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The MAGA Conservatives in Florida Claim Don't Say Gay Bill Will Keep Us From "Grooming" Kids, Ryan Field LGBTQ Books

The MAGA Conservatives in Florida Claim Don't Say Gay Bill Will Keep Us From "Grooming" Kids
If you haven't heard the term "grooming" before, I'll explain it. In this case, it's not about dog grooming or even personal hygiene habits. This is about the way some of these hideous MAGA people are describing LGBTQIA people. I've seen it happen personally, on social media. They also claim the don't say gay bill in Florida will stop us from "grooming" kids.
This is what child grooming means, and the fact...

First Lawsuit Challenging Don't Say Gay Bill in Florida, Ryan Field Books

First Lawsuit Challenging Don't Say Gay Bill in Florida

I think we all knew this was going to happen. Along with boycotts of Florida and boycotts of various products coming from Florida, people are going to fight the don't say gay bill legally. Two women filed the lawsuit and they claim, rightly so, this bill will cause them to lose the ability to protect their own kids. They also claim, and rightly so again, the bill is unconstitutional. 

They are joined by others including two additional same-se...

When Celebrities Brag About Going to Florida to Perform; Florida's GOP Threatens Disney's Governmental Privileges, President of Disney Entertainment Wants More Gay Characters, Ryan Field Books

When Celebrities Brag About Going to Florida to Perform

This is why I don't like the idea of giving straight allies too much control over LGBTQIA issues. You can't trust all straight people. Some are so steeped in their straight privilege they don't get what it's like to be marginalized. 

With that said, there is a straight woman performer I follow on social media and she recently bragged and boasted about her next performances in Florida. She claims to be a huge ally of the LGBTQIA community. So ...

How Language Has Changed For Gay Men, My New Twitter Author Page @RyanFieldAuthor, Ryan Field Books

 How Language Has Changed For Gay Men

When I first came out in the 90s things for gay men were a little different. I'm not talking about anything involving equal rights. I'm just talking about how things were for gay men within the gay community. Our language and the terms and phrases we used back then have changed...evolved...and there are certain things we would have said back then that we don't dare say now. 

For one thing, gay men often referred to each other in a campy way with feminine prono...

Don't Say Gay In Ohio: Gay Ohio Teacher Gives Pride Bracelets to Students and Loses His Job, Ryan Field Books

Don't Say Gay In Ohio: Gay Ohio Teacher Gives Pride Bracelets to Students and Loses His Job
Here's one from the great state of Ohio. And I'm really not pointing any fingers at Ohio. Just like in Florida, homophobia and Anti-Gay hate can happen in any state in the US. I've seen it too many times. It just so happens that this time it was Ohio.
The teacher's name is Jay Bowman and he's been a teacher for 30 years. All he did was "distribute" Pride bracelets to students who were curious about them. Th...

DeSantis Signs Don't Say Gay Bill In Florida, Ryan Field Books

DeSantis Signs Don't Say Gay Bill In Florida

I know DeSantis believes he's working his MAGA base with this bill, but I think it's going to backfire. They claim there's nothing in the bill that says, "don't say gay," but if that were the case why would they need a bill like this? Oh, make no mistake about it, they are letting us know they are in control and we are not their equals. This is white supremacy at its best. 

But only for now. The numbers of LGBTQ people rise each day, and they will conti...

The Three Hollywood Dumb-Dumbs At the Oscars Saying Gay, How a Major League Umpire Came Out As Gay, Ryan Field Books

 The Three Hollywood Dumb-Dumbs At the Oscars Saying Gay

There were three Hollywood dumb-dumbs at the Oscars that decided to make political jokes at the expense of equal rights and the millions of LGBTQIA people who actually live in Florida. 

First, no one who's LGBTQIA supports the don't say gay bill. I've been posting about it since it all started and I despise it. But not to the point where I would make LGBTQIA people who live and work in Florida feel terrible. I know just as many people, strai...

Republicans Furious We're Calling it the "Don't Say Gay" Bill, Ryan Field Books

Republicans Furious We're Calling it the "Don't Say Gay" Bill

Republicans can be as furious as they want, but the truth is the truth. This new bill in Florida silences LGBTQI people and kids. But more than that, it singles us out in a way that doesn't really make sense. And I think they did it on purpose without realizing there would be so much backlash. We didn't really have to be singled out this way. They didn't need this bill. The Republicans did this to make a point. I've checked the bill ou...

What Is Actually Inside Florida's Don't Say Gay Bill, Ryan Field Books

 What Is Actually Inside Florida's Don't Say Gay Bill

I've posted a lot about how people feel over this "don't say gay" bill in Florida, but I don't think I've linked to anything specific that defines the law in simple terms. And that's partly because there are no simple terms. It's a confusing bill. So I found this article and I figured I would share.

First, it's called the Parental Rights In Education Bill. That's the actual name. 

Two, it states that classroom instructions with regard to gender ...

Publishing Innovations: New Serial Fiction Startup Called "Radish", Ryan Field Books

 Publishing Innovations: New Serial Fiction Startup Called "Radish"

This is one of the most interesting things I've seen in publishing since Steve Jobs unveiled the iPad. Or since Kindle hit the reading scene. And I'm going to be part of it through Riverdale Ave Books in New York. I don't totally understand it all yet, but it's supposed to be like Netflix for reading books. And I couldn't be more excited about it. 

Radish recently announced it has raised $63.2 million in funding. Here's a basic de...