Statewide
Couples Challenge Florida's Same-Sex Marriage Ban
Six same-sex couples are filing a lawsuit, challenging Florida's constitutional amendment that bans gay marriage.
Equality Florida Institute is also challenging the ban. The couples are all from South Florida, and several of the couples are raising children or have grandchildren.
The lawsuit reportedly argues that Florida's laws barring same-sex marriage violate the U.S. Constitution by denying them the legal protections and equal dignity that marriage provides.
With their Young Son in Mind, Gay Parents Fight Marriage Ban
Written By: John Romano
For the moment, his world is nearly perfect.
A continuous romp of beach days, flag football practices and like-minded cohorts in a wondrous place known as preschool. If bedtime comes too early and baths too regularly, that's just the price a 5-year-old must sometimes pay.
For the time being, he is unburdened by social injustice.
Meet the Interns: Alexandra Coscia
Meet the Interns: Alexandra Coscia
(Gainesville Office)
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Gay Issues May Rise in Governor's Race
Written By: Scott Powers
This may be the year that gay political clout comes out of the closet in a Florida governor's race.
Gay activists and others sympathetic to their causes are eyeing the 2014 governor's race as an opening, with a Democratic candidate, Charlie Crist, who professes to support the call for equal rights for marriage and workplace anti-discrimination.
Fairness in the Workplace
Written By: Steve Rothaus
In a heartening show of unity and economic good sense, 11 major employers in Florida have joined with Equality Florida, the state's leading gay rights group, to push for a state law banning workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity.
Jacksonville Companies Lead Push Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination
Written By: Timothy Gibbons
Jacksonville companies make up a third of the founding members of a business group looking for a state law banning discrimination against gays and lesbians.
Publix, Where Being Gay Is No Pleasure
Written By: Michael E. Miller
Meet the Interns: Jake Black
Meet the Interns: Jake Black
(Gainesville Office)
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Major Florida Employers Including Disney, Darden, Wells Fargo Support Passage of LGBT Workforce Act
Written By: Steve Rothaus
Equality Florida on Monday announced the launch of Florida Business Coalition for a Competitive Workforce, a group of businesses “aimed at passing a bipartisan bill that would ban anti-gay and gender-based discrimination.”
Among the coalition members are Walt Disney World, Darden and Wells Fargo.