“Texas and Florida Republicans Pass Sweeping Anti-Trans Bills: A Dangerous Attack on Transgender Rights”

In the United States, Republican lawmakers in the state of Texas have approved a bill that prohibits gender-affirming medical care for trans minors and requires patients who are already taking gender transition drugs to stop using them. treatments. The legislation will now go to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott for consideration. The Texas House of Representatives also moved forward Wednesday in passing a bill that would ban trans athletes from participating in college sports teams that match their gender identities.

Meanwhile, Republican lawmakers in the state of Florida intensified their attacks on transgender rights on Wednesday after the state’s governor, Ron DeSantis, enacted a series of extreme measures against the community. One of the measures prohibits transgender people from using public restrooms that match their gender identities, as well as gender-affirming health care for trans minors and most adult trans people, and provides for penalties penalties for providers who violate such prohibition. State courts will now have the power to separate trans minors from their families if they support their decisions regarding gender transition. Other legislation prohibits minors from attending events hosted by drag performers and transgender and gender non-binary school staff and students from indicating the pronouns with which they wish to be identified.

In other Florida news, Penguin Random House and the organization PEN America have filed a lawsuit against the Escambia County School District for banning books on racial and community issues LGBTQclaiming that this violates the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.