“Just when we think we can let our hair down, there comes a new fight and a new angle,” said Tiffany MORE NEWS: Residents Living Near Sharp Curve Along NW 87 Terrace Fed Up With Constant Crashesįor now, the Pride celebrations will go on with a heavy dose of concern for the actions in state capitals across the country. The need to launch Pride Fort Lauderdale came in the height of protests surrounding entertainer and evangelical activist Anita Bryant, who led a discriminatory and hateful campaign that aimed to overturn a landmark gay civil rights ordinance in Miami-Dade County. ![]() Now many other states, including Texas, are announcing plans to pursue similar legislation to Florida’s. Fort Lauderdale Pride is the oldest Pride in Florida, and was first launched in 1978. Supporters of the law say it’s important because children are being exposed to radical concepts on sexual orientation and gender identity. “What makes you think they’re not gonna tease each other and bully each other, and then the teacher can’t get involved and have that conversation, good bad and indifferent.” READ MORE: Affordable Housing Art Deco Style In Little Havanaįantasia Royale Gaga, another performer at Palace, said it “would have had a major impact on me” growing up. The bill was signed recently by Governor Ron DeSantis and forbids classroom instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in kindergarten through third grade. The current fight involves Florida’s new Parental Rights in Education law, nicknamed the “Don’t Say Gay” law. “In the moment we’re celebrating who we are, but we never forget that we have a fight to fight,” said drag queen Tiffany Fantasia. Tiffany Fantasia talks to CBS4’s Kendis Gibson.
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