A federal judge blocked Florida's case against the American Academy of Pediatrics, ruling the state likely pursued the lawsuit in bad faith and may have targeted constitutionally protected speech.
This is exactly the kind of thing we need to keep noticing.
Not only the headline. The mechanism.
Because the danger is not just that care gets restricted. It’s that the people and organisations willing to speak for that care get punished until everyone else learns to stay quiet.
As a queer person, that lands in my body.
We know what it means when power starts treating our existence, our care, and our advocates as problems to be managed.
This is exactly the kind of thing we need to keep noticing.
Not only the headline. The mechanism.
Because the danger is not just that care gets restricted. It’s that the people and organisations willing to speak for that care get punished until everyone else learns to stay quiet.
As a queer person, that lands in my body.
We know what it means when power starts treating our existence, our care, and our advocates as problems to be managed.
Thank you for keeping the record.
The danger isn't just losing care. It's teaching every hospital, doctor, and medical organization what happens when they refuse to fall in line.
That's how rights disappear: one warning shot, then everyone else gets the message.
Ah I fully agree with you.