While Republicans have long agitated against democratic rights for LGBTQ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning) persons, there efforts have found little support in the broader population. The Post notes that last year, the Alliance Defending Freedom “formed a coalition with two other conservative nonprofits, the Heritage Foundation and the Family Policy Alliance, that published a list of positions on transgender and gay rights that have repeatedly surfaced in the restrictive new state bills.” The Florida law, and similar ones, have the backing of far-right billionaires and Republican-linked organizations, such as the Alliance Defending Freedom, which in recent years, the Washington Post reported over the weekend, has “battled in court against abortion rights and in favor of religious practices in schools and drafted language for anti-transgender ‘bathroom bills’ later used in multiple states.” Florida’s Republican Governor Ron DeSantis
