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http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/11/24/georgia.gay.club.lawsuit/index.htmlGreat news.

If anyone needed more evidence that times are changing need to look no further than the Massachusetts Governor's race. 

All along, everyone involved in Martin Gill's adoption of two foster boys agreed that the best possible home for the children was with Gill and his partner.

Organizations and businesses can sign on to support the Competitive Workforce Bill, by going to: http://eqfl.org/competitiveworkforce/

(TAMPA) Equality Florida commends the Tampa City Council for expanding non-discrimination protections to those who live, work and visit the city. Tampa is the latest city in Florida to add “gender identity” to its human rights ordinance that bans discrimination in housing, employment and public accommodation. Click here to send a thank you note to the Tampa City Council

Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer has weighed in on the recent attack on the Orlando Gay and Lesbian Communiy Center and surrounding gay businesses. Equality Florida has joined community leaders in denouncing the acts and the steady increase in anti-gay hate crimes. For Immediate ReleaseTues. November 17, 2009 MAYOR DYER LEADS COMMUNITY CONDEMNATION OF ANTI-GAY HATE CRIME AT ORLANDO GAY COMMUNITY CENTER

NOTE: Alex Sink headlined Equality Florida's Broward Gala Sunday evening and received the 2009 "Voice for Equality" award, our highest honor. LGBT champion, Sen. Nan Rich, who is working hard to overturn the adoption ban, introduced Alex. Here is Alex Sink's official statement on the issue:

UF study: Religious left emerging to oppose rightResearch shows growing influence of liberal Christians in politics. By Nathan CrabbeStaff writer Published: Sunday, November 15, 2009 at 6:01 a.m.Last Modified: Sunday, November 15, 2009 at 2:12 a.m. A new University of Florida study finds the religious left is emerging as an alternative to the Christian right.

The Saint Petersburg Times published the following editorial on Alex Sink, Equality Florida's "Voice for Equality" award recipient. Alex headlined the 2009 Equality Florida Broward Gala on Sunday evening, Nov. 15. A Times EditorialA stand against hypocrisy

Longtime Rutgers Professor, Community Activist, Gay-Rights Pioneer Hilda Hidalgo Loses Cancer Fight November 12, 2009 (Newark, N.J., Nov. 12, 2009) – Professor Emerita Hilda Hidalgo, 81, is being mourned by the Rutgers University community, scores of former students, and numerous others, including many who never met her.

Senate Leadership Commits to Marriage Vote in 2009 Last night, for the first time ever, LGBT New Yorkers received a commitment from the Senate Majority to vote on the marriage equality bill in the next six weeks. Here's the statement from Austin Shafran, spokesman for the Senate Majority Conference:

Members of Equality Florida's GSA Network took to the streets in protest of the discriminatory Don't Ask Don't Tell Policy. Students from 11 area high schools showed up to protest and urge the Weston City Council to pass a resolution against Don't Ask Don't Tell. -------

In recent years, a growing number of teenagers have been dressing to articulate — or confound — gender identity and sexual orientation. Certainly they have been confounding school officials, whose responses have ranged from indifference to applause to bans.

Editorial - Equality’s Ragged March - NYTimes.com Here's the excerpt: Last Tuesday’s Election Day results showed how far the nation has traveled in the struggle for gay equality — and the distance still to go... Voters in Washington State approved a ballot measure endorsing a new law granting gay and lesbian couples the same state-provided benefits that heterosexual couples have.

From the News-Journal in Volusia County: November 09, 2009 Registry is right

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