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DeSantis Administration Censors AP Psychology Course
The Florida Department of Education notified superintendents that AP Psychology must remove its gender and human sexuality unit to continue being taught, a move Equality Florida said would deny students college credit and amounted to censorship.
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Florida Board of Education Adopts Sweeping Anti-LGBTQ Rules
The Florida Board of Education adopted five new rules targeting the LGBTQ community, including disciplining transgender students and staff for using restrooms aligned with their gender identity and limiting LGBTQ-inclusive and Black history instruction.
LGBTQ
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Pro-Equality Supporters Donate $100K to Emergency Transgender Health Care Grants
Pro-equality supporters donated $100,000 in 48 hours to the Southern Trans Youth Emergency Project, which provides patient navigation and emergency grants to transgender Floridians whose access to gender-affirming care was disrupted by state policies.
Transgender
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First-Ever Equality Florida Cable Ads Win Prestigious Reed Awards
Equality Florida's first-ever cable television ads, produced during the 2022 session to expose DeSantis's classroom censorship agenda, won two Reed Awards from Campaign & Elections for best public affairs TV ads.
Equality Florida
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Federal Judge Strikes Down Ban on Medicaid Coverage for Gender Affirming Care
A federal court ruled that Florida's rule denying Medicaid coverage for gender-affirming care violates the federal Medicaid statute, the Equal Protection Clause, and the Affordable Care Act, a victory Equality Florida said exposed the policy as politically motivated.
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Federal Court Halts Anti-Transgender Healthcare Ban, Protects Children’s Rights
US District Judge Robert Hinkle granted a preliminary injunction against Florida's rules and parts of SB 254 banning gender-affirming care for transgender youth, allowing plaintiff families to access care while affirming transgender people's humanity.
Transgender
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Nation’s Largest LGBTQ Advocacy Group Joins Equality Florida In Issuing Updated Florida Travel Advisory
Equality Florida and the Human Rights Campaign issued an updated Florida travel advisory after the state's most anti-LGBTQ legislative session in history, joining similar warnings from the NAACP and LULAC about Florida's hostile climate.
Equality Florida LGBTQ
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Equality Florida Hosts Press Conference On DeSantis’ “Slate of Hate” Bills Signing
Gov. DeSantis signed four anti-LGBTQ bills into law, the Don't Say LGBTQ Expansion, Gender Affirming Care Ban, Anti-Trans Bathroom Bill, and Anti-Drag Bill, the largest such slate in a single Florida legislative session in state history.
Equality Florida
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Resistance Report Week 9: Anti-LGBTQ Bills Fast-Tracked through the Legislature
Equality Florida's Week 9 Resistance Report marked the end of the 2023 legislative session, in which the GOP supermajority passed an unprecedented Slate of Hate including SB 254 and the Anti-Trans Bathroom Bill.
LGBTQ Report Resistance Report
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Florida Legislature Passes Gender Affirming Care Ban
The Florida Legislature passed Senate Bill 254, the Gender Affirming Care Ban, which outlaws care for transgender minors, criminalizes providers, and restricts care for adults. Advocates had narrowed it from a more extreme House version.