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The new policies from Florida prison officials come in response to SB245, which bans gender-affirming care for minors and the use of state funds on any gender-affirming prescriptions or surgical procedures.
In recent years, Florida has stepped up efforts to limit access to transgender health care for adults and children, but frequently run into skepticism in the courts.
Dragun's spokesperson called the move by the Miami-Dade County Corrections Department "distrubing and dangerous."
Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg sent a Florida teenager who made news this spring with his epic graduation speech a heartfelt letter thanking him for his activism.
Gov. Tony Evers signed an order banning the use of state and federal funds to subject minors to the practice, and he pledged to veto anti-trans sports legislation if it reaches him.
Disney hasn't shown it was harmed by the state's takeover of a special district previously controlled by the company, Judge Allen Winsor said.
Steven Lorenzo is accused of sexually assaulting and torturing two men in Florida before killing them in 2003. He'd allegedly drugged them with GHB.
The death of a transgender woman held in solitary confinement in a Florida men's prison highlights the dire consequences of so-called protective custody.
A new Tampa Bay Times investigation suggests there are miserable and dangerous conditions in state prisons.
A memo to employees cited a new regulation for the Board of Governors, a DeSantis-controlled board setting policies for the State University System.
She says she was made to suffer the indignity of being kicked out of the bathroom on federal property.
The transportation secretary has appeared on television networks to provide truthful information after the spread of unprecedented lies.
Barred from medically and socially transitioning at a Florida prison, Reiyn Keohane fought back.
Judge Allen Winsor, a Trump appointee, said the inmate who filed the suit hasn't shown she's been harmed.
Dragun's spokesperson had previously said the beauty influencer was put in a men's unit after her arrest at a Miami Beach hotel earlier this week.
This is at odds with how the agency has handled this approval process for years.
Activists applauded the filing, which appears to indicate the Justice Department already considers antigay discrimination to be illegal under existing federal law.
The protester shoved by an Orlando police officer in a viral clip tells The Advocate what happened at the Queers for Palestine rally, and what comes next.
“To debate whether enslaved people benefited from slavery — are you kidding me?” she said.
