As the federal government aims at expanding protections for LGBTQ people, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and state agencies are vowing to dodge those safeguards.
recently proposed a rule that prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, and disability in certain health programs and activities."What we're seeing happening in the states right now is an attempt to codify discriminatory attitudes towards LGBTQ people, particularly transgender people, in state law," Kellan Baker, the executive director of the LGBTQ health advocacy group Whitman-Walker Institute, told ABC News.
In this May 24, 2022, file photo, students hold a rally outside a Orange County School Board meeting in Orlando, Fla.that gender-affirming care can be life-saving for transgender people, and will improve the physical and mental health of those who receive it. DeSantis and supporters of the law say it will give families more input in what their children are learning in schools and that children should not be learning about gender identity and sexual orientation at a young age.
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