Florida travel advisory issued by state LGBTQ civil rights group
Source: ABC News
April 13, 2023, 10:35 AM
Floridas 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 arent 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.
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IronLionZion
(50,126 posts)vercetti2021
(10,461 posts)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)But with more SUVs.
sybylla
(8,655 posts)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)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)I would have nothing to worry about, but I don't want to rub elbows with a fascist mob.
Aristus
(71,138 posts)Its been twenty-four years. I think Ive finally got the stink off of me.
Never going back.