Trans people are now the primary target for political persecution in Florida and other Republican states, just as November’s midterm elections loom.
The memo states that the department of education “will not stand idly by as federal agencies attempt to impose a sexual ideology on Florida schools that risk the health, safety, and welfare of Florida students”.
Jaime Jara, a high-school teacher of American history and mother of three children, one of whom is a ten-year-old transgender girl, agrees. “I thought Trump was bad,” she says. “But for me, DeSantis is even worse, because he’s smarter and more calculating. So it’s terrifying.” If they do toe the governor’s line, however, they will not make an instant decision but will set up a committee to determine the standard of care at a later date. Banning puberty blockers and hormones, at least for minors, is highly likely.Should that occur, Jara says her family will leave the state. When people ask if they plan to move, Jara insists: “Let’s call it what it is. It’s not moving, it’s fleeing. We’re being persecuted.
Although Jara receives hate mail and is often accused of somehow ‘making’ Dempsey trans, she says that no one ever pressured her child. In fact, Dempsey would throw tantrums when forced to wear boy’s clothing in public, and became increasingly withdrawn as a result. Jara and her husband moved to Florida 17 years ago from New York, for its affordability and its weather. “We still love Florida,” she tells me. But the increasingly hostile, anti-trans political climate is becoming intolerable. “The fallout is bad, it’s very real, it’s affecting families.”
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