Thread by @Esqueer_

Florida has introduced a bill that allows for the legal kidnapping of trans children. It grants Florida courts emergency jurisdiction over those children and would allow courts to ignore all other court orders and custody determinations.

legiscan.com/FL/text/H1421/…

The bill goes even further to violate interstate comity by authorizing the courts to vacate child custody determinations of other courts only if the child is trans. This is a greenlight to transphobic family members to engage in state sponsored kidnapping.

A transphobic parent could kidnap their trans child in violation of custody agreements and abscond to Florida and be protected by Florida law under this despite likely committing felony kidnapping in their home state.

The bill goes even further to ban all public funding for gender affirming care, including for adults. This would mean state and local employees and their families would be barred from coverage for gender affirming care.

Between this and other bills introduced today, gender affirming care would be banned for all trans youth, and coverage would be eliminated for all state and local employees and their families. All public hospitals are banned from providing gender affirming care, including adults.

An additional bill requires "informed consent" forms by the state filled with pseudoscience and and bans telehealth for gender affirming care for adults. It also bans changes to gender markers on state issues birth certificates for all trans people.

This is a full on war against trans people in the state of Florida. This is a full elimination of recognition and a limitation on access to care for all trans people, including adults.

And before the trolls come in and say "but California did it!" No they didn't. SB 107 required that California be the home state. It follows widely accepted requirements under established precedent around custody laws.

Linked to the wrong bill. Multiple were introduced today. Here's the bill directly since it's not on legiscan yet. static-s3.lobbytools.com/bills/2023/pdf…