Kill all gays
The recommended firing follows a long-standing relate to by parents and teachers about district administrators policing verbalization within the classroom. Waukesha’s Board Policy 2240, “Controversial Issues in the Classroom,” has set guidelines for when the district would “permit” a so-called “controversial issue” to be introduced in the classroom. Along with the innocent Cyrus and Parton lyric, the policy has also been applied to bar students, teachers, and even classroom walls from donning rainbow designs, because of their association with the LGBTQ community.
With regard to the lyric banning itself, Waukesha School Board President Dr. Kelly Piacsek and Superintendent Sebert previously insisted they did not “insert themselves into the song selection.” The pair has framed the decisions as ones made by Heyer Principal Tag Schneider and the school’s music mentor, insisting that they only reviewed and upheld decisions made by Heyer’s staff. Yet they interestingly took it upon themselves to illustrate the exact rationale of why the song was banned. They explained that the “subject matter addressed by the song’s lyrics” was not in line with the “the age and maturity level of the students.
Orlando police investigate a hateful anti-gay word written on a traffic sign
Florida drivers were met with a violent and homophobic message on a road in Orlando this week.
The message, written in all capital letters on a digital traffic sign, said “KILL ALL GAYS.”
Orlando police, who were made aware of the incident initial Wednesday, said the sign appeared to be tampered with, according to WESH-TV, an NBC affiliate in Orlando. Authorities said the incident is under investigation.
In a statement posted to Twitter on Thursday, Mayor Buddy Dyer called the sign “disgusting” and said “hate has no place in Orlando.”
“To Orlando’s Diverse residents and visitors: you are regarded and valued here. And we won’t be deterred in our efforts to ensure that our city is inclusive for all,” Dyer wrote.
Orlando was the site of the 2016 mass shooting at the lgbtq+ nightclub Pulse, in which a gunman killed 49 people.
Former state Rep. Carlos Guillermo Smith, who is gay and running for a seat in the Florida Senate, said the message is a “sign of the hate and division that has taken hold in Florida” and blamed the incident, in part, on the state’s Republican governor.
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Electronic traffic sign in Orlando altered to show threatening, anti-gay note, police say
ORLANDO, Fla. - The Orlando Police Department is attempting to determine who tampered with a digital traffic sign so that it would display a threatening, anti-gay message.
Officers on Wednesday morning responded to a notify about a suspicious incident in Orlando's Medical City, near Lake Nona Boulevard and Nemours Parkway.
When they arrived shortly before 5 a.m., they found a traffic sign had been alerted to read "KILL ALL GAYS" in bright orange letters. Police are investigating and ask anyone with information to contact Orlando police at 321-235-5300.
Wednesday also happened to be International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia, a time recognized by dozens of human rights organizations to raise knowledge of LGBT rights violations. Dozens gathered at the Pulse Nightclub temporary memorial sight to build the date and to show on recent legislation which they perceive as anti-LGBTQ.
"We've been warning how all this anti-LGBTQ rhetoric is gonna lead to more violence. We're going to build people feel more emboldened to be outright
Someone changed a Florida traffic sign to say 'KILL ALL GAYS,' prompting a police investigation
Orlando Police Department has launched an analysis to find those responsible for altering a traffic sign to display a threatening homophobic message.
Police officers received a call about the anti-LGBTQ message in Orlando's Medical City, proximate Lake Nona, at around 4 a.m. on Wednesday, per the Orlando Sentinel.
They arrived to find that the digital sign had been tampered with, the newspaper said. In bold orange letters, its letter read: "KILL ALL GAYS."
Wednesday was International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, and Transphobia, which is observed annually to commemorate injustices against LGBTQ communities around the world.
According to a representative for the City of Orlando, the sign was intended to be used to warn drivers about possible delays due to a scheduled 5K amusement run this weekend, per Fox 35 News.
The emissary said that the repulsive message was removed as soon as the town was notified.
Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer said in a statement provided to the Orlando Sentinel that abhor "has no place in Orlando," adding that the "disgusting" message does not