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Gay youth

Can the cat be put back into the bag or is it already to late?
Staff Writer, BoyWiki, July 25, 2022
An LGBTQ back-to-school festival scheduled for Sunday afternoon in Fayetteville, Arkansas was cancelled by officials and the organizer after threats of violence.
(Greg Owen, LGBTQ Nation, August 8, 2022 )
At least 12 other state legislatures are now appropriating the Florida model and are considering similar “Don’t Say Gay” laws.
(Warren J. Blumenfeld, LGBTQ Nation, July 16, 2022 )
Students in a Florida school district can no longer access a training video aimed at helping prevent anti-LGBTQ bullying thanks to the state’s recently enacted “Don’t Say Gay” law.
(John Russell, LGBTQ Nation, July 12, 2022 )
Officials at a high school in Pennsylvania were forced to apologize and place a veteran French teacher on leave after the school's LGBT club staged a drag show event on school grounds last week.
(Paul Farrell, DailyMail, May 1, 2022 )
"I may have been suspended, but I will not be silenced. I am proud of who I am," said junior Jack Petocz after a protest against the "Don't Say Gay" bill.
(Mary Papenfuss, The HuffPost, US, March 4, 2022 )
LGBTQ students wanted to form a club in his district. "That’s what we have churches in the community for."
(Alex Bollinger, LGBTQ Nation, US, February 17, 2022 )
The artwork featured a rainbow Pride flag, an umbrella, and the words “Gay is OK”, and was drawn by a student at Oglethorpe Avenue Elementary School, in Athens, Georgia, which teaches children aged five to 11.
(Lily Wakefield, Pink News, UK, January 28, 2022 )
Follow up
Principal caught on video popping rainbow balloons sent in support of LGBT+ pupil
Oglethorpe Avenue Elementary School, in Athens, Georgia, has already faced immense backlash this year, after a school administrator took down a young child’s Pride artwork and compared it to Nazi symbolism.
(Lily Wakefield, Pink News, US, February 18, 2022 )