Now they've all but adopted opponents' framing as their own. The bill-which increases classroom transparency and prohibits instruction on sexual orientation from kindergarten to third grade-does not actually ban teachers from 'saying gay.' At first, members of the media took care to indicate that 'Don't Say Gay' was just how critics referred to the bill.
Even before Florida governor Ron DeSantis (R.) signed the Parental Rights in Education bill last month, news outlets referred to it as the 'Don’t Say Gay' bill.
