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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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At Oscars, Florida's 'Don't Say Gay' bill target of joke

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At the Oscars, they said gay.

The first political salvo of Sunday night’s Academy Awards in Los Angeles came in the opening monologue, when Wanda Sykes — one of the trio of hosts for the show — took a thinly veiled jab at Florida’s so-called “Don’t Say Gay” bill that passed a Republican-controlled state legislature earlier this month.

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