How to bypass censorship: a student talks about his curly hair as a simile for his homosexuality

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Since the beginning of history, human beings have tried to find ways to bypass the laws that they considered unfair.

With the case of censorship there are not a few examples of ways to avoid it.

On this occasion

, a young American has resorted to metaphors to refer to his

In the state of

, where the school where the student was trained is located, in March the Republican governor enacted the "

law , which prohibits talking about sexual orientation and gender equality in classrooms.

When the law was announced, Moricz participated in demonstrations and led the strike at his institute.

A few weeks before graduation, the director of the center called the student, who was going to give the speech as his delegate, to warn him that he could not deal with the subject of his sexual orientation.

As the young man told CNN: "The director had always been very supportive of me and my identity and I felt really hurt."

Despite the censorship, the delegate was able to convey the message he wanted to share with his colleagues.

Moricz made a

"I used to hate my curls. I spent my mornings and nights ashamed of them desperately trying to straighten this part of who I am. But the daily damage of trying to fix myself became into something excessive," he said.

"So even though having curly hair in Florida is hard because of the humidity, I decided to be proud of who he was and started coming to school as the real me."

In the story, the delegate commented that he had to

because there were no more people "with curly hair" in his environment.

"Now I'm happy. Now I'm happy, and that's what's at stake. There are going to be a lot of curly-haired kids who need a community like Pine View and they won't have it. Instead, they're going to try to fix themselves up so they can exist in Florida's humid climate," concluded the young man.

In the act, Moricz also took the opportunity to remember when they met to

"When you waste your power, what you're really doing is giving it to those who already have more, and right now, those with more power are coming for those with less," he commented elsewhere in the celebration.

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