Georgia lawmakers are trying to pass a bill that would ban discussions of gender identity and sexual orientation in private schools, introducing the measure the same day the Florida senate passed its so-called “don’t say gay” bill. Under Georgia’s new bill, the Common Humanity in Private Education Act, no private school classroom would be able to “promote, compel, or encourage classroom discussion of sexual orientation or gender identity in primary grade levels or in a manner that is not appropriate for the age and developmental stage of the student,” reported NBC. Proponents of the measure say that it promotes parental rights and inclusion in their children’s education, but LGBTQ+ advocates argue that the bill is another example of attacks on LGBTQ+ youth happening nationwide. “We know it’s not about parental rights,” said Jeff Graham, the executive director of the LGBTQ advocacy group Georgia Equality, to NBC. “It really is about restricting the activities, participation and learning of children in school.” Compared to Florida’s bill, Georgia’s measure focuses exclusively on private schools, though critics of the measure have argued that the bill’s wording could also include all publicly funded programs. While the bill has little chance of passing soon, given how late it was introduced into Georgia’s legislative session, opponents of the bill worry that its introduction now could energize Republicans ahead of elections in the fall. Current discussions of the bill could also set the stage for more serious consideration next year. In addition to Florida and Georgia, several other states have introduced or passed bills in recent months marginalizing LGBTQ+ people. The Iowa governor, Kim Reynolds, signed a bill last Thursday that banned trans girls and women from participating in high school and college athletics, despite arguments that the bill was discriminatory and targeted a non-existent problem. In Tennessee, Republicans advanced legislation on Tuesday that would ban public schools from using textbooks that “promote, normalize, support or address LGBT issues or lifestyles” in K-12 classrooms, reported the Associated Press. Kansas Republicans introduced a bill last month that would make it a class B misdemeanor to teach classroom materials on “homosexuality”, changing the state’s current obscenity laws, reports NBC. Outside of anti-LGBTQ+ laws targeting school activity, several states have introduced marginalizing laws or directives that prosecute outside of the classroom. In Texas, the Republican governor, Greg Abbott, instructed the state’s child protection services to investigate any parents providing their children with gender-affirming care, accusing them of “abuse”. Tennessee, Iowa and Oklahoma are some of the states currently considering the most pieces of anti-LGBTQ legislation, according to the American Civil Liberties Union, reported CNN.