“Senior Class President Zander Moricz was tapped with giving a commencement speech at Pine View School in Osprey, Fla., but was given a restriction not normally attached to such an event. An openly gay activist who is the youngest plaintiff in a lawsuit against a new state law that restricts what teachers can say in classes about gender and sexual orientation, the teenager said publicly that he had been warned by his principal not to mention his activism or say the word “gay.” If he did, Moricz said on social media, his microphone would be cut off.” 1
florida high school class president zander moricz was told by his school that they would cut his microphone if he said “gay” in his grad speech, so he replaced gay with “having curly hair.” i am in awe pic.twitter.com/OqLbar5bwq
— matt (@mattxiv) May 24, 2022
2 weeks ago, I told you that my graduation speech was being censored and that I needed your help. 48 hours later, 10,000 Say Gay stickers were claimed across Florida. Today, I give the speech. #AdvocateGraduate pic.twitter.com/iSVgADxEPX
— zander moricz (@zandermoricz) May 22, 2022
- The Washington Post, Valerie Strauss, May 24, 2022 – Told not to say ‘gay’ in graduation speech, he made his point anyway – He said ‘curly hair’ instead
