State Rep. Carlos Guillermo Smith/courtesy photo State Lawmakers, Activists Criticize DeSantis for LGBTQ Vetoes
"The Orlando community right now is bracing for the five-year remembrance, and for Gov. DeSantis to veto funding for Pulse survivors and families is just cruel," said state Rep. Carlos Guillermo Smith.
June 04, 2021 at 01:37 PM
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Gov. Ron DeSantis slashed $900,000 in funding for programs that serve LGBTQ people in Central Florida, including a program that provides mental-health services to survivors and family members of victims of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting.
DeSantis's vetoes, part of a long list of hometown projects the governor eliminated before approving a new $100 billion state budget, came a day after the Republican governor signed into law a controversial measure that bans transgender females from participating on girls' and women's high-school and college sports teams.
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