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Sunday, March 3rd, 2024

Florida House Republicans advance bill to ‘deny the legal existence’ of trans people

Author:     Brett Wilkins
Source:     Raw Story / Common Dreams
Publication Date:     March 2, 2024 | 8:25AM ET
 Link: Florida House Republicans advance bill to ‘deny the legal existence’ of trans people
Stephan:  

As I listened to the reports come in about how Trump overwhelmingly won every primary held, I read a long list of stories about how the MAGAt christofascists are waging their culture wars. In Florida, as this article describes, “the Republican-controlled lower chamber of the state Legislature… seeks to deny the legal existence of transgender individuals by requiring individuals to identify as their sex assigned at birth.” As I read this I asked myself,  is this a single MAGAt controlled state action or is this a national trend? I am sorry to tell you this is a very nasty national trend. The ACLU, as of 1 March 2024, reports they are tracking 471 anti-LGBTQ bills. The obsession and hate over other people’s sexuality is one of the defining aspects of this evil Republican cult. And yet, as today’s preliminaries demonstrate, a large percentage of Americans subscribe to this hate. The United States is defining itself as a society of hate.

States where Republicans are proposing anti-LGBTQ legislation. health care or other policies to hurt GBTQ men and women. Credit: American Civil Liberties Union

The ACLU of Florida on Friday led condemnation of a bill passed by the Republican-controlled lower chamber of the state Legislature that “seeks to deny the legal existence of transgender individuals by requiring individuals to identify as their sex assigned at birth instead of their gender on their driver’s licenses and ID cards.”

Dubbed the Trans Erasure Bill by opponents, H.B. 1639 passed by a vote of 75-33. The ACLU notes that the legislation “also requires health plans to cover the widely discredited practice of conversion therapy and creates additional obstacles for health plans to cover gender-affirming care.”

“H.B. 1639 is harmful, vague, and does nothing to improve the lives of Floridians,” ACLU of Florida policy strategist NR Hines said in a statement. “It is eerily silent on the consequences for transgender individuals who identify their gender on their driver’s license or other government-issued identification instead of their sex assigned at […]

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2 Comments

  1. Terri Quint on Sunday, March 3, 2024 at 5:37 am

    The state legislature has gone overboard with its laws pushed by the autocratic governor, DeSantis. Florida is being labeled as one of the most repressive states in the Union. An election is coming up in November and if Floridians don’t go out and vote only Democrats in, it will only give rise to more and more dangerous laws that take away our freedoms. There was a reason that the legislature set aside $16 million for legal fees because they knew these laws were undemocratic and would be challenged in the courts. Florida bans more books than any other state, has supported all kinds of laws against gays, transgender people and women! Who is to speak up for our rights? The voters! And it’s your turn to right this deplorable wrong that has taken over Florida! Terri Quint

    • Rev. Dean on Sunday, March 3, 2024 at 4:18 pm

      It would seem that we have become something less than a democracy, and more like an Oligarchy.