FL House votes to penalize drag, ban trans care for minors, block bathroom access
The Republican-dominated Florida House voted Wednesday to deny transgender people access to the bathrooms of their choice, gender-affirming care for minors, and to penalize performance spaces that allow minors to attend drag shows.
Each of the three bills passed mostly along party lines. The anti-drag measure heads to the desk of Gov. Ron DeSantis, who led the drive to pass all three bills. The others need final passage in the Florida Senate.
Republicans referred repeatedly during an afternoon of passionate debate that they were fighting “evil.” They used words like “butchery” and “abomination” to refer to hormone and surgical interventions to treat “gender dysphoria,” or the conviction that your gender differs from your birth sex.
“There is evil in this world and we can fight it here today,” said Randy Fine, the Brevard County Republican who cosponsored the transgender therapy bill.
https://floridaphoenix.com/2023/04/19/fl-house-votes-to-penalize-drag-ban-trans-care-for-minors-block-bathroom-access/
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