nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20230523-140308-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 230523s2023||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20230523-140308-0 doi eng 342 23 Thoreson, Ryan Author aut Florida and the New Assault on LGBT Rights Thoreson, Ryan Verfassungsblog 2023-05-23 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier On May 17, Governor Ron DeSantis signed into law a raft of bills that will dramatically change the legal landscape for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people. While this marks the latest escalation of Florida's crusade against LGBT people, it is not an isolated case. As state legislative sessions across the United States draw to a close, the scope and severity of legislation regulating the lives of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people has been unprecedented. This post maps the scope and severity of the current anti-LGBT panic across the US, contextualizes its rise, and evaluates the potential for legal protection under the current state of the law.   CC BY-SA 4.0 DeSantis Florida LGBT Rights LGBTQ LGBTQI Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/florida-and-the-new-assault-on-lgbt-rights/ raw object