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“Trans People are Humans Too and Deserve to Live in This Country”: Violations of the Fundamental Human Rights of Florida’s Trans Community

This report, by Miami Law’s Human Rights Clinic and the Florida Health Justice Project, provides a human-rights analysis of Florida’s continuing attacks against its transgender residents and offers human-rights based recommendations to the state of Florida. It focuses on multiple rights, highlighting the rights to equality and non-discrimination, physical and mental integrity, health, freedom of expression, and education.

The report also includes a visual chronology of key moments in LGBTQ+ rights in Florida, showing that recent violations against the trans community are a part of long-standing history. ​

 

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