“Gay” billboards appear all over Florida in protest against the Don’t Say Gay bill

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Southern Progress, a liberal organisation led by Democratic Strategist Adam Parkhomenko, have placed billboards all over Florida in a direct response to the “Don’t Say Gay” bill.The billboards themselves read “Say Gay” and offer an extremely powerful message of support for LGBTQ+ youth affected by this horrific bill.

They can be spotted in the Florida cities of Tallahassee, Orlando and Jacksonville from this Friday for the next month. The group expects to add more advertising with the assistance of any fundraising money raised.According to the campaigns website, “Over $300,000 in advertising inventory has been pre-approved in Florida for this advertisement.

Please make a small contribution now and help us purchase it”Parkhomenko Tweeted his reasoning behind the campaign, saying “Ron DeSantis and Florida Republicans have pissed us all off, So this week we are going to cover the state of Florida in these in response.”Ron DeSantis and Florida Republicans have pissed us all off.

So this week we are going to cover the state of Florida in these in response. pic.twitter.com/VjCMP6fVFW— Adam Parkhomenko (@AdamParkhomenko) March 21, 2022The “Don’t Say Gay” bill in Florida is set to ban teachers and schools from including necessary discussions of LGBTQ+ people in their curriculum.