A judge has halted full implementation of any parental prosecutions. Greg Abbott, like DeSantis a Republican, sent a letter to state health agencies in February saying that it would be child abuse under state law for transgender youth to get gender-affirming medical care. Ron DeSantis signed a law barring teaching on sexual orientation and gender identity in kindergarten through third grade, which critics decried as an effort to marginalize LGBTQ people and lambasted as the “Don’t Say Gay” law. Sunday's Pride Parade wraps a month marking the anniversary of the June 28, 1969, Stonewall uprising, sparked by a police raid on a gay bar in Manhattan and a catalyst of the modern LGBTQ movement. Flags affirming LGBTQ identity dress the fencing surrounding the Stonewall National Monument Wednesday in New York.
