Florida GOP lawmaker apologized for calling trans people "demons" and "mutants"
Comments came during hearing for a bill that would prevent transgender people from using bathrooms that don't align with their biological sex
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Comments came during hearing for a bill that would prevent transgender people from using bathrooms that don't align with their biological sex
During bill hearing, Rep. Webster Barnaby said "We have people that live among us today on planet Earth that are happy to display themselves as if they were mutants from another planet."
A sponsored post ignited outrage from conservatives, including from singers Kid Rock and Travis Tritt.
The Florida Senate on Tuesday passed a plan that would bar doctors and other healthcare providers from offering treatments such as puberty blockers and hormone therapy to transgender minors.
Last summer, the DeSantis administration asked the medical boards to ban gender-affirming care for youths
The measures come amid national battles about bathroom use by transgender students
A Florida Senate committee Thursday will take up a bill that would require schools and other public facilities to provide restrooms for "exclusive use" by males and females.
Four families filed a federal lawsuit Thursday challenging rules adopted by Florida medical boards that prohibit doctors from providing gender-affirming treatment such as puberty blockers and hormone therapy to transgender children, arguing the rules intrude on "parents' fundamental right to direct the upbringing of their adolescent children."
Florida doctors could lose their medical licenses if they order puberty blockers, hormone therapy or surgery for minors diagnosed with gender dysphoria, under a Florida Board of Medicine rule that took effect Thursday.
Major medical associations maintain that gender-affirming care is safe, medically necessary, and often a life-saving intervention for trans youths
President Joe Biden called efforts to restrict transgender rights in Florida "close to sinful" in an interview released Monday, suggesting federal laws should be passed to protect those rights in all states.
Two House Republicans filed a proposal Friday that would make it illegal for doctors to provide treatments such as puberty blockers and hormone therapy to transgender minors.
A Senate Republican filed a proposal that could lead to some employers being required to cover costs to "reverse" treatment for gender dysphoria.
The DeSantis administration approved a rule to stop Medicaid payments to medical providers for such treatments as puberty blockers, hormone therapy and gender-reassignment surgery
Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration has authorized more than $1.3 million for legal and expert-witness fees in the state's effort to ban Medicaid coverage of treatments for transgender people, a review of state records by The News Service of Florida shows.
Continuing to target treatment for transgender people, Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration is requiring state universities to provide information from the past five years about services they have provided to people with gender dysphoria, according to documents released Wednesday.
Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration is asking a federal judge for permission to perform "mental examinations" on a pair of 12-year-olds who are plaintiffs in a challenge to a state rule preventing Medicaid coverage for gender-affirming care for transgender people.
The 2021 Florida law bars transgender female students from playing on women's and girls' sports teams
The 2021 Florida law bars transgender female students from playing on women's and girls' sports teams
Doctors will no longer be allowed to provide treatments such as puberty-blocking medications, hormone therapy and surgery to transgender people younger than 18, under rules approved Friday by the Florida Board of Medicine and the Florida Board of Osteopathic Medicine.
Parents, students and a non-profit group have filed a revised lawsuit after a federal judge last month tossed out a challenge to a new state law that restricts instruction on gender identity and sexual orientation in public schools.
A key medical panel on Friday signed off on a draft rule, pushed by Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration, that would restrict Florida doctors from providing treatments to transgender people under age 18, setting up a final decision next week that likely will lead to a legal challenge.
People can now change their sex marker on their Social Security number record without sex designation documentation.
A federal ruling that gender dysphoria is covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act could help block conservative political efforts to restrict access to gender-affirming care, advocates and experts say.
A legal fight is looming over a state rule taking effect Sunday that will end Medicaid reimbursements for transgender care such as puberty blockers, hormone therapy and gender-reassignment surgery.
