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    Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis throws markers into the audience after signing various bills during a bill signing ceremony at the Coastal Community Church at Lighthouse Point, Tuesday, May 16, 2023, in Lighthouse Point, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee) Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis throws markers into the audience after signing various bills during a bill signing ceremony at the Coastal Community Church at Lighthouse Point, Tuesday, May 16, 2023, in Lighthouse Point, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
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    Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed bills Wednesday that ban gender-affirming care for minors, target drag shows, restrict discussion of personal pronouns in schools and force people to use certain bathrooms.

    DeSantis has made anti-LGBTQ+ legislation a large part of his agenda as he prepares to seek the Republican presidential nomination. He signed the bills in front of a cheering crowd at the evangelical Cambridge Christian School in Tampa. The ceremony had a campaign-like feel, with DeSantis tossing Sharpies to a crowd, as opposed to when he privately signed measures on abortion and gun rights.

    Democrats opposed the bills, and LBTQ+ rallies were held at the Capitol during the session that ended two weeks ago. But Republicans have a super-majority in both chambers and easily approved the bills for DeSantis' signature.

    鈥淚t's kind of sad that we even have some of these discussions,鈥 DeSantis told the crowd, standing behind a lectern with a sign reading 鈥淟et Kids Be Kids.鈥

    DeSantis presented a narrative that expert panels in the nation's major medical associations have said is false, such as the idea that children are routinely being 鈥渕utilated.鈥 While he said he is protecting parents' rights, his opponents say he is denying the rights of parents with transgender kids.

    鈥淭hey have cloaked themselves in being the party of less government and parental rights, and what we're seeing now is the total opposite,鈥 said Democratic state Sen. Shevrin Jones, who is gay. 鈥淓very other parent has the right to raise their child the way that they want to as long as your child is not gay, trans, bisexual. That's freedom for some parents, but not for all parents.鈥

    The gender care law also bans the use of state money for gender-affirming care and places new restrictions on adults seeking treatment.

    Three Florida parents have asked a federal court to issue a temporary restraining order immediately blocking the new law's enforcement. Attorneys for the families, who have a pending challenge to the state Boards of Medicine and Osteopathic Medicine, will be in court on Friday to argue that their children should be able to receive medical care as the case continues. The families are represented by Southern Legal Counsel, GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders, the National Center for Lesbian Rights and the Human Rights Campaign.

    Planned Parenthood immediately started canceling gender-affirming care appointments after the bill was signed as the organization assesses the law's implications.

    Transgender medical treatment for children and teenagers is increasingly under attack in many states and it has lately been subject to restrictions or outright bans. But it has been available in the United States for more than a decade and is endorsed by major medical associations as appropriate care for people diagnosed with gender dysphoria. Their guidelines generally prevent surgery for minors.

    Treatment typically begins with an evaluation for the distress caused when gender identity doesn't match a person's assigned sex. With parental consent, persistent dysphoria can be treated with hormones, but typically not until age 16. The guidelines also say surgery should be reserved for people 18 and older.

    But DeSantis spoke to applause at the bill-signing.

    鈥淲e never did this through all of human history until like, what, two weeks ago? Now this is something? They're having third-graders declare pronouns? We're not doing the pronoun Olympics in Florida,鈥 DeSantis said.

    The gender-affirming care ban and the law targeting drag shows go into effect immediately. The bathroom restrictions and the law banning schools from forcing children to 鈥減rovide his or her preferred personal title or pronouns鈥 take effect July 1.

    Jones said the governor's choice of venue displayed the unpopularity of his campaign platform.

    鈥淚f he's so confident in his policies, don't go hiding behind signing the bills at a Christian school or place where you're more prone to get praise for your bigotry,鈥 Jones said. 鈥淒o it out in the community. 鈥

    Republican Rep. Randy Fine, who sponsored the ban on gender-affirming care for minors, invoked his religion to defend the state's actions.

    鈥淕od does not make mistakes with our children,鈥 Fine said.

    Jones called Fine's take on the Bible disingenuous.

    鈥淔or anyone to use Scripture in the same breath as you are being discriminatory and hateful towards a community of people, it don't work like that,鈥 Jones said. 鈥淵ou can't take a book that was built on love and turn it around and fit your narrative.鈥

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