HB 1557, otherwise known as the “Don’t Say gay” bill. Now passed into law, it bans the discussion of LGBTQ topics in schools.
It also limits discussion when “not age-appropriate or developmentally appropriate for students”.For Jones, the issue was personal.
He’s gay and acutely aware of how hard it can be to embrace one’s sexuality."Thoughts ran through my mind after I lost my brother, because I never got a chance to tell him.
So I ask you all, whatever this bill is supposed to do, let this bill do that…but please, do no harm."@shevrinjones , FL's first openly-LGBTQ State Sen., with powerful remarks.