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Florida officers arrested juveniles at a rate of 3,700 kids for every 100,000 children in the state in 1998, according to data from the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.
State laws. Each U.S. state has its own general age of consent. As of August 1, 2018, the age of consent in each state in the United States is either 16 years of age, 17 years of age, or 18 years of age. The most common age of consent is 16, which is a common age of consent in most other Western countries.
The Human Rights Campaign, the nation's largest LGBTQ advocacy group, celebrated the win on social media, noting that Florida’s law was the first in the nation to restrict care for trans adults ...
Florida Senate Bill 254 (SB 254) is a law that prohibits gender-affirming care for anyone under the age of 18, places restrictions on adult patients accessing this care, and allows the state to take temporary custody of children who may be receiving gender-affirming care now or in the future. [1] In June 2024, a judge permanently blocked the ...
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signs the paperwork for Florida House Bill 3 at the Cornerstone Classical Academy in Jacksonville on Monday, March 25, 2024, along with local and state leaders.
Full adoption rights since 2010. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender ( LGBT) people in the U.S. state of Florida have federal protections, but many face legal difficulties on the state level that are not experienced by non-LGBT residents. Same-sex sexual activity became legal in the state after the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Lawrence ...
18. 19. 21. In the United States, the minimum age at which a person can marry in the United States as a right, or with parental consent or other authorization. This age is set by each state and territory, either by statute or where the common law applies. The general marriage age (lacking authorization for an exception) is 18 years of age in ...
Debate surrounding Florida’s new restrictions on gender-affirming care focused largely on transgender children. Eli and Lucas, trans men who are a couple, followed the discussions in the ...