President Biden criticized anti-trans legislation as “just cruel,” singling out recent developments in Florida in particular as “close to sinful” and suggesting that the federal government needs to legislate to protect trans rights nationally.
“What’s going on in Florida is, as my mother would say, close to sinful. I mean, it’s just terrible what they’re doing,” Biden said in an interview broadcast late Monday with actor and former White House staffer Kal Penn, who is guest hosting “The Daily Show.”
Florida has introduced a raft of measures restricting the rights of transgender people, including a ban on minors receiving puberty blockers as treatment for gender dysphoria, and preventing trans patients from using Medicaid to pay for gender-affirming care. would also require teachers to use the pronouns of the sex the child was assigned at birth and extend a ban on teaching about gender and sexuality.Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis , who has cast himself as an opponent to what he calls the “woke” left and made such measures a prominent part of his agenda,The measures in Florida mirror movements across the country — since 2020,
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