Florida’s preeminent LGBTQ+ rights organization, Equality Florida, has issued an official travel warning to LGBTQ+ people considering visiting the state. Gov. DeSantis has used the demonization of people of color and queer folks as a cornerstone of his political career. He has gone to war with Disney over its opposition to the Don’t Say Gay law, and taken control of the state’s education system. His staff has regularly smeared LGBTQ+ people and allies on social media with vile slurs and insinuations of sexual abuse. On its website, the organization details many such relentless legislative attacks on LGBTQ+ Floridians – spearheaded by DeSantis – that resulted in this warning that “Florida may not be a safe place to visit or take up residence.”
