[1] An 8th generation Northeast Florida native, Dean Black and his wife Kim have 5 children.

Serving as Chairman of the Republican Party of Duval County since 2018 and re-elected subsequently, Black is a local business owner and rancher.

This bill, named after conservative commentator Matt Walsh's controversial documentary, would legally define the terms "man" and woman" based on a person's "biological sex at birth.

[5] Equality Florida condemned the bill, calling it an attack on transgender people.

[6] In response to the trend of government officials taking down Confederate statues, Black filed legislation that would punish any lawmakers who vote to remove "historical monuments and memorials.