"If signed into law, these bills will have disastrous impacts on classrooms and workplaces-They will turn Florida into a surveillance state"
"Knowingly subjecting children to abuse, abandonment, and neglect by forcing them to come out to their parents is cruel, dangerous"
"If your child comes out as gay to a parent, it's just one more thing for you to KNOW and LOVE about your child"
"The bills would further stigmatize LGBTQ people and limit teachers’ abilities to discuss the realities of American history"
She also complained that their classmates weren’t allowed to make fun of them- while speaking at a forum for candidates
She's experienced both the “superpower of invisibility” & the “superpower of being deeply connected to those who are marginalized”
LGBTQ young people do not deserve to struggle with housing as they transition from children to young adults
The study noted that those LGBTQ+ youth with substance use disorder are at seven times greater odds of dying by suicide
There are ongoing complaints that this current administration has been discriminatory against women, LGBTQ people & English language learners
"I told myself for a long time, I was like, 'One day, if I have someone to come out with, then I will come out"