‘Don’t Say Gay’ Gov. Ron DeSantis Wins Reelection in Florida
The hardline conservative Gov. Ron DeSantis is projected to win reelection, ending Democrat Charlie Crist’s chance to retake his previous office.DeSantis has targeted LGBTQ+ rights repeatedly while in office.
Last March, he signed the notorious “don’t say gay” bill into law. The law limits what LGBTQ+ topics can be taught in Florida classrooms.In a debate last month, DeSantis called gender-affirming care “chemical castration.”“When they say ‘gender-affirming care,’ they mean giving puberty blockers to teenage girls and teenage boys,” he said in the debate.
Florida regulators are considering banning gender-affirming care for youth.He said doctors are “chemically castrating young boys.” He added, “A lot of kids go through a lot of different things.
A lot of the dysphoria resolves itself by the time they become adults.”However, studies have indicated that people who initiate gender-affirming care as teens continue with it into adulthood.
