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Jilly_in_VA

(14,394 posts)
Thu Jan 19, 2023, 04:57 PM Jan 2023

DeSantis seeks transgender university students' health care information

Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is asking state universities for the number and ages of their students who sought or received gender dysphoria treatment, including sex reassignment surgery and hormone prescriptions, according to a survey released Wednesday.

Why he’s conducting the survey wasn’t completely clear. DeSantis has been criticized by LGBTQ advocates for policies seen as discriminatory, including banning instruction on sexual and gender identity in early grades and making it easier for parents to remove books related to the topic in public schools.

“We can see cuts in funding for universities to treat students with this condition, and I think an all-out elimination of services is certainly on the table,” said House Democratic Leader Fentrice Driskell.

The survey was released the same day the university presidents voted to support DeSantis’ anti-woke agenda and to reject “the progressivist higher education indoctrination agenda” and committing to “removing all woke positions and ideologies by February 1, 2023,” according to a Department of Education news release.

The survey is being sent to the university board of trustee chairs by DeSantis’ budget director, Chris Spencer.

“Our office has learned that several state universities provide services to persons suffering from gender dysphoria,” Spencer wrote. “On behalf of the Governor, I hereby request that you respond to the enclosed inquiries related to such services.”

https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-politics-and-policy/desantis-seeks-transgender-university-students-health-care-information-rcna66495

HIPAA, you fucking idiot!!!!!

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DeSantis seeks transgender university students' health care information (Original Post) Jilly_in_VA Jan 2023 OP
Well, they seem to be caving to everything else he's asked for. Biophilic Jan 2023 #1

Biophilic

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1. Well, they seem to be caving to everything else he's asked for.
Thu Jan 19, 2023, 05:46 PM
Jan 2023

This is beyond anything before. This is down right scary. They can’t, they just can’t give in to this, but I honestly fear that they will.

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