The 18-year-old told ABC News' Good Morning America he was worried ahead of the speech but felt supported by his fellow classmates and peers, some of whom wore “Say Gay” stickers and stood up and cheered during his speech Sunday. Moricz is also one of the youngest plaintiffs in a lawsuit filed against the state of Florida over the “Parental Rights in Education” law. He wrote, “My principal called me into his office and informed me that if my graduation speech referenced my activism or role as a plaintiff in the lawsuit, school administration had a signal to cut off my microphone, end my speech, and halt the ceremony.”
Zander Moricz, a senior and the president of his graduating class at Pine View School in Osprey, Florida, claimed he was being “silenced” in a Twitter thread two weeks ago. (NEW YORK) - A Florida high school student who is openly gay is speaking out after he says he was subjected to censorship by school officials if he mentioned the state’s “Parental Rights in Education” law, also called the “Don’t Say Gay” law by critics, in his graduation speech.
