LGBTQ+ people protest in Florida over Republican conversion therapy bill

[Jessica_Rose]

LGBTQ+ people protest in Florida over Republican conversion therapy bill

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Story by Ava Sasani (28 Feb 2024)

Hundreds of LGBTQ+ people gathered on the steps of the Florida state house on Wednesday to protest against a first-in-the-nation bill that critics say would raise health insurance costs for all state residents.

The Republican-backed proposal, house bill 1639, mandates that insurance carriers cover conversion therapy, a scientifically discredited practice whose practitioners falsely claim to be able to change the sexual orientation or identity of LGBTQ+ people.

Diaz said the proposed legislation would also force trans people to "out themselves" on state-issued identification cards, requiring Florida residents to list the sex they were assigned at birth on their driver's licenses.

The bill comes amid a mounting assault by Florida Republicans on LGBTQ+ rights, a legislative project that has cost Florida taxpayers millions in legal fees. Last year, the Republican governor, Ron DeSantis, signed the so-called "don't say gay" law banning classroom discussion of sexual orientation and gender identity. Earlier this year, the Florida legislature introduced and advanced 11 bills targeting LGBTQ+ rights, including a proposed ban on Pride flags in public buildings, schools, and universities across the state.

[Lori Dee]

LGBTQ+ people protest in Florida over Republican conversion therapy bill

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Story by Ava Sasani (28 Feb 2024)

... conversion therapy, a scientifically discredited practice whose practitioners falsely claim to be able to change the sexual orientation or identity of LGBTQ+ people.

There is an old well-known psychological technique for this. It is most commonly known as "Brainwashing" and it creates more problems than it solves.

[Oldandcreaky]

There was a shill who used to do the conservative Christian circuit, pretending to be a reformed lesbian, and at one speech, an audience member asked if she was dating and she said something along these lines: "Not yet, but I do dream about meeting a man with long, red hair in a kilt."