'Don't Say Gay' Bill
Parents Magazine - March 7th, 2022
Kate McKinnon joined Colin Jost on Weekend Update to comment on Florida's 'Don't Say Gay' Bill, HB1557, as it passed its final state Senate committee last week.
McKinnon sets up the segment with blissful ignorance, "I heard about this law, and I think it's amazing!" She spins to her middle school experience and the impact of hearing "that's so gay" or "ew, you're gay," exclaiming how wonderful it is that Ron Desantis has taken a stand to say "No, you cannot say gay in school anymore."
Many of us parents certainly remember school in the 1990s. Gay was the common term (and the nicer word choice with the alternative being the "f" slur) across the nation signifying anything seemingly uncool, lame, or gross. I attended an arts magnet school in Las Vegas, L.V.A. People across the city commonly referred to it as "LV-GAY." It was known for its "gayness," meaning gay kids chose to go there to limit the likelihood of being beaten up, bullied, or thrown into school dumpsters on any given day. It is not a time or a place I would wish upon our children.