After his failed run for president in 2024, Ron “Don’t Say Gay” DeSantis is already blowing up his chances for 2028
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During last year’s legislative session, DeSantis signed bills that ban gender-affirming care for minors and bar transgender people from using public restrooms that correspond with their gender identities.
And now, Florida trans residents won’t be able to change the listed sex on their driver’s licenses or state ID to match their gender identity, if DeSantis gets his way.
Ever since dropping out, DeSantis has seemingly been running a shadow presidential campaign. In a recent memo, the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles said “misrepresenting one’s gender, understood as sex, on a driver’s license constitutes fraud” and those with licenses that represent their gender identity could be subjected to “criminal and civil penalties.”Under the old system, Florida residents could submit a court order for a name change or a letter from a physician to get their gender altered on state IDs.
