We recently received this bumper sticker in the mail, addressed to my late mother, a loyal Democrat.
Happy International Transgender Day of Visibility to those who celebrate. Note that this is not to be confused with National Transgender HIV Testing Day (April 18) nor International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia (May 17) nor Nonbinary Awareness Week, culminates in International Nonbinary People’s Day on July 14, nor International Pronouns Day (third Wednesday in October) nor Transgender Parent Day (first Sunday in November).
It is unclear to me why those for whom 2SLGBTQQIA+ identification is important stay in Florida. safehome.org says “Thirteen states received a failing “F” grade for LGBTQ+ safety, based on their high number of discriminatory laws and hate crimes. Florida scored lowest of all of the states.” (DC was included and, thus, Florida was #51 out of 51).
Excluding those who have scored taxpayer-funded public housing, for which there would be a 10-20-year waiting list anywhere else, why would the 2SLGBTQQIA+ stay in the absolute worst and least safe state? They could move tomorrow to any of these A-rated states:
(I don’t think that poverty can be the answer for why the 2SLGBTQQIA+ don’t flee to safety. Nearly all of the top=-rated states offer more generous welfare than Florida does. (CATO, Table 4).)
In other transgenderism news, the Supreme Court today said that Colorado’s law against therapy intended to keep people in their birth genders is likely unconstitutional (details). The law dates from 2019 (ABC):
The same person is governor today and apparently isn’t going to apologize to his/her/zir/their subjects for likely violating the U.S. Constitution for 7 years: