Florida being a super conservative state is relatively new. I mean Obama won Florida in 08 and in 2012. It wasn’t until 2020 when Republicans really secured the state as fascist hell hole. Key West has been a “port in the storm” for gay people since the 1950’s.
I know Key West is known for that, but when your state government is actively, violently, hostile towards your existence, it doesn’t really matter if your local community is an oasis of tolerance.
Key West can’t protect you from the state government.
I mean, that’s kinda the same as saying a liberal state government can’t protect you from the federal government. Either way, vulnerable communities setting up self protection/mutual aid network is going to offer more protection than any state actor would.
It’s not usually the state that you have to really worry about. It’s usually the paramilitary group that do most of the violence, and you can definitely take steps to arm a community against those.
I know it’s Key West and everything, but I just can’t imagine why an lgbtq+ person would ever choose to move to Florida.
Florida being a super conservative state is relatively new. I mean Obama won Florida in 08 and in 2012. It wasn’t until 2020 when Republicans really secured the state as fascist hell hole. Key West has been a “port in the storm” for gay people since the 1950’s.
Desantis was elected governor in 2018 I think.
I know Key West is known for that, but when your state government is actively, violently, hostile towards your existence, it doesn’t really matter if your local community is an oasis of tolerance.
Key West can’t protect you from the state government.
I mean, that’s kinda the same as saying a liberal state government can’t protect you from the federal government. Either way, vulnerable communities setting up self protection/mutual aid network is going to offer more protection than any state actor would.
It’s not usually the state that you have to really worry about. It’s usually the paramilitary group that do most of the violence, and you can definitely take steps to arm a community against those.
To a degree, legal weed still exists so the state isn’t totally powerless
Yeah it’s usually not, but these are not usual times are they? The state has a lot of power.
It always gives me a bit of pause to remember that the Pulse gay nightclub shooting during it’s Latino culture celebration was in Orlando, Florida.