Young Floridians really don’t want Ron DeSantis to be president.
Smith feels far from protected. “I am being erased,” they said. “I have to put all my energy into fighting for my right to exist when, in reality, I should be focusing on doing stuff like my math homework.”
Smith is exhausted by the seemingly endless flood of anti-LGBTQ+ legislation being signed into law in Florida and by the amount of work they’re putting in to try to stop it. At school, they say kids are too scared to come out to their parents or teachers. Some students have instead confided in Smith about their identities.
Tom Bonier, the CEO of TargetSmart, a Democratic data services firm, said it’s rare for a candidate’s home state voters to take such a stand against them. “It’s unusual to have that galvanization of people from [your] home state for a
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