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Ron DeSantis<\/strong> has been waging a hugely bigoted war on the LGBTQ+ community for more than a year now, and if you\u2019re wondering what the proof for such a statement is, we\u2019ve got three words for you: \u201cDon\u2019t<\/a> Say Gay<\/a>.\u201d On Wednesday, that war continued, when the Florida governor signed<\/a> four bills into law that will make life hell for trans people.<\/p>\n One of those laws criminalizes<\/a> using a bathroom that does not correspond to one\u2019s assigned gender at birth. (The rule applies to bathrooms in adult correctional institutions, schools (including colleges), juvenile correctional facilities, jails, and \u201cpublic buildings that are owned or leased by the state, a state agency, or a county, city, or special district.\u201d) The crime in question would be trespassing, if you can believe it.<\/p>\n Another law prohibits doctors from offering gender-affirming care\u2014like puberty blockers, hormone therapy, and surgery\u2014to minors, even if they have their parents\u2019 permission. It also gives Florida courts the power to interfere when minors go out of state for treatment, despite the fact that DeSantis, once upon a time, claimed<\/a> to believe that \u201cA limited government is much more likely to be a competent government.\u201d (Last week, the governor signed legislation into law that allows health care providers and insurance companies to refuse care on \u201creligious, moral, or ethical\u201d grounds, a move that is expected, per Insider, \u201cto disproportionately affect transgender people seeking care.\u201d<\/p>\n Rounding out what Equality Florida has dubbed DeSantis\u2019s \u201cSlate of Hate\u201d was the signing of a bill blocking minors from watching \u201cadult live performances\u201d (read:\u00a0drag shows<\/a>), and another that says schools can\u2019t make teachers or students to use the correct pronouns of trans people. The text also makes it easier to get books banned in school libraries, because if there\u2019s one thing Ron DeSantis hates, it\u2019s knowledge<\/a>, about anything. \u201cIf a parent wants to engage in [discussions of gender identity and sexual orientation] with their kid\u2026then that\u2019s up to them, but we should not be putting that in the curriculum in school,\u201d DeSantis said Wednesday. (For those of you keeping up at home, parents should have a right to decide what their kid learns about in school, but not if their trans child should be allowed to receive gender-affirming care. That\u2019s for Ron to decide.)<\/p>\n As he\u2019s done in the past<\/a>, DeSantis assembled a group of children to surround him as he signed the bills, because while he believes children are too young to hear the word \u201cgay,\u201d they are apparently not too young to be used as political pawns.<\/p>\n This content can also be viewed on the site it originates<\/a> from.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n If you would like to receive the Levin Report in your inbox daily, click<\/em> here<\/em><\/a> to subscribe.<\/em><\/p>\n Representative Lauren Boebert does not take her own advice re: marriage\/Jesus<\/strong><\/p>\nTwitter content<\/h4>\n