
Florida's LGBTQ advocates are rallying to support young people in light of 'Don't Say Gay'
CNN
Many advocates have called Florida home for decades and have watched LGBTQ communities thrive in cities like Miami and Orlando. They want these communities to continue thriving for generations to come and are fighting for LGBTQ people of all ages to feel safe in the state.
He's nervous. He's ready.
In elementary school, classmates called him names for what they thought were feminine traits, like the pitch of his voice and his proclivity for hand gestures. His experiences are not unusual for a young LGBTQ person -- 52% of LGBTQ middle and high schoolers said they'd been bullied either in person or electronically in the past year, according to a 2021 report from the Trevor Project, a suicide prevention organization for queer and trans youth.

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