On the same day that Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed into law the bill formally known as the “Parental Rights in Education Bill”, and more commonly known as “Don’t Say Gay Bill”, a new billboard went on display in Orlando that encourages people to “Say Gay.”
Conservatives accuse liberals ad nauseum of fostering a cancel culture that seeks to silence them, but in Florida it’s conservatives who are trying to cancel the LGBT community.
This innocuous sounding law prohibits Florida public school districts from encouraging classroom discussion about sexual orientation or gender identity from kindergarten to the third grade, and parents and teachers can sue if they believe this policy has been violated.
This pernicious new law gives the impression that gender identity and sexual orientation are issues so depraved that innocent young minds must be protected from hearing about them.
It’s never to early to let children know that gays and lesbians are an important part of our community, and that’s there’s absolutely nothing wrong gay, lesbians or trans men or women.
By all means say gay, shout it from the rooftops: Gay is normal! Gay is good! I’m not a member of the LGBT community, but I have a Pride flag logo on my Twitter page to express my solidarity with them. I’m not ashamed to say Gay!