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Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast

Why “Don’t Say Gay” Is Also “Don’t Say Counseling”

Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast

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4.4678 Ratings

🗓️ 29 March 2022

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

How could Florida's newly signed "Don't Say Gay" law could have ripple effects into other parts of education, including student support.

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0:00.0

I'm Brian Lehrer.

0:06.0

This is my daily politics podcast from WNYC Studios.

0:10.4

It's Tuesday, March 29th.

0:15.1

We're going to have a great night tonight, and for you people in Florida, we're going to have a gay night.

0:21.5

Gay, Gay, Gay, Gay, Gay, Gay, Gay, Gay, Gay, Gay, Gay, Gay, Gay,

0:26.0

on W.N.YC. Good morning, everyone. And that was Wanda Sykes, hosting the Oscars Sunday night,

0:32.6

poking fun, and expressing dissent at Florida, so-called Don't-say gay bill by saying gay over and over again.

0:39.3

Now, that might have been the best thing about the Oscars, by the way, that nobody will remember

0:43.2

because of that other thing that happened.

0:45.5

But Wanda Sykes and Amy Schumer and Regina Hall were, oh, so funny, I thought.

0:50.7

But Governor Ron DeSantis did, in fact fact sign that bill into law yesterday. Wanda

0:56.1

Sykes couldn't mock him out of it. Here is Governor DeSantis describing what's in the bill as he

1:01.6

wants us to understand it, breaking it down into three parts. First, the bill prohibits classroom

1:08.7

instruction about sexuality or things like

1:12.0

transgender in K through three classrooms and after third grade those

1:17.1

curriculums need to be age appropriate second the bill ensures that at the

1:21.2

beginning of every school year parents will be notified about health care

1:24.7

services offered at the school with the right to decline any service

1:29.5

offered.

1:33.3

And finally, this bill ensures that whenever a questionnaire or health screening is given to our

1:38.4

young students, parents receive it first and give permission for the school to give it to their child.

1:46.0

So that was Governor Ron DeSantis yesterday, and as you can hear, nowhere did he say that

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