The state of Florida is asking a federal court to stop the Biden administration’s civil rights protections for transgender and other LGBTQ people from going into effect while a courtroom battle with the government plays out.
Florida said that the Department of Health and Human Services’ rule the state is challenging would be effective July 5 unless the court grants the state’s request for a stay.
Should the rule go into effect, “Florida will face an untenable choice: renounce its sovereign interest in protecting the health and safety of its citizens and suffer irrecoverable costs, or lose federal financial ...
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