Underwear Thrown at Florida House Republicans During Transgender Bill Vote
Republicans as lawmakers were discussing a controversial transgender bill at the state Capitol on Tuesday. Written on the underwear were messages reading "not your business," and "leave my genitals alone."Videos shared on social media show several pieces of underwear raining on lawmakers and even falling over their heads.The bill examined by Florida lawmakers on Tuesday would effectively criminalize doctors for providing gender-affirming care to trans youth, allowing the state to remove children from the care of parents supporting their trans child's health care.
The move is in line with recent efforts made by lawmakers in Republican-led states to pass legislation limiting trans rights.#protest #tallahassee #florida #transrights #transrightsarehumanrights #lgbtThe bill has been strongly criticized by LGBT activists and Florida House Democrats who have tried to soften the harshness of the bill with a series of amendments that were rejected on Tuesday."There's evil in this world and we face it here today," Republican Randy Fine, the sponsor of the bill, said. "CS for SB 254 would make it illegal to do certain medical treatments on children that have the result of amputating perfectly good body parts."The language used by the Republican representative has been condemned by House Democrat Robin Bartleman, who called the bill "unkind" and "inhumane.""I need to remind everybody as we go forward, we're talking about human beings.
