LGBTQ+ organization warns people against traveling or moving to Florida

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Florida’s preeminent LGBTQ+ rights organization has issued an official travel warning to LGBTQ+ people considering visiting the state.

Equality Florida wrote on Instagram this week that it has invoked this warning “with great sadness” after spending “decades working to improve Florida’s reputation as a welcoming, inclusive place.”

On its website, the organization details the relentless legislative attacks on LGBTQ+ Floridians – spearheaded by Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) – that resulted in this warning that “Florida may not be a safe place to visit or take up residence.”

“Taken in their totality, Florida’s slate of laws and policies targeting basic freedoms and rights pose a serious risk to the health and safety of those traveling to the state,” the organization wrote. “We regret that these attacks have already led many to flee the state and are driving others to consider relocation.”

 

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