The bill, if passed, would end all trans legal recognition and would require all Floridians to sign "biological sex affidavits" when renewing their licenses.
This is infuriating, and it's madness. Using 2% of the population--and a vulnerable population at that--for political gain, when trans people are not hurting anyone, recruiting anyone, taking away anyone's religion, shooting up schools, molesting their congregations--none of it. They are not hurting anyone. No commandments are being broken. Then these opportunists come along and bring in some of the worst privacy-invasive legislation imaginable--the government gets to peek into our pants--or our chromosomes--just to issue a Driver's license? This is absolute hysteria. And it goes without saying, one more reason not to go to Florida.
We have to punish these politicians and that means going after their private businesses I know some find that distasteful believing that private life and politics should be separated , well freaking hell look at these intrusive bills and tell me that
We keep seeing time and time again that the majority of citizens aren't asking for these measures or approving of them. The average person doesn't care if someone changes their name, gets gender-affirming care, or a new drivers license. As someone who just changed their name and had to go through all the DMV, VA, and credit card forms and phone calls, that was my experience. They don't care who you are or what your story is. Fill out the form and show us the court docs. That's it.
They only start to care when some politician or media pundit tells them that it's something they should be worried about. And shame on the people who are easily fooled into believing it affects their lives in some way.
I also don't think these politicians are smart enough to come up with the bills themselves. This is all coming from someone/somewhere else. Someone has an agenda and they're using these politicians to do their will. But they can't do that if we vote them out of office. This is why it's so important to show up and vote every time.
Thank you for shining a light on these issues, Erin. Your work is important and appreciated.
This bill is against literally every personal protection in the constitution. The federal government has to get involved in this. Also I really can't wait till primary day. It can't come fast enough in 2024. These people need to be voted out. And my personal opinion is all those in the LGBT community need to ban or refrain from going to Florida for any reason. Your personal safety is in danger if you go to Florida especially if you are transgender.
This is almost unbelievably cruel and intrusive. There is no good reason for a person’s sex to even need to be on a drivers license in the first place. I fear that it may well pass the state legislature. Between this and the Ohio veto override on GAC for minors (which appears very likely to happen soon), this has been a difficult start to 2024 for trans people. I doubt many people expected otherwise.
Imagine a nice older lady going to get a driver's license in Florida after moving from New York or Ohio or somewhere and having to fill out a "biological sex affidavit".
What's next? Blood tests? Forced pelvic exams for everyone?
So we are living in Orwell 2.0, or better known as 2024. We need to go after these wack jobs, hit them where it hurts, a lot of these states depend on tourist dollars, let's do the things that worked in the past. Boycott Boycott Boycott, spend our money in other states, keep our kids our of their colleges. Boycott the organizations that support these hack politicians as well. So mad...
Erin can you please keep posting Fortune 500 companies or well known individuals that donate or contribute to politicians that introduce or support these awful bills and policies?
This is absolutely monstrous. These people are obsessed with us and it's disgusting. We're apparently too insignificant a population to bother giving rights to, yet somehow we're simultaneously such a massive threat to everyone around us that they have to criminalize our existence? Everything about this is insane and fucked up and infuriating and heartbreaking all at once.
Another portion of this bill deals with insurance coverage and seems to forbid insurance companies from denying payment for conversion therapy.
I'll admit this one hits hard, and given the GOP supermajority it will be near impossible to stop. It will be a difficult task for me to undo all of this before even beginning the job of Senator.
It truly makes me sad to see how fast freedom and democracy are being dismantled in my native state
This is the legislative endgame then, rendering us illegal. This will not only make life more difficult for trans people, it will curtail the freedom of all citizens.
This is infuriating, and it's madness. Using 2% of the population--and a vulnerable population at that--for political gain, when trans people are not hurting anyone, recruiting anyone, taking away anyone's religion, shooting up schools, molesting their congregations--none of it. They are not hurting anyone. No commandments are being broken. Then these opportunists come along and bring in some of the worst privacy-invasive legislation imaginable--the government gets to peek into our pants--or our chromosomes--just to issue a Driver's license? This is absolute hysteria. And it goes without saying, one more reason not to go to Florida.
We have to punish these politicians and that means going after their private businesses I know some find that distasteful believing that private life and politics should be separated , well freaking hell look at these intrusive bills and tell me that
We keep seeing time and time again that the majority of citizens aren't asking for these measures or approving of them. The average person doesn't care if someone changes their name, gets gender-affirming care, or a new drivers license. As someone who just changed their name and had to go through all the DMV, VA, and credit card forms and phone calls, that was my experience. They don't care who you are or what your story is. Fill out the form and show us the court docs. That's it.
They only start to care when some politician or media pundit tells them that it's something they should be worried about. And shame on the people who are easily fooled into believing it affects their lives in some way.
I also don't think these politicians are smart enough to come up with the bills themselves. This is all coming from someone/somewhere else. Someone has an agenda and they're using these politicians to do their will. But they can't do that if we vote them out of office. This is why it's so important to show up and vote every time.
Thank you for shining a light on these issues, Erin. Your work is important and appreciated.
This bill is against literally every personal protection in the constitution. The federal government has to get involved in this. Also I really can't wait till primary day. It can't come fast enough in 2024. These people need to be voted out. And my personal opinion is all those in the LGBT community need to ban or refrain from going to Florida for any reason. Your personal safety is in danger if you go to Florida especially if you are transgender.
This is almost unbelievably cruel and intrusive. There is no good reason for a person’s sex to even need to be on a drivers license in the first place. I fear that it may well pass the state legislature. Between this and the Ohio veto override on GAC for minors (which appears very likely to happen soon), this has been a difficult start to 2024 for trans people. I doubt many people expected otherwise.
That's gonna go over well.
Imagine a nice older lady going to get a driver's license in Florida after moving from New York or Ohio or somewhere and having to fill out a "biological sex affidavit".
What's next? Blood tests? Forced pelvic exams for everyone?
Also...intersex people EXIST !
So we are living in Orwell 2.0, or better known as 2024. We need to go after these wack jobs, hit them where it hurts, a lot of these states depend on tourist dollars, let's do the things that worked in the past. Boycott Boycott Boycott, spend our money in other states, keep our kids our of their colleges. Boycott the organizations that support these hack politicians as well. So mad...
Erin can you please keep posting Fortune 500 companies or well known individuals that donate or contribute to politicians that introduce or support these awful bills and policies?
See? This is what I'm talking about when I say that what's going on in the US vis-à-vis Trans people is Genocide! They want to kill us.
This is absolutely monstrous. These people are obsessed with us and it's disgusting. We're apparently too insignificant a population to bother giving rights to, yet somehow we're simultaneously such a massive threat to everyone around us that they have to criminalize our existence? Everything about this is insane and fucked up and infuriating and heartbreaking all at once.
Another portion of this bill deals with insurance coverage and seems to forbid insurance companies from denying payment for conversion therapy.
I'll admit this one hits hard, and given the GOP supermajority it will be near impossible to stop. It will be a difficult task for me to undo all of this before even beginning the job of Senator.
It truly makes me sad to see how fast freedom and democracy are being dismantled in my native state
Jesus fucking christ
So.... this is essentially Hitlers Pink lists.
This is the legislative endgame then, rendering us illegal. This will not only make life more difficult for trans people, it will curtail the freedom of all citizens.
I wouldn't be surprised if they included tattooing all their residents.