precisely why it is vital that we work to keep same-sex orientation (LGB) separate from gender ideology. We are not one community, we are not one issue, we are not one movement. (5/7)

Same-sex rights are incompatible with a belief that claims sex doesn't exist or matter and that homosexuality is "bigoted" and "exclusionary."

The moniker of “Don’t Say Gay” is deeply misleading about what this bill is actually targeting. This is a predictable result of (6/7)

the gender movement piggybacking on the same-sex rights movement to push their sexist, homophobic agenda.

We strongly encourage everyone to read the bill in its entirety (it's only seven pages): flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2…
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