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‘Disturbing’ GOP blitz: DeSantis orders trans care ban, Ohio GOP wants genital inspectors in school

Author:     Igor Derysh
Source:     Raw Story / Salon
Publication Date:     12 June 2022
 Link: ‘Disturbing’ GOP blitz: DeSantis orders trans care ban, Ohio GOP wants genital inspectors in school
Stephan:   One of the strangest, at least to my mind, aspects of the White christofascist community's hate is their personal sexual insecurity and obsession with non-heterosexual sex. It's not like trans or LGBTQ people are attempting to recruit them into even casual sex. The LGBTQ community just wants to be left alone. So why are the White christofascists in such a fear fugue? Are they tempted? Are they frightened by their own lusts? Whatever their problem the first step to sorting it out is to put Democrats into office. Universal birthright single-payer healthcare, which Democrats could pass into law, would be a good place to start with helping these White sex-obsessives to find healing.
White christofascist Republican Governor of Florida Ron DeSantis Credit: Gage Skidmore

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration on Thursday moved to ban transition-related care for transgender minors, according to a letter obtained by NBC News.

The Florida Health Department directed the state Board of Medicine, which regulates doctors, to effectively ban certain “pharmaceutical, non-pharmaceutical, and surgical treatments for gender dysphoria” for children and adolescents. The state Agency for Health Care Administrators also issued a 46-page report hours earlier justifying banning Medicaid coverage for transgender youth and adults for puberty blockers, hormone therapies or gender-reassignment surgery.

The moves signaled the latest push in the Republican assault on trans health care and allow DeSantis, a rumored 2024 Republican presidential contender, to ramp up his state’s crackdown without having to go through the legislature.

Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo in his letter questioned the science and safety of hormone therapies, puberty blockers and gender-assignment surgery and asked the Board of Medicine to “establish a standard of care.”

“While some professional organizations, such as the American Academy of […]

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