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une 2, 2023 | Project Acccess HIV Testing & Resources
2-5 pm, Larkin Palm Springs Hospital, Hialeah
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une 4, 2023 | CommuniTEA Dance | Adrienne Arsht Center
June 6, 2023 | Miami Gay Choru
s KARAOKE@ Nathan’s Bar,
Axel Hotel
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une 9, 2023 | ArtLAB Artists Reception@Pridelines Miami
7pm, THIS IS TRANS Photo Exhibit
Mx. Vincent-Natacha Gay
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une 10, 2023 | POP UP Photo Studio@TransSocial
with Mx. Vincent-Natacha Gay
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une 15, 2023 | Miami Gay Chorus
KARAOKE@ Kill Your Idol
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uly 14, 2023 | UC|CU Welcome Reception for LGBT Leaders
of
the National Hispanic Journalists Association
October 1-15, 2023
Celebrate ORGULLO
Hispanic PRIDE Festival
Oct 1, 2023 | ArtDIVA Bus Tour
Oct 3, 2023 | VESTMENTS, VOODOO, &
VELVET SLIPPERS - Lecture
Oct 6, 2023 | Goddess Cabaret
Oct 7, 2023 | ArtDIVA Bus Tour
Visit Chapel of La Merced
Oct 13, 2023 | GODS GALA @Spanish Monastery
December 2, 2023 | MIAMI GAY CHORUS Holiday Show
Florida
Governor DeSantis signed into law the House 1557 “Don’t Say Gay” bill, which
bans public school districts from teaching about sexual orientation or gender
identity in kindergarten through the third grade, or “in a manner that is not
age-appropriate or developmentally appropriate for students”—language that
critics say could extend the ban to higher grade levels
Unity Coalition|Coalición Unida (UC|CU) is extremely disappointed by
the passage of the so called “Parental Rights in Education” bill due to its
discriminatory language directly targeting and endangering the lives of all
LGBTQI+ youth.
Here
are key passages in the bill:
Instruction on
gender and sexuality would be constrained in all grades.
Schools would be
required to notify parents when children receive mental, emotional or
physical health services, unless educators believe there is a risk of
“abuse, abandonment, or neglect.”
Parents would have
the right to opt their children out of counseling and health services.
Parents could sue
schools for violating the vaguely written bill, and districts would have
to cover the costs.
Florida would
rewrite school counseling standards.
Our collective anger and disappointment must now be focused on doing,
what legislators and the Governor wont – Show all of our youth that they are
LOVED. Show them they MATTER. Tell them they are not a MISTAKE. Tell them they
are NOT ALONE. Offer them the tools and support to be GREAT, PROUD ADULTS.
If you’re a parent or an ally, an educator or a self-actualized LGBTQ+
adult seeing this, today is the day for you to tell the young LGBTQI+ people in
your lives that you see them, and they have value.
More than 200 anti-LGBTQ+ bills, many specifically targeting trans
youth, have been introduced this year alone. Fighting these bills is going to
be a marathon effort requiring all of us — like-minded individuals and
organizations — to stand together and persevere in the face of adversity.
Unity Coalition|Coalición Unida will continue to stand with the
thousands of organizations, teachers unions, allies and parents across the U.S.
uniting in solidarity for LGBTQ+ youth in the best way we know how: Telling our
stories, sharing our rainbow history, celebrating our pride, and show
relentless our support for all of our youth and educators, trying to do the
right thing.
HELP US TO HELP OUR YOUTH, through our programming, resources, and
initiatives to STOP HATE EVERYWHERE. Please consider a donation to UC|CU.