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The 60 days of Florida’s legislative session have concluded. While lawmakers will have to come back in the following weeks to finalize the budget — together, we just achieved the impossible AGAIN: Every anti-LGBTQ bill filed this year has been defeated!

  BREAKING: Every Anti-LGBTQ Bill Defeated in Florida’s 2025 Legislative Session Grassroots coalition delivers a stunning blow to extremism — again

  Statement On Arrest of Transgender Woman for Using Bathroom at Florida Capitol

 

2025 Legislative Slate Updated as of April 4, 2025

  We’ve officially entered the 60 most dangerous days in Florida: The 2025 Legislative Session.

Equality Florida Institute Wins Prestigious National Award: Named 2025 Champion for Children by the National Association of School Psychologists for Advocacy in LGBTQ+ Education and Mental Health

Lawmakers Seek to Restore Rights and Freedoms Taken Under Governor DeSantis Bills Would Protect Health Care, Education Freedoms

  We’re back with another edition of our Special Session Resistance Report!

 

 

  President Trump Issues Slew Of Executive Actions Targeting Individual Rights & Freedoms, Especially For Transgender Americans On his first day, President Trump issued a slew of executive actions targeting individual rights and freedoms–especially for transgender Americans. While we anticipated these actions, they highlight the right-wing obsession with attacking the LGBTQ community, particularly transgender youth and adults.

  U.S. House Republicans Pass A Nationwide Ban on Transgender Girls Participating In School Sports Led by Florida Congressman Greg Steube, House Republicans have passed a nationwide ban on transgender girls participating in school sports. This cruel legislation lays bare their obsession with attacking the LGBTQ community, particularly transgender youth.