He said in the interview that if the law had been in place when he was a freshman in high school, he would not have come out. Moricz is currently the youngest plaintiff in a lawsuit against Florida's 'Don't Say Gay Bill,' which would prevent public school teachers from discussing sexual orientation or gender identity between kindergarten and third grade. I just had to be clever about it,' Moricz told Good Morning America per the Herald-Tribune. 'But I shouldn't have had to be because I don't exist in a euphemism. 'I knew that the threat to cut the mic was very real, so I wasn't going to let that happen.
He claimed that his school principal, Stephen Covert, called him into his office and told him that if he mentioned his activism for the LGBTQ+ community, his microphone would be turned off. According to USA Today, prior to the graduation speech he spoke out on Twitter about the school administration's decision.
