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President Biden will mark the month of pride by signing an executive order aimed at “advancing equality between LGBTQI +”, senior administration officials said on Wednesday.
Biden will sign the order at a White House event, during which he is expected to accuse Republicans of alleged “harassment” of LGBT minors. Biden’s order calls on the Ministry of Health and Human Services (HHS) to ensure that minors can receive gender reassignment surgery, among other things.
Biden will also highlight the high rate of suicidal thoughts among LGBT people, blaming Republicans for the phenomenon.
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President Biden remarks on the recent mass shootings of the White House on June 2, 2022 (Kevin Ditch / Getty Images)
Biden “will forcibly condemn discriminatory attacks against LGBTQ + children and families that occur across the country,” a senior administration official told Fox. “He will talk about how these bills are exacerbating the mental health crisis facing LGBTQ young people, putting them at greater risk of suicide.
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“President Biden is always opposed to bullies, and that’s what these extreme MAGA laws and policies do. They are harassing children, “the official added.
The order also breaks down “transformation therapy”, calling on the HHS to clarify that federally funded programs cannot approve the practice.
A number of Republican states have passed legislation banning transgender men from competing in women’s sports.
Alabama also began banning sex reassignment surgery and hormone blockers for minors in early May. Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis also said he supported a ban on transitional operations for minors.
Gov. Ron DeSantis spoke at a news conference on June 8, 2022 in West Palm Beach, Florida. (Joe Redl / Getty Images)
“I would ban … Yes, I would ban gender reassignment … surgery,” DeSantis said on May 2. “I think it’s something you can’t get a tattoo if you’re 12 years old. When they say sex care, what they mean many times is that you really are – you castrate a young boy, you sterilize a young girl, you do mastectomy of these very young girls. And here’s what our guidelines pointed out, and the chief surgeon did a great job, for these young children, 80% of the cases resolve on their own as they grow older. And so you do things that change them permanently, and then they won’t be able to change that. “
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Alabama is the second state to try to ban the use of pubertal blockers and hormones in minors. The Arkansas legislature passed a similar law banning doctors from prescribing drugs in March, but courts said it was too broad and Republican Gov. Asa Hutchinson said. vetoed in early April.
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