Safe Schools South Florida Pushes Back On ‘Don't Say Gay' Bill

By Jacqueline Quynh, CBS Miami

March 2, 2022

As the Florida Senate prepares for a vote on the Parental Rights in Education Bill, some teachers and students wore purple this Tuesday to show solidarity with LGBTQIA students.

“You know we didn’t know if anybody would wear purple, we had a lot of social media lead up to it, a lot of retweets a lot of reposts,” Safe Schools South Florida Executive Director Scott Galvin said.

Galvin has been working to spread the word and push back against the bill. He even had a plane fly around Miami with the banner: “Defeat Don’t Say Gay.” Turns out, people from all over, including teachers and students, wore purple across the state.

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