An anti-transgender act was filed by a Republican senator in Florida that may require sex-segregated spaces and effectively write the existence of transgend people out of the law.
The” What is a Woman Act,” which was introduced by State Rep. Dean Black (R-Yulee ), aims to establish state law that states must ensure that someone’s gender is the same as the sex they were given at birth.
Based on their sexual biology, genome beauty, naturally occurring sex hormones, and internal and external testicles as it was at birth, the act defines a person as either male or female.
Sexist terms, such as “female”, “mother,” “woman,” and “girl,” are only used for people whose bodies are intended to make ova, whereas “male” ( also known as a father, man, or boy ) are used only for individuals who have sperm-producing bodies.
According to the act, any mention of gender in state password “must be deemed to speak only to sex” in accordance with this law. Additionally, it makes the argument that “equal” with regard to sex does not imply” the same” or “identical” in order to get around national or court decisions that give trans people equitable access.
According to Black’s bill, sex-segregated restrooms, changing rooms, housing, and rape crisis centers must be located in a separate area from the rest of the building. This prevents the government from taking action against these facilities for refusing to admit trans people whose natural orientation does not fit the gender for which the facility is intended.
The proposed legislation would mandate that health insurance companies that cover gender-affirming care even cover the cost of any medical care that helps a person detransition or prevents them from reverting to their birth sex-based identification.
A sop to employers who do n’t want to affirm trans employees ‘ gender identity, health insurers will also be required to provide plans that do not cover gender-affirming care. Also, because local pro-LGBT ordinances have been repealed, conversion therapy is now legal in the state and must be paid for by all insurers.
The proposed legislation also mandates that school districts gather important data or conduct class culture surveys in order to determine students ‘ sex as determined by their birth gender.
Additionally, it forbids any trans citizen from having a state ID card or driver’s license that confirms their gender identity more than listing their allotted sex at birth.
The legislation would mandate that applicants for state ID cards or driver’s licenses submit an oath attesting to the fact that the sexual specified on the program for a new or replacement cards corresponds to their birth egypt. A person’s permit may be revoked if the department rules that the oath is untrue.
Additionally, according to these rules, no transgender person will be able to obtain a driver’s license or state ID if they refuse to use their identity to recognize the dialect of the state. This would effectively stop them from driving in a state where there is n’t much public transportation, deny them access to places, keep them away from alcohol purchases, make it difficult for them to rent cars, or engage in any other activity that calls for identification.
Consider locker rooms and activities, Black said in support of his expenses on Jacksonville’s WFOX TV. There are many situations where sex is important, and it should be important. However, a small group of radical ideologues should n’t be able to straddle those boundaries.
According to critics, the bill effectively eliminates transgender identity from all legal frameworks and mandates that people identify with some ‘ definitions of themselves rather than their own.
Former State Rep. Carlos Guillermo Smith (D-Orlando ), a senior policy advisor for the LGBTQ organization Equality Florida, told WFOX that the bill is “mean-spirited and intended to bully transgender people out of public life and force them to leave the State of Florida entirely.”
While Black has argued that the president’s rules on health coverage for so-called detransitioners are crucial, claiming that some transgender people stop identifying as trans and come to regret any health interventions they pursued, Smith claimed that recent studies have found rates of post-surgical regret among transgenous individuals are as low as one percent or less.
Smith objected to the government’s requirement that conversion therapy be covered as well, describing it as a “fraudulent rejected practice that tries to persuade transgender people that they are not transgend.”
