Florida courts could take 'emergency' custody of kids with trans parents or siblings

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— even if they live in another state, if Florida Senate Bill 254 passes. Thanks to Michael Knowles at CPAC saying out loud that we should simply be "eradicated" to protect society, this one slipped under the radar for most news outlets.

"Senate Bill 254, introduced Friday by State Senator Clay Yarborough, would grant the court authority to take emergency custody of kids under the same statute that protects them from domestic violence and abuse.

The state could take temporary custody of children if "it is necessary in an emergency to protect the child because the child, or a sibling or parent of the child" is "at risk of or is being subjected to the provision of sex reassignment prescriptions or procedures," according to the proposed bill text.

The proposed bill defines sex reassignment prescriptions or procedures as hormone therapy, puberty blockers, and surgeries or procedures that "affirm a person's perception of his or her sex if that perception is inconsistent with the person's sex" at birth.

The court would also be granted "jurisdiction to vacate, stay, or modify a child custody determination of a court of another state to protect the child from the risk of being subjected to the provision of sex-reassignment prescriptions or procedures," according to the proposed bill text. "The court must vacate, stay, or modify the child custody determination to the extent necessary to protect the child from the provision of such prescriptions or procedures.""

https://www.businessinsider.com/florida-anti-trans-bill-court-custody-kids-gender-affirming-care-2023-3

Please listen to trans people when we tell you the GOP is waging genocide against us. And that every one of these actions by the GOP are "important". It's getting worse week by week. And even if this specific bill doesn't pass this session in Florida, if there's not sufficient public outrage it will eventually become law somewhere. This bill in Florida is the direct result of Texas instructing CPS to investigate trans families, even though that didn't go anywhere (yet) in that state.

Look back at 2016 when the first "bathroom bill" was floated in a Republican state (N. Carolina's HB2). Now in 2023 red states are simply adding that provision into other bills that get signed. They're continually pushing the edge of the envelope as to what people will tolerate so long as it's not their family being attacked.

This is what the early stages of genocide look like. Please help us. Step out of your comfort zone if and when you can. It could make a difference.