Florida is on a race to become the most homophobic state in the nation

Seven Republican lawmakers in Florida just launched an all-out assault on LGBTQ people by filing not one, not two, not three, but four antigay bills all in the same day.

NBC News reports “the bills would ban gender-affirming health care for transgender children, repeal municipal and county ordinances protecting LGBTQ workers, and legalize so-called gay conversion therapy in places that had banned the medically debunked practice.”

Representatives Anthony Sabatini, Bob Rommel, Michael Grant, and Byron Donalds, along with Senators Dennis Baxley, Joe Gruters, and Keith Perry submitted the four pieces of homophobic legislation, each with a companion bill in the House and the Senate, late Monday, mere hours before the deadline for filing new bills to be considered in the forthcoming legislative session.

State Rep. Shevrin Jones, who is openly gay, called the actions of his Republican colleagues “shameful” and said they are “wasting tax dollars attacking Florida’s most vulnerable communities rather than prioritizing the issues that impact everyday people’s lives.”

“Clearly they’ve decided that discrimination and hate are central to their election-year platform despite our state’s incredible diversity,” Jones said….

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