TALLAHASSEE, Fla - In a historic moment, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to pass the Equality Act this morning. The bill would amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and a number of other federal civil rights statutes, to prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender…

  Thursday, May 16, 2019 – The Florida Advisory Committee to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights will conduct a study of voting rights to examine the extent to which Florida residents have free, equal access to exercise their right to vote without regard to race, color, disability status, national…

Tremendous Strides Made and Enduring Challenges Remain for our LGBTQ Community in the 2019 Legislative Session By Joe Saunders, Equality Florida Senior Political Director Florida’s legislative session has been called “the 60 most dangerous days of the year” and 2019 has been no exception. We’ve…

TAMPA, Fla — Today, Equality Florida Action PAC’s spotlight candidate of 2019 made LGBTQ history today as Tampa’s first LGBTQ mayor. Former Tampa Police Chief and LGBTQ trailblazer Jane Castor finished the night with over 70% of the vote, defeating a self-funded millionaire who spent millions of…