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Thu May 26, 2022, 02:08 AM May 2022

Florida Teen Uses His 'Curly Hair' As A Euphemism For Being Gay In Defiant Graduation Speech

This young man is brilliant



https://www.comicsands.com/curly-hair-gay-moricz-graduation-2657381516.html

Pine View School 2022 class president Zander Moricz had to get rather creative with his graduation speech this week to avoid censorship. Moricz is Pine View's first openly gay class president, and school officials swore that they would cut off his microphone if he mentioned being gay or any of his LGBTQ+ activism during his speech.

Moricz's creative solution was to talk about his struggles as someone with curly hair—he never mentioned being gay at all. It was clear to the audience that he wasn't really talking about his hair, however.

Moricz is the youngest plaintiff in a suit against Florida's so-called "Don't Say Gay Bill," officially called the "Parental Rights in Education" bill.

As such, school administration was aware of his activism and apparently decided that they needed to do everything they could to prevent him from using his platform as class president to speak out about politics.



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Florida Teen Uses His 'Curly Hair' As A Euphemism For Being Gay In Defiant Graduation Speech (Original Post) LetMyPeopleVote May 2022 OP
George Takei-Oh, Zander, what a powerful and eloquent speech, LetMyPeopleVote May 2022 #1
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