NAACP Issues Travel Warning To DeSantis's Florida

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The largest and oldest civil rights organisation in the United States has issued a formal advisory warning travelers to Florida that the state is “openly hostile” towards Black people, people of colour and LGBT+ people.

An advisory issued by the NAACP on 20 May comes as a response to a series of laws signed by Florida’s Republican Governor Ron DeSantis targeting classroom instruction around race and racism, gender and sexuality, and bills and administration policy aimed at LGBT+ people.

DeSantis campaign aide and former press secretary Christina Pushaw appeared to mock the advisory in a tweet asking, “Does this mean no Urban Beach Week?”

On 17 May, Gov DeSantis approved a slate of bills that restrict gender-affirming care for minors, threaten drag shows, forbid people from using bathrooms that match their gender identity, and prevent people from using their chosen pronouns at schools.

The legislation also follows administration policy targeting affirming healthcare for trans youth, over the objections of major health organisations and LGBT+ advocates. 

Mr DeSantis also recently expanded a measure labelled by opponents as the “Don’t Say Gay” law prohibiting classroom instruction on issues related to gender and sexuality, which critics argue will have a chilling effect on LGBT+ people in schools as part of an effort to erase LGBT+ people from public life.

Mr DeSantis, who is reportedly preparing to launch his campaign for the GOP presidential nomination in 2024, also has spearheaded a series of measures around honest discussions of race and racism in schools, including a law that blocks public spending on diversity, equity and inclusion efforts.

Florida also is at the centre of a nationwide trend of challenges against books and materials in libraries and schools. This week, Penguin Random House and several prominent authors and families filed a federal lawsuit against a school district where activists have challenged dozens of books, largely involving or written by people of colour or LGBT+ people.

In April, advocacy group Equality Florida issued a similar travel advisory that warned that the state may “not be a safe place to visit or take up residence”.

“As an organization that has spent decades working to improve Florida’s reputation as a welcoming and inclusive place to live work and visit, it is with great sadness that we must respond to those asking if it is safe to travel to Florida or remain in the state as the laws strip away basic rights and freedoms,” according to a statement from Nadine Smith, Equality Florida’s executive director.

 

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/naacp-travel-florida-ron-desantis-b2343038.html

 

https://naacp.org/articles/naacp-issues-travel-advisory-florida

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Seems like my October trip is not going to be happening

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they put the rid in get rid of it

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57 minutes ago, RAMROD said:

restrict gender-affirming care for minors

 

57 minutes ago, RAMROD said:

targeting affirming healthcare for trans youth

Just a note, it's not only trans youth that are targeted. Trans adults now also need the state's consent to transition.

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1 hour ago, RAMROD said:

DeSantis campaign aide and former press secretary Christina Pushaw appeared to mock the advisory in a tweet asking, “Does this mean no Urban Beach Week?”

 

Oh look, racism! Nothing out of the ordinary, I see. 

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I'm being pressured to see friends in Florida with another friend and I'd love to. And go to a park. But I just can't do it. 

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The GOP really jumped from “we hate socialists” to “we hate everyone who isn’t us” real ****ing quick 

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I hope florida can turn it around  

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On 5/21/2023 at 11:11 PM, Emvee said:

The GOP really jumped from “we hate socialists” to “we hate everyone who isn’t us” real ****ing quick 

They always have hated anyone who is not like them, at least since the 60’s anyway - SMFH!