GOP Florida State Senator Argues Being LGBTQ+ 'Is Not Permanent'
As the Florida Senate debated the “don’t say gay” bill this week, the discussion took a bizarre turn Tuesday ahead of the bill's vote as Florida state Sen.
Ileana Garcia, a Republican, shared several accounts about LGBTQ+ people in her life. Over several minutes, she potentially misgendered several loved ones and shared disinformation about gender identity.Most striking, the Miami Republican declared LGBTQ+ identities as temporary states.“By the way, gay is not a permanent thing,” she said. “LGBT is not a permanent thing, and it's not a bad thing.
She spoke on the floor of a transgender “very good friend of mine.”“Went through the whole transition as an older man, at 58 years old, became a woman.
Guess what? He still likes women,” she said. “He went through the whole process. And we'd laugh together and I'd say, ‘Why do you want to deal with the hormones?
