US Republican presidential hopeful and Florida governor Ron DeSantis, here seen at an event where several presidential hopefuls made their case to potential voters. Arvin Temkar/TNS via ZUMA Press Wire/dpa
Life in small-town Florida was once about blissfully losing her way on hikes, lounging by swimming holes and taking long drives to visit her favourite alligator zoo. Now, each step outside was laden with anxiety as she rushed to memorize a mental map of the safest bathrooms and fastest ways to navigate Walmart before strangers might begin to stare. As a transgender woman in a state where the governor declared war on “transgender ideology,” Violet Rin felt her image of Florida as an idyll fading. She became a near recluse, doubtful that much outside was worth the risks. Then she got a message f...
