Trans Equality Mutual Aid Florida

We are a community made up of transgender parents and parents of Transgender people in Florida. However, Florida has become dangerous for our families with the new bills signed into law by One of the bills signed into law by DeSantis prohibits transgender children from receiving gender-affirming treatments, including prescriptions that block puberty hormones or sex-reassignment surgeries. Under the law, a court could intervene to temporarily remove a child from their home if they receive gender-affirming treatments or procedures, and it treats such health care options, which are supported by the American Medical Association, the same as it would a case of child abuse. Following the recent events, the Southern Equality Campaign launched an "emergency grant" for families of transgender youth in Florida. After filling out the grant application,
A member of Southern Equality contacted me back via email saying I should be eligible but they have to talk to me on the phone about my child's insurance, my child's health care provider info , and with other questions about healthcare. My immediate thought “This is not southern equality, this must be a scam” Soon after finding out that the email is southern equality who is completing ignoring my valid concerns.. After I reported on this, others came forward about their negative experiences with southern equality with no good outcome and did not receive any grant support either . A few of us in the community put together this fund knowing that no one would help us or our children from the state violence but us. This fund was created to help transgender families just like us that are going through this in Florida. To get support, we all need to be able to survive this state.