LGBTQ

As Tallahassee keeps passing more legislation targeting the LGBTQ community, LGBTQ Floridians report fearing for their livelihoods in the state. Crowd-funding sites like GoFundMe have seen an uptick in fundraisers to financially assist LGBTQ individuals and families to leave.

A federal judge blocked Florida’s ban on the use of puberty blockers and hormone therapy to treat three children diagnosed with gender dysphoria, calling the prohibition “an exercise in politics, not good medicine.”

Members of the LGBTQ community and their allies say the new laws could force families to move out of Florida and damage the state's reputation.

The bill restricts how sex education is taught in state schools. It also limits pronoun use for students and employees to the ones that align with a person’s biological sex.

Other anti-LGBTQ proposals are heading through the Florida Legislature. A march was held outside the state capitol Tuesday opposing the legislation.

Josie felt Florida lawmakers were threatening her health care and ability to live authentically at school. So she left. Many families of trans youth are plotting their exits as well.

The State Board of Education says restrictions in the Parental Rights in Education law extend up through 12th grade.

Students in Duval County Public Schools now must use restrooms and lockers in line with their sex assigned at birth — or use a single-stall restroom.

An LGBTQ advocacy group has issued a travel advisory warning people from coming to the state for business, pleasure or relocation.

Fear. Worry. Dread. Shock. These are among the emotions expressed in a survey of LGBTQ parents in Florida on the impact of what they criticize as the "Don't Say Gay" law.