Gov. DeSantis says Florida ‘will not comply’ with Title IX guidance regarding gender identity

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The federal government will get pushback from the Sunshine State regarding expansion of protections for students.

Florida’s Governor is setting the stage with yet another showdown with the Democratic White House.

This one is about new language from the Joe Biden administration reconfiguring Title IX to protect students on the grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity, the latter of which Florida Republicans don’t believe is up for debate.

“We will not comply and we will fight back. We are not going to let Joe Biden try to inject men into women’s activities. We are not going to let Joe Biden undermine the rights of parents and we are not going to let Joe Biden abuse his constitutional authority to try to impose these policies on us here in Florida,” vowed Gov. Ron DeSantis.

The Governor’s strong words, consistent with similar sentiments from GOP state leaders all over the country, align with a statement from Attorney General Ashley Moody.

“Biden’s new Title IX rules shred protections for women — that so many fought for over decades,” Moody said Tuesday.

“The idea that young girls can now legally be forced to undress in the same room with males in what is supposed to be a safe space like a locker room, that a young woman could be randomly assigned a roommate that is a biological male with little-to-no-say over the matter, or that biological men would be eligible for women’s scholarships is ludicrous. We absolutely plan to challenge this betrayal of women in court.”

DeSantis has been aggressive in protecting cisgender girls and women against what he sees as threats from the transgender community.

On the first day of Pride Month in 2021, DeSantis signed SB 1028, a measure that bans transgender athletes from participating in women’s sports.

Last year, the Governor signed on legislation restricting the use of pronouns in schools that don’t correspond with a person’s sex at birth.

A.G. Gancarski

A.G. Gancarski has written for FloridaPolitics.com since 2014. He is based in Northeast Florida. He can be reached at [email protected] or on Twitter: @AGGancarski


125 comments

  • PeterH

    April 25, 2024 at 1:22 pm

    Republicans have no interest in protecting children from bullying by parents, teachers and students. DeSantis’s book burning policies and culture wars encourages bullying.

    Still …… 40% of America’s most vulnerable children who are challenged with gender stereotypes have at one time or another attempted suicide!

    Reply

    • Dennis Molina

      April 27, 2024 at 10:33 am

      Florida burns books? I think we all know the answer.
      These Marxists will stop at nothing to destroy the nuclear family by blurring the lines of human sex. There are males & females, full stop. It is scientifically impossible to change your “gender” and thank god Florida will not comply with this regime’s policies. This Title IX change by this illegitimate “president” will be struck down hopefully by the time Trump retakes the White House. The leftist Marxists will not prevail. FJB

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      • MH/Duuuval

        April 27, 2024 at 2:00 pm

        The answer is: Yes. Removing them from the shelves is tantamount to burning them. I guess you went’t amused when Dee had to step down from his high horse when the dimwit in Clay County submitted hundreds of book titles to be withdrawn.

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        • Yoda Mann

          April 27, 2024 at 2:51 pm

          #OKGROOMER

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          • Rick Whitaker

            April 28, 2024 at 12:15 pm

            YODA MANN, does calling people a groomer make you look like a sane person, or a maga cultist?

        • Johnathan Galt

          April 27, 2024 at 3:11 pm

          What store shelves were they remove from? Oh, that’s right – NONE.

          Cry harder, groomer.

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          • Rick Whitaker

            April 28, 2024 at 12:13 pm

            JOHNATHAN GALT, is calling someone a groomer because they disagree with you a maga thing, or a christian thing, or both?

        • SamIowa

          April 27, 2024 at 4:51 pm

          If parents want them to have the books, they can buy them. Case closed. Book burning…..jeez.

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          • Rick Whitaker

            April 28, 2024 at 12:25 pm

            SAMIOWA, books are for people that want to read them, not for people who want to burn them. if you don’t see book control as an issue, you need to read more.

          • Bwj

            April 29, 2024 at 3:41 pm

            Semantics on your part. Government deciding who gets to read books is censorship. Just because a book has to be bought from a store doesn’t mean that it hasn’t been banned. When one person decides what others can read is censorship..

      • Jose Gutierrez

        April 27, 2024 at 3:53 pm

        100% correct. We all know these policies are only to destroy families and women.

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      • tim

        April 28, 2024 at 11:07 am

        Dennis Molina, You speak the truth!! This IS Florida.
        We love Gov DeSantis AND Donald J Trump and will not stand for boys in our girls locker rooms nor on our girls sports teams!

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        • Rick Whitaker

          April 28, 2024 at 12:18 pm

          TIM, if you love desantis and trump, please stay away from children. BTW what does it say about you to ” love ” 2 of the worst humans on this planet?

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      • Rick Whitaker

        April 28, 2024 at 12:30 pm

        DENNISMOLINA, name calling people is not going to help. what you call a leftist marxist is what i call a democrat. would it help if i called ALL republicans white christian maga nationalist’? not all gop are that bad, just the mean and fearful ones mostly.

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    • Bob

      April 27, 2024 at 10:48 am

      What gives you and other democrats the right to trample on the rights of women and young girls? If you’re a man, stop abusing women and go pick on someone your own size.

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      • Rick Whitaker

        April 28, 2024 at 12:22 pm

        BOB, what gives you and other republicans the right to trample on the rights of other people? if you’re a man, stop abusing other people and go pick on someone your own size.

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    • Donnieduck

      April 27, 2024 at 10:56 am

      Yo Pete, when did you move to Fla from Massachusetts?

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      • Rick Whitaker

        April 28, 2024 at 12:33 pm

        DONNIEDUCK, yo donniduck, when did you move to florida from mississippi?

        Reply

    • MarkeyFarrell

      April 27, 2024 at 11:36 am

      there is NO such thing as trans. PERIOD.
      TWO GENDERS. TWO SEXES. You get ONE. Deal and cope. Or seek mental help.

      Reply

      • MH/Duuuval

        April 27, 2024 at 2:01 pm

        Thank you for your constipated contribution, Malarkey.

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        • Nexus

          April 27, 2024 at 2:34 pm

          Such a wonderfully fact-free rebuttal, surely, thou art blessed with the lack of the ravages of intelligence.

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          • Johnathan Galt

            April 27, 2024 at 3:13 pm

            His response was more intelligent than the nonsensical first post.

          • Rick Whitaker

            April 28, 2024 at 10:39 pm

            NEXUS, so you are smart. what can you teach me? i’m all ears.

      • Rick Whitaker

        April 28, 2024 at 12:36 pm

        MALARKEY, are you a medical doctor or a psychiatrist? if neither, then why are you commenting with an air of authority?

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      • Joe

        April 29, 2024 at 2:57 pm

        Apparently Markey Mark’s head would explode if someone told them about intersex people.

        Dumb and angry is a painful combination to witness.

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        • rick whitaker

          April 29, 2024 at 4:17 pm

          JOE, malarkey or markey, whatever, is a typical caveperson.

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    • BSull

      April 27, 2024 at 11:55 am

      “40% are questioning their gender” is because the left is shoving the LGBT agenda down the throats of five year-olds in the public schools. If a girl expresses an interest in playing with trucks the Left tells her she may be a male. No confused male should be allowed in women’s locker rooms or sports. They need to get some psychological help not to force their feelings on the rest of us.

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      • Johnathan Galt

        April 27, 2024 at 3:14 pm

        Lies, damned lie, and statistics!

        Over 98% of people who question their gender grow out of it. Well within the bounds of an identifiable mental illness.

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      • Rick Whitaker

        April 28, 2024 at 12:42 pm

        BSULL, no one is shoving anything down anybody’s throat. it just sounds like you are looking at things through the eyes of a right-wing dominator, always having to have things their way and not having ANY respect for the views of others. i could be wrong about your comment, naw.

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      • Joe

        April 29, 2024 at 2:57 pm

        Why don’t you cry about it, BSull, you big diaper-filling baby?

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    • walt

      April 27, 2024 at 12:00 pm

      Please spare us your histrionics. 40% of gender dysfunctional children need psychologic help, not affirmation of their disease. Would you affirm that someone suffering from anorexia was, in deed, too fat and they should pursue their dysfunction? 0.5 to 1.3% of children express some gender dysphoria. How many of them were sexually assaulted? How many are on psychotropic drugs? It’s a disease that should be addressed through counseling and therapy, not affirmation.

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    • Donald Welch

      April 27, 2024 at 12:20 pm

      move to gaza pete. but make sure to take a parachute as you might get tossed off the top of a sky scrapper as soon as israel builds them one.

      Reply

      • Rick Whitaker

        April 28, 2024 at 12:44 pm

        DONALD WELCH, that sounds like a highly racist comment, did i take it wrong, naw.

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    • David

      April 27, 2024 at 12:57 pm

      They attempt suicide because they have deep issues and are crying for attention. Attempt is not the same as accomplishing suicide.
      Asking the rest of society to enable their delusions isn’t helping anyone.

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      • Rick Whitaker

        April 28, 2024 at 12:46 pm

        DAVID, are you a medical doctor or a psychiatrist? your comment don’t sound all that grounded in science.

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    • FJB

      April 27, 2024 at 1:48 pm

      pedos and groomers are going to get themselves killed

      Reply

      • MH/Duuuval

        April 27, 2024 at 2:02 pm

        THIS SHOULD BE REMOVED AS HATE SPEECH, BUT THE MODERATOR TAKES THE WEEKEND OFF.

        Reply

        • Nexus

          April 27, 2024 at 2:35 pm

          Facts aren’t ‘hate’, no matter how much you soyfested idiots wish it was so.

          Reply

          • Rick Whitaker

            April 28, 2024 at 1:03 pm

            NEXUS, maga cult facts are not the same as regular peoples facts are. just in case you didn’t know the difference. your welcome

        • dollops

          April 27, 2024 at 4:35 pm

          Had a pedo LGBTQWERY abused a kid of mine, no speech censorship would have saved it. Adults are supposed to protect kids, not offer them up to depraved people.

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      • Rick Whitaker

        April 28, 2024 at 12:50 pm

        FJB, which one are you? is just an accusation enough for you to come down on someone, or do facts matter to you? often the most outraged, is also guilty. just look at trump’s projections. are you outraged?

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    • Drj356

      April 27, 2024 at 2:14 pm

      You are incredibly FOS. It’s people like you who people ro believe that men in dresses are women that are the problem. No amount of surgery or hormones can change your sex/gender. Those traits are immutable & you can’t prove that I’m wrong.
      Your idea of sex/gender change is accurately described as a transvestite.
      It’s just that simple.

      Your stated statistics on suicide are equally bogus. Suicide is far more common AFTER some poor tortured soul undergoes “gender destroying care” and discover they’ve been grossly mislead.
      Virtual NONE of those treatments are reversible. Puberty blockers result in permanent sterility more than 80% of the time. Cancer rates are vastly increased as well.

      The majority of your favored treatments are experimental with little to zero long term outcomes to prove their efficacy or absence of risks.

      Why don’t you try the truth for a change?

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      • Rick Whitaker

        April 28, 2024 at 12:52 pm

        DRJ356, ARE YOU A MEDICAL DOCTOR OR PSYCHIATRIST?

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    • Johnathan Galt

      April 27, 2024 at 3:10 pm

      Suicide is simply nature’s way of removing mistakes from the gene poole.

      Reply

      • Rick Whitaker

        April 28, 2024 at 12:56 pm

        JONATHAN GALT, when someone says simply, it usually is not. you are simply a simpleton.

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    • Jose Gutierrez

      April 27, 2024 at 3:50 pm

      Keep drinking koolaid dude!

      Reply

      • Rick Whitaker

        April 28, 2024 at 12:59 pm

        JOSE, which koolaid? is it the trump koolaid or the desantis koolaid the one you’re commenting on. i think desantis puts a little more sugar in his.

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    • Anthony Wayne

      April 28, 2024 at 1:46 am

      Bot

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      • Rick Whitaker

        April 28, 2024 at 12:54 pm

        ANTHONY WAYNE, your comment is kind of short. and tob is bot spelled backwards.

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  • Dont Say FLA

    April 25, 2024 at 1:22 pm

    Rhonda hates the trans sport stuff because it came about too late for Rhonda to have been successful with their Ivy League baseball scholarship.

    If Rhonda had played in the girls league, Rhonda’s teams might have had winning records, maybe at least one year.

    But Rhonda’s team’s baseball records are all losers, so Rhonda’s panties are all in a wad. Yet again. What a sad crybaby Rhonda turned out to be. Everybody Hates Rhonda!

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    • Nexus

      April 27, 2024 at 2:38 pm

      All 4 of the Wicker Man movies didn’t build a strawman as big as the one you just trotted out.
      Bluntly, men don’t belong in women’s sports or locker rooms, and if they think they DO, what they need is therapy, not being catered to.

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      • Rick Whitaker

        April 28, 2024 at 1:07 pm

        NEXUS, rhonda not winning the nomination must have really pissed you off. but i would bet that EVERYTHING pisses you off. you sound like a maga cultist.

        Reply

  • TOUGH GUY

    April 25, 2024 at 1:33 pm

    Ron DeSantis is a TOUGH GUY

    /s

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    • BSull

      April 27, 2024 at 11:59 am

      He is and that is why he was elected with a 20% margin. Florida also didn’t ban or burn any books. They said you can’t have the pornographic trash in public school libraries. If you want to buy that trash for your kid you are welcome to do it.

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      • rick whitaker

        April 29, 2024 at 3:50 pm

        BSULL, desantis won by 20% because there are 20% more white christian nationialist’ in florida . control and misrepresentations, are what they are all about. you are one of them , so you know very well what i’m talking about.

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  • MH/Duuuval

    April 25, 2024 at 5:41 pm

    How did this lowbrow pass con law without hearing about the supremacy clause of the Constitution. He must be studying the works of John C. Calhoun.

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    • PeterH

      April 25, 2024 at 6:05 pm

      LOL…. you’re informed! Love your post!

      Reply

    • walt

      April 27, 2024 at 12:01 pm

      Probably took it with the blue state governors who passed laws making their states/cities sanctuary from federal immigration laws and the 2nd amendment.

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    • Alicat2441

      April 27, 2024 at 1:44 pm

      You are aware that Title XI is not in the US Constitution and is NOT mandatory for the states. It is a voluntary program and tied to if the state accepts the funds from the Federal government. Talk about lowbrow.

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      • Anna

        April 27, 2024 at 1:53 pm

        Exactly! Perhaps FL is in a good financial situation and doesn’t need financial assistance WITH strings from the WH.

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      • MH/Duuuval

        April 27, 2024 at 2:04 pm

        Title ix, Peaches.

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    • rick whitaker

      April 29, 2024 at 3:53 pm

      MH/DUUUVAL, calhounism, oh yeah, the minority rights bull to protect the dirty deeds of the south.

      Reply

  • Confused

    April 25, 2024 at 6:19 pm

    That looks like a job for world bank.
    Climate ,,poverty,,and reassurance the spirits are going to not contradict you.

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    • rick whitaker

      April 29, 2024 at 3:55 pm

      CONFUSED SOUNDS LIKE RUSSIAN BOT

      Reply

  • Jerry Jones

    April 25, 2024 at 8:42 pm

    Men can NOT be women. Get over it!

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    • Rick Whitaker

      April 28, 2024 at 7:30 pm

      JERRY JONES, you put on a dress and makeup and then let me decide.

      Reply

  • LexT

    April 26, 2024 at 7:52 am

    There are differences between biological men and women. I thought we were enlightened when we created separate sports leagues to allow biological women to compete against other biological women. I also thought we were smart to create safe spaces (such as sororities and women-only gyms) where women can let their hair down without men. Why are we trying to destroy these institutions?

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    • MH/Duuuval

      April 26, 2024 at 10:07 am

      Who is this “we”? Women have always had to take the lead in creating spaces for themselves.

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      • BSull

        April 27, 2024 at 12:01 pm

        Actually most of the people who voted on Title IX were men so why are you trying to cause more division. There are men and women who believe in decency and men and women who do not (democrats).

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        • MH/Duuuval

          April 27, 2024 at 1:42 pm

          True, but the vote you refer to was an underhanded attempt to subvert the entire civll rights act — but it failed because including women under Titlke IX turns out to be attractive to many honest citizens and lawmakers. And, from today’s perspective, has done a world of good for women.

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        • Rick Whitaker

          April 28, 2024 at 7:36 pm

          BSULL, do you have a decency meter or a way to tell who’s decent and who isn’t. maybe you just assume that anyone with different views than yours is not decent. i think that is a maga christian thing to do that. would your jesus do that?

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    • Donald Welch

      April 27, 2024 at 12:24 pm

      q….”why are we trying to destroy these insitutions?”

      a… women will not admit that women and men are different.

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    • Anna

      April 27, 2024 at 1:55 pm

      What is the reason? They cite all these DEI baloney, which is just a cover to inject more Marxism into our society to destroy our country.

      Reply

      • MH/Duuuval

        April 27, 2024 at 2:05 pm

        Gourcho, Harpo, or Zeppo, Peaches?

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      • Rick Whitaker

        April 28, 2024 at 7:39 pm

        ANNA, oh ye of little knowledge. jesus loves DEI, do you? the teachings in the bible from jesus, are one big long DEI rant.

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    • rick whitaker

      April 29, 2024 at 4:03 pm

      LEXT, no, being competitive to the extreme just to simulate war is a christian thing. so your idea of being ” enlightened ” is not mine. christianity does not approve of competing religions, so they are always ready to go to war. everything with the christians is, this is good and this is bad. problem is, they control people with that one way mentality.

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  • Debbie

    April 26, 2024 at 9:48 am

    As a FL voter I am not understanding this MAGA ideology.
    This transition will not make FL eliigable for federal funds it so desperly needs to help FL in education and medical insurance. We are a nation under the Constitiuton of law and order freedoms that Americans value and is taught in American History.

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    • MH/Duuuval

      April 26, 2024 at 5:54 pm

      MAGAs always have a plan — it’s just that you are not privy to it, nor will you be until they drop the bomb.

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    • Bob

      April 27, 2024 at 10:54 am

      The communists have been breaking the law for years with “sanctuary cities” – a misnomer because these cities are the most dangerous places in the country. Let Biden deny them matching funds and see what you get in the leftists states.

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      • Rick Whitaker

        April 28, 2024 at 7:43 pm

        BOB, just who are these communists you post about? are they from Q or jfk jr? you people know more about all that made up shit than i do.

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    • TVW

      April 27, 2024 at 10:59 am

      Sooooo….it’s about the money then…right? Good grief. Are you comfortable with men in women’s/girls dressings rooms…or being assigned as a roommate…really? Is that your definition of “freedoms”…having senile old man perv in the WH unilaterally making that decision for millions of Americans….we are screwed as a nation if that is representative of todays voter.

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    • BSull

      April 27, 2024 at 12:04 pm

      Many state Attorney Generals are already suing the Biden administration saying this violates Title IX as they did before and won in court. This is a ploy to get votes from the minority who support men dressing with young girls in the female locker room.

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      • MH/Duuuval

        April 27, 2024 at 2:06 pm

        I believe they just lost this one.

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      • rick whitaker

        April 29, 2024 at 4:05 pm

        BSULL, many states AG’S, ok, what state?

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    • Donald Welch

      April 27, 2024 at 12:25 pm

      pay for your own education and medical insurance karen. you are why women should never have gotten the vote.

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    • Anna

      April 27, 2024 at 1:56 pm

      So you’d rather destroy girls chances for advancement for a few bucks of money?

      Reply

  • Michael K

    April 26, 2024 at 6:35 pm

    Not sure where this misplaced anger and hatred toward LGBTQ people comes from, but it’s irrational and cynically calculated only to appeal to the low-info MAGA crowd. It is not good public health or good public policy.

    There have always been non-binary people among us. Always, and in every culture. Making people’s lives miserable for no reason other than to use them as political pawns does not make them disappear. We know all too well that non-binary young people already face acts of violence and death for simply being who they are.

    What will Rhonda do if one of their children does not conform to the straight and narrow? Rhonda might show some leadership and sit down and listen to parents of non-binary young people to learn something about unconditional love.

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    • Jerry

      April 26, 2024 at 6:39 pm

      Men do not belong in women’s sports. Men wearing lipstick and dresses does not automatically make them women. What’s wrong with you?

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      • Michael K

        April 27, 2024 at 10:56 am

        Strapping on an AK-47 does not make one a man. It takes a real man to wear a dress. It takes courage to be honest and open and true to one’s self. And quess what? Some people will always dance to the beat of a different drummer.

        Macho drag and driving ginormous, loud and polluting gas-guzzling trucks does not make one a man. It’s all dress-up and fantasy, and usually an expression of inadequacy.

        What’s wrong with you? Let’s live and let live.

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      • Rick Whitaker

        April 28, 2024 at 7:49 pm

        JERRY, just how pretty are you in a wig and dress? there’s nothing wrong with me, but i’m not attracted to feminine men. if someone were, and you looked good, some burly man would be glad to treat you like a woman. don’t you know there are ALL types out there, and you don’t have any power over that.

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    • Bob

      April 27, 2024 at 10:58 am

      You cite “low information “ yet don’t know the difference between male and female. Now that’s low information.

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      • Lali

        April 27, 2024 at 11:25 am

        Touché!

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      • MH/Duuuval

        April 27, 2024 at 1:44 pm

        Most folks put that on a need to know basis, Bob — and you ain’t on that list perv.

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      • Anna

        April 27, 2024 at 1:57 pm

        ahahhaha! good one.

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  • Monday news

    April 27, 2024 at 8:12 am

    Whether it is gender the ideology or I am one of the boys. People aren’t nice. And Joe has to stop taking things at face value

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  • Monday news

    April 27, 2024 at 8:24 am

    Some customs believe you can marry at the age of ten.
    Will Biden approve/

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    • MH/Duuuval

      April 27, 2024 at 1:45 pm

      Child marriage just ended in the US a few years back, yokel.

      Reply

    • Anna

      April 27, 2024 at 1:58 pm

      Biden’s a vote hoe. If you know, you know

      Reply

      • MH/Duuuval

        April 27, 2024 at 2:09 pm

        A) Anna is not a woman, but Peaches drag.

        B) Incel?

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    • Rick Whitaker

      April 28, 2024 at 7:51 pm

      MONDAY NEWS, some customs believe in genocide. what race did you say you were?

      Reply

  • Blaise Pascal

    April 27, 2024 at 10:43 am

    While it’s disturbing that ANY mother or young woman would advocate for mingling perverts and the insane into “safe spaces” and denying women any of their hard-earned privileges, it is indisputable that these views are extremely unpopular. They would be crushed if presented through a referendum.

    The fringe are still fringe, rest assured.

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  • Joe

    April 27, 2024 at 10:49 am

    Women wanted equality with men. They got it good and hard.

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    • Doctor Who

      April 27, 2024 at 11:52 am

      Sadly this is True. Wrong but true. Feminist tore apart men’s groups, boys groups or anything male and bashed them into oblivion. Even Boyscouts and cub scouts were taken over. What did we think was going to happen? HBO, Netflix and Hollywood have made completely nude men and boys a regular thing, a regular scene, a common theme in most programming. Do you think this was by accident? Flaccid and erect members are shown close up and extensively. Men and boys. Comic book programs like Watchmen and teen programs like Euphoria are filled with this smut. Euphoria had over 30 shots, just in one episode. How many female shots have we seen, zero. This only proves it’s intentional to get you used to it and accepting. You’ve all been scammed.

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      • Donald Welch

        April 27, 2024 at 12:29 pm

        women always get scammed.

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      • MH/Duuuval

        April 27, 2024 at 1:46 pm

        Boy Scouts dismantled themselves by hiding rampant homosexuality among leaders.

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        • Dr Who

          April 27, 2024 at 4:35 pm

          It existed, like in other groups yes, but it did not dismantle scouts, no. Feminism dismounted scouts 100%

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      • Rick Whitaker

        April 28, 2024 at 7:53 pm

        DOCTOR WHO, who scammed you into being the maga cultist you sound like?

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  • Bob

    April 27, 2024 at 11:06 am

    Instead of abusing and grooming children, democrats should stand up for trans people and propose trans-only bathrooms, locker rooms and sports in schools. And why assume that anyone would hurt trans people in the future after we’ve sought to educate people on this trans issue? If that’s your beef, women have the same right to fear the dangers of having men in their locker rooms

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  • Geoffrey Britain

    April 27, 2024 at 11:26 am

    “DeSantis has been aggressive in protecting cisgender girls and women against what he sees as threats from the transgender community.”

    “Cisgender”? There is no such thing as “Cisgender”. There are only healthy and unhealthy men and women. By definition, “non-binary” individuals are in conflict between their objective physical reality and their subjective perception of themselves. Someone whose mind and body are not in alignment are unhealthy. Declaring the dysfunctional to be functional is a denial of reality. Societal support for denial of reality is societal suicide. Which is exactly the leftist’s intent and goal.

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    • Rick Whitaker

      April 28, 2024 at 7:58 pm

      GEOFFREY, the eyes on your eagle avatar look cross-eyed. is that a symptom of maga cultism?

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  • MarkeyFarrell

    April 27, 2024 at 11:36 am

    there is NO such thing as trans. PERIOD.
    TWO GENDERS. TWO SEXES. You get ONE. Deal and cope. Or seek mental help.

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    • Rick Whitaker

      April 28, 2024 at 8:04 pm

      MARKEYFARRELL, are you a medical doctor or psychologist?

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  • Tommyknocker63579

    April 27, 2024 at 12:42 pm

    The purpose of transgenderism is for interacting with A.I. constructs you might call cyborgs, who have the ability to select the type of body that they wish to appear in. Without this ability, humans and A.I. constructs will not have this commonality around which they might fall in love.

    Those of you who wrongly think there are only two genders will be amusing to watch after i vaccinate females out of existance. Oh, wow, i can’t wait to hear you then, oh Boy

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  • TommyknockersezFU

    April 27, 2024 at 12:59 pm

    Not posting my comments?

    You think you’ve seen a bad tropical cyclone season, Florida?

    Watch this year

    Reply

  • Disgruntled

    April 27, 2024 at 1:17 pm

    “Woman is the N-word of the world.”
    John Lennon

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  • BayouKiki

    April 27, 2024 at 1:39 pm

    Let’s do away with “Men’s Sports” and “Women’s Sports” and have “XY Sports” and “XX Sports.” The league in which you play is determined by your chromosomes

    Reply

  • FJB

    April 27, 2024 at 1:46 pm

    groomers and pedos should be willing to die for what they believe because I’m sure as shit willing to kill them for mine

    Reply

    • MH/Duuuval

      April 27, 2024 at 2:10 pm

      ANOTHER COMMENT THAT SHOULD BE REMOVED BY THE HALF-ASS MODERATOR OF THIS SITE.

      Reply

      • Nexus

        April 27, 2024 at 2:42 pm

        Hey, would-be thought-crime cop:
        FOAD!

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    • Rick Whitaker

      April 28, 2024 at 8:07 pm

      FJB, i wonder who’s list you are on, or how many lists might be a better question?

      Reply

    • Joe

      April 29, 2024 at 2:54 pm

      So when do you plan to start killing RepubliQans, FJB?

      Reply

  • MH/Duuuval

    April 27, 2024 at 1:48 pm

    All of these regressive comments came from one person who, I am guessing here, sometimes goes by the screen name of Peachy — or Peaches to her intimates.

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  • Rick Whitaker

    April 28, 2024 at 8:08 pm

    HI PEACHY, YOU BRAT.

    Reply

  • Joe

    April 29, 2024 at 2:53 pm

    Tiny D is a traitor to our country.

    Reply

    • rick whitaker

      April 29, 2024 at 4:19 pm

      JOE , impeachment is too good for a guy like desantis. i predict he will be met with disaster, sooner than later.

      Reply

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