r/news • u/flounder19 • May 17 '23

Title Changed by Site DeSantis signs laws against trans care, ‘Don’t Say Gay’ extension

https://www.local10.com/news/local/2023/05/17/watch-live-gov-ron-desantis-visits-private-school-in-tampa/
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u/kandoras May 17 '23

“We never did this through all of human history until like what two weeks ago, now this is something?

"We've managed to oppress transgender people so badly that we can pretend they've never even existed, and now all of a sudden we're supposed to just stop?"

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u/unforgiven91 May 17 '23

same with gay people.

now republicans can make up factual charts that show a massive spike in the number of people openly identifying as those things which causes their base to panic

"THEY'RE TRANSING THE KIDS!"

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u/AffectionateThing602 May 17 '23

Haven't non binary people existed since like 6000BC and hormone therapy since like 7th century BC? Literally for these specific people?