Less than a week after the NAACP issued a formal travel advisory for Florida, the largest LGBTQ advocacy group in the U.S. issued a similar warning.
The Human Rights Campaign, alongside Equality Florida, issued an advisory Tuesday warning people of the "the risks associated with relocation or travel to Florida," citing Gov. Ron DeSantis' "recent wave of discriminatory bills."
"While not a blanket recommendation against travel nor a call for boycott, the travel advisory outlines the devastating impacts of laws that are hostile to the LGBTQ community," a statement from HRC reads.
The advisory is an updated version of the one Equality Florida issued in April, with the newest one including details about "expanded anti-LGBTQ restrictions in health care and education," according to HRC.
Among other policies, DeSantis recently signed into law "new restrictions on gender-affirming treatments for transgender minors, drag shows, bathroom usage and which pronouns can be used in school," CNN reported.
Several other civil rights groups have also recently issued travel advisories for Florida.
Below is a complete list of civil rights groups that have issued travel advisories to Florida this year:
While announcing his 2024 presidential campaign on Twitter Spaces Wednesday evening, DeSantis responded to the NAACP's travel advisory by calling it a "political stunt."
"Claiming that Florida is unsafe is a total farce," DeSantis said, per Fox News. He added, "If you look at cities like Baltimore and Chicago, you got kids more likely to get shot than to receive a first class education. Yet, I don't see the NAACP batting an eye about all the carnage that's happening in those areas. So this is a political stunt."
In response, the NAACP retweeted a tweet from Washington Post writer James Hohmann who wrote, "If you're attacking the NAACP in your campaign launch you're losing."