Rights Behind the Headlines is a new blog series from the ACLU of Florida that dispels misinformation and gives Floridians critical information about the most pressing issues facing our state. Read the full series at aclufl.org/rightsbehindtheheadlines
In advance of the Florida Legislature’s 2023 session, the Department of Management Services (DMS) enacted significant restrictions that drastically chill and censor Floridians’ speech.
Today, we’re dissecting Gov. DeSantis’ political stunt in which he sent asylum seekers to Massachusetts.
LGBTQ+ youth and families are being harmed by lawmakers to score political points and unleash an extremist, ultra-conservative agenda that silences and stigmatizes communities.
Florida joins other extremist states that have passed anti-trans healthcare laws that will have a dangerous impact on transgender people.
Gov. DeSantis should not be imposing his preferred curriculum at the expense of Floridians’ First Amendment rights and history itself.
Over the past several years, Gov. Ron DeSantis has created a platform out of dehumanizing and cruelly villainizing immigrants in Florida – a population that makes up over 20 percent of Florida’s residents.