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Florida LGBTQ Advocates Rally Against Bills That Would Ban Medical Treatments For Transgender Youths

Sun Sentinel
State Rep. Shevrin Jones, D West Park, speaks against a bill that would ban hormone and sex reassignment surgery for children.

LGBTQ advocates rallied Monday at the Florida Capitol against a proposed ban on medical treatments for transgender children, calling the push misguided and harmful.

State Rep. Shevrin Jones, a Broward County Democrat, took aim at legislation introduced by two of Florida’s most conservative state legislators.

The bills would make it a felony offense for doctors to treat children with hormones and sex reassignment surgery.

Reas more at the Sun Sentinel.

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