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Florida governor Ron DeSantis seeks to ban gender-affirming care for trans youth and Medicaid recipients

Florida governor Ron DeSantis asked the state’s medical board to ban gender-affirming care for trans individuals. Over the last year and a half, the Republican official has consistently attacked the LGBTQ+ community with harmful legislation. During Pride Month in 2021, DeSantis banned transgender girls and women from competing in school sports. His crusade against the LGBTQ+ community continued earlier this year when he signed the highly controversial ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill into law. The legislation, which is officially called the Parental Rights in Education bill, restricts “classroom discussion about sexual orientation…

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