I’m out. Y’all have at it. I’ll just figure it out myself.

No one would have known my reasons if it were not for those who called me names on this thread. I would not have posted again if it weren’t for their posts.

It a humanity choice.

Obviously I'm really late to the thread...

But we stayed at the Marriott Clearwater Beach in October 2020.  

At the time it seemed they had rooms only on every other floor.

It's on the bay, not the beach but there were some restaurants within walking distance and a lot within a short car ride.

It was a really a nice area and a had nice room overlooking the bay.  

It's a bill that passed the House, will likely pass the Senate where they’re discussing a similar bill and DeSantis will happily sign it. So not a law yet, but close to being one and more significant than just a proposed bill.  And the bill shouldn’t be dismissed just because it hasn’t been signed into law yet.

Also, it’s not the only bill being discussed and passed in Florida.  The Florida House passed another bill, Stop The Woke that would limit classroom discussions on gender identity and sexual orientation, in addition to other things.  It would also restrict employers from offering diversity training.

www.axios.com/local/tampa-bay/2022/02/24/florida-house-passes-dont-say-gay-stop-woke-bills

There are 14 other states considering similar bills, but Florida is the first to pass one which is significant.

thehill.com/changing-america/respect/equality/594980-florida-isnt-the-only-state-with-a-dont-say-gay-bill-15

this is why it matters.

www.thetrevorproject.org/survey-2021/

“LGBTQ+ youth who learned about LGBTQ+ issues or people in classrooms had 23% lower odds of reporting a suicide attempt in the last 12 months.”



I’m sorry this thread was derailed.  OP, I hope you find the information you were looking for.

KikiPea - hope you get the answers you are looking for. Wish I could help but I have no experience with that part of Florida.

Some you are really ridiculous! SMH

Oh, my god, you poor thing.  I'm sorry you feel so "attacked".  Who knew that you were such a delicate flower?  The next time you go on a verbal tear on someone here perhaps you'll remember how you felt today.  Personal growth is always a good thing. 

Me too. Ridiculous comments on a thread where someone was looking for advice not criticism.  

IT is clear it’s hard to escape the term “political” from you all, and I’m truly not pretending, when I’m speaking of it from a humanity issue.

My participation would have ended with my first post, the OP responded after I posted and It was totally fine. It wasn’t until 2 other peas started calling me names that I clarified further, not once disparaging the OP. (Those criticizing me might want to take a stab at the other 2 peas for a bit )

LBGTQIA rights hit home right in my family. I am first hand watching a trans teen struggle with being bullied, contemplating self harm, end of life at 15. I don’t see any of that as political, but to you it might just be. So I’ll acknowledge your feelings on it.

It’s not political for me. My family member (nor any other LBGTQIA for that matter) should not ever be reduced to some political fodder and that’s how I feel.

Yeah. We get that. You’ve repeated it a lot in this thread. Doesn’t change that we all can read the words you did say + know your posting history and we all know what you meant. It does make you look ridiculous to keep on saying you “didn’t disparage the OP” rather than owning it. Why don’t you explain your comment then - what were you commenting/implying about wouldn’t go to Florida for a million dollars if it wasn’t politically related? So odd that you are doubling down on this.

Once again, you’re making shit up, attributing it to me, that never once came from me.

If you have a reading comprehension issue with what I first posted, then that’s on you, not me. Why should I be forced to own something I never said???

I did not dismiss or criticize the OP at all.

YOU we’re the one who started the decisive and derogatory crap—so go own that. If anything, you’re performing just like who you’re trying to tell me I’m being like—by making stuff up that I didn’t say! The tone and words of almost every single post you’ve posted in this thread is divisive and derogatory.

I have nothing but compassion for your child and for your family.



Maybe if you were both sitting around IRL, you'd be able to tell KikiPea more about your private life and maybe even have a good cry together.

And maybe she could tell you what time spent in Florida means to her.

You are absolutely right.

How utterly ridiculous of me to suggest you consider the idea of Kikipea sitting down and listening to your concerns IRL when you show nothing but contempt for her.

Contempt for her? Seriously?

I have absolutely no ill will towards kikipea. I’ll keep stressing that because I never demeaned her or said a single thing negative about her.

Sigh…again, I wasn’t the loudmouth calling people names. I wasn’t trying to be political.

A big part of this fallout is that things were being attributed to me that just were not coming from me, were not written by me, were not implied by me. (And they’re still being applied to me.)

I never intended to go into any detail at all to make a case for my viewpoint. I was good after my first post. I intended that post to be the ONLY thing I wrote on that thread. All my subsequent posts have been trying to clarify, and I’m being beaten to death over them because of what others have said (I said/wrote) when it’s their posts that were ugly, name calling and disrespectful. Was my post a dick move? In hindsight, according to several, likely so—but again I never meant for it to be anything other than what I actually said in my first post—A non-political personal opinion.

I do hear what you’re saying. I don’t disagree with having respectful conversations. It’s not accurate to pile that onus on me for that thread. I wasn’t being disrespectful towards the OP—unless the rule now is that we must get permission on what we post in threads started by someone else. And, I believe that your post here/now considers all the information I’ve SINCE posted without the benefit of those who really threw the thread.

And as a side note, regardless if my lack of financial spending in Florida breaks them or not—it doesn’t matter. I’d do it/say it every day of the year twice over. Advocacy has to start somewhere. I know I’m not alone and quite often once someone sees someone else standing up for their beliefs it might just be what they need to see to find their own voice for their life. Saying things like that to someone who is advocating is equivalent to “it’s not going to make a difference so you might as well not even bother” “it’s not worth it” which to me is further erasing and diminishing my family member and others that I love.