Transgender adults in Florida 'blindsided' that new law also limits their access to health care

[Nevilledog]

https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/transgender-adults-florida-blindsided-new-law-limits-access-99824195

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- Debate surrounding Florida’s new restrictions on gender-affirming care focused largely on transgender children. But a new law that Republican presidential candidate and Gov. Ron DeSantis signed last month also made it difficult – even impossible – for many transgender adults to get treatment.

Eli and Lucas, trans men who are a couple, followed the discussions in the Legislature, where Democrats warned that trans children would be more prone to suicide under a ban on gender-affirming care for minors and Republicans responded with misplaced tales of mutilated kids. Eli said he and his partner felt “blindsided” when they discovered the bill contained language that would also disrupt their lives.

“There was no communication. … Nobody was really talking about it in our circles,” said Eli, 29.

Like many transgender adults in Florida, he and Lucas are now facing tough choices, including whether to uproot their lives so that they can continue to access gender-confirming care. Clinics are also trying to figure out how to operate under regulations that have made Florida a test case for restrictions on adults.

Lucas, 26, lost his access to treatment when the Orlando clinic that prescribed him hormone replacement therapy stopped providing gender-affirming care altogether. The couple also worries about staying in a state that this year enacted several other bills targeting the LGBTQ+ community.

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[Initech]

1. It was never about children.

Children are, and have always been, the scapegoat. It's always been about legislating hate into law. And this hate originated on conspiracy theory sites like Infowars and other dark corners of the internet. The right wing scumbags must pay for what they have done to this country.

[tanyev]

3. Yep, their concern for the children is emotional window dressing.

[Initech]

4. Yes! And their behavoir towards children is totally weird and super creepy.

Like if anything we need to protect children from these MAGA shitheads.

[Duncan Grant]

2. I'm standing with and for trans people.

I take my Niemoller responsibilities very seriously. Be fearless.

[CanonRay]

5. Expect the worst

and get out of Germany while you can. Whoops, I meant Florida.