21 Anti-LGBTQ Bills Dead After FL Legislature Adjourns

Truthout reports:

At 2:27 p.m. on Friday, March 8, the Florida Legislature adjourned sine die. With this adjournment, 21 of 22 anti-LGBTQ+ bills were effectively killed, leaving an anti-diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in education bill as the lone piece of legislation to pass this session. This session featured some of the most severe bills ever proposed against transgender individuals, all of these bills are now officially dead.

The bills that have failed include H599, a bill that would have expanded “Don’t Say Gay” policies to the workplace. Further bills that made headlines which died include a ban on Pride flags in schools and government buildings, and  a bill that would make calling someone racist, sexist, homophobic, or transphobic be treated as defamation. Transgender drivers still face the potential revocation of driver’s licenses.

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1. Could the tide be turning against anti-trans legislation? Local organizers in Florida certainly seem so.

That’s because dozens of anti-LGBTQ+ bills, heavily targeting the trans community, have just died as the legislature adjourned.

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— Erin Reed (@ErinInTheMorn) March 8, 2024

2. Of 22 bills in Florida targeting LGBTQ+ people, and trans people particularly, 21 have died. The only bill to pass is a anti-DEI teacher training bill.

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— Erin Reed (@ErinInTheMorn) March 8, 2024

3. Some of the bills that are now dead include H0599, a bill that would have brought “Don’t Say Gay” to the workplace and eliminated LGBTQ+ nonprofits.https://t.co/7EEw4kaVcwhttps://t.co/7EEw4kaVcw

— Erin Reed (@ErinInTheMorn) March 8, 2024

4. Another bill that died is H1639, a bill that would have mandated health insurance cover conversion therapy for trans people. It also would have barred drivers license changes and penalized trans-inclusive insurance providers.

— Erin Reed (@ErinInTheMorn) March 8, 2024

5. Several more bills that died include
– Pride flag bans
– A bill of rights to exclude trans people from student orgs
– An end of legal recognition for trans people
– A bill that would have made calling someone homophobic, transphobic, sexist, or racist defamation pic.twitter.com/CSc4PQtpcR

— Erin Reed (@ErinInTheMorn) March 8, 2024

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