Emily Pesce would like to take her family and kids to visit her parents at their home in Florida. But as a trans woman who’s all too aware of anti-LGBTQ legislation sweeping the nation, and particularly the Sunshine State, she no longer feels safe doing so.
“My mom is paralyzed with fear, and our relationship is affected by me being trans — not because she can’t accept me, but because she’s convinced that someone is going to hurt me or my family,” Pesce says. “I can’t go [to Florida] and I can’t bring my family.”
