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BumRushDaShow

(161,994 posts)
Thu Apr 13, 2023, 11:26 AM Apr 2023

Florida travel advisory issued by state LGBTQ civil rights group

Source: ABC News

April 13, 2023, 10:35 AM

Florida’s largest LGBTQ civil rights group has issued a travel advisory for the state. Equality Florida says the advisory, issued Wednesday, was prompted by “the passage of laws that are hostile to the LGBTQ community, restrict access to reproductive health care, repeal gun safety laws, foment racial prejudice and attack public education by banning books and censoring curriculum.”

A spokesperson for Gov. Ron DeSantis’ office told ABC News in a statement: "We aren’t going to waste our time worrying about political stunts. We will continue doing what is right for Floridians." Several bills in the state legislature aim to restrict education, programming or curriculum relating to sexual orientation or gender identity in state schools and limit access to transgender health care for people under 18.

Some state policies already restrict these issues, but new bills aim to expand restrictions. Anti-LGBTQ rhetoric has also permeated the state legislature, with one lawmaker calling transgender people "demons" and comparing them to "mutants" before apologizing for the statements. The organization is urging families to consider relocation, asking students to reconsider attending colleges and universities in the state and recommending that conference and event hosts relocate out of state.

“While losing conferences, and top students who have written off Florida threatens lasting damage to our state, it is most heartbreaking to hear from parents who are selling their homes and moving because school censorship, book bans and health care restrictions have made their home state less safe for their children,” said Nadine Smith, Equality Florida Executive Director, in a statement.

Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/US/florida-travel-advisory-issued-state-lgbtq-civil-rights/story?id=98554565

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Florida travel advisory issued by state LGBTQ civil rights group (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Apr 2023 OP
Might be time for a "green book" for LGBT folks IronLionZion Apr 2023 #1
You don't have to tell me vercetti2021 Apr 2023 #2
One by one, Repugs are turning these great states into something out of Oliver Stone's 'Salvador' peppertree Apr 2023 #3
Yep, me and my whole family are with you. sybylla Apr 2023 #4
I wish like hell my uncle would stay in NJ instead of being a snowbird in Florida róisín_dubh Apr 2023 #5
I won't willingly go to any red state Marthe48 Apr 2023 #6
I visited Florida once back in 1999. Aristus Apr 2023 #7

vercetti2021

(10,461 posts)
2. You don't have to tell me
Thu Apr 13, 2023, 11:46 AM
Apr 2023

My ass ain't going to any other red state for possibly the rest of my fucking life despite living in one of the biggest shithole red states in the union Texas.

peppertree

(22,950 posts)
3. One by one, Repugs are turning these great states into something out of Oliver Stone's 'Salvador'
Thu Apr 13, 2023, 11:56 AM
Apr 2023

But with more SUVs.

sybylla

(8,655 posts)
4. Yep, me and my whole family are with you.
Thu Apr 13, 2023, 03:18 PM
Apr 2023

My trans daughter and her family are making plans to move to a safe-haven state if they must. Hubs and I travel with our son for visitations with his little one in Alabama (living there with his mom).

We spend no more money than necessary south of Illinois. Hopefully, we can soon convince the courts to bring him home with us soon.

róisín_dubh

(12,161 posts)
5. I wish like hell my uncle would stay in NJ instead of being a snowbird in Florida
Sat Apr 15, 2023, 08:53 AM
Apr 2023

He hates Desantis with the heat of a thousand suns, but has a life there. I refuse to visit him there.

Marthe48

(22,108 posts)
6. I won't willingly go to any red state
Sat Apr 15, 2023, 09:22 AM
Apr 2023

I would have nothing to worry about, but I don't want to rub elbows with a fascist mob.

Aristus

(71,138 posts)
7. I visited Florida once back in 1999.
Sat Apr 15, 2023, 10:04 AM
Apr 2023

It’s been twenty-four years. I think I’ve finally got the stink off of me.

Never going back.

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