LGBTQ News Roundtable: A look at the rise of anti-LGBTQ legislation across the country

Florida Same Sex Silencing — Demonstrators gather to speak out in front of the Florida Historic Capitol Museum in front of the Florida State Capitol, Monday, March 7, 2022, in Tallahassee, Fla. Florida House Republicans advanced a bill, dubbed by opponents as the "Don't Say Gay" bill, to forbid discussions of sexual orientation and gender identity in schools, rejecting criticism from Democrats who said the proposal demonizes LGBTQ people.

March 11, 2022

Updated August 07, 2023

This week on Under the Radar with Callie Crossley:

Florida’s newly passed “Don’t Say Gay” law is part of the rise of anti-LGBTQ legislation across the country. Plus, Massachusetts was the first state to legally recognize same-sex marriage. But it’s now the only New England state that hasn’t updated a law to give clear legal protections for LGBTQ parents. And Catwoman returns to the big screen in “The Batman," portrayed as bisexual for the first time in film.

It’s our LGBTQ News Roundtable!

Guests:

Grace Sterling Stowell, executive director of the Boston Alliance of Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Queer Youth, or BAGLY.

Janson Wu, executive director of GLBTQ Legal Advocates and Defenders, or GLAD.

E.J. Graff, journalist, author and managing editor of The Monkey Cage at the Washington Post.