Rights Behind the Headlines is a new blog series from the ACLU of Florida that dispels misinformation and gives Floridians critical information about the most pressing issues facing our state. Read the full series at aclufl.org/rightsbehindtheheadlines
LGBTQ+ youth and families are being harmed by lawmakers to score political points and unleash an extremist, ultra-conservative agenda that silences and stigmatizes communities.
Florida joins other extremist states that have passed anti-trans healthcare laws that will have a dangerous impact on transgender people.
Gov. DeSantis should not be imposing his preferred curriculum at the expense of Floridians’ First Amendment rights and history itself.
Over the past several years, Gov. Ron DeSantis has created a platform out of dehumanizing and cruelly villainizing immigrants in Florida – a population that makes up over 20 percent of Florida’s residents.
Two-thirds of Floridians support the right to abortion, and voters have consistently cast their ballot to ensure that the state constitution provides independent protection for the right to privacy.
For years, the Governor has relied on scare tactics and trumped up claims to justify the need to be “tough on crime.” The problem is that the so-called “tough on crime” policies that the Governor supports do not make our communities safer.