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Professor Cited in Defense of Trans Sports Ban Bill Urges Defeat of HB 1475
Duke University law professor Doriane Coleman, whose research is cited to justify Florida's transgender sports ban bill HB 1475, joined transgender runner Juniper Eastwood in urging legislators to defeat the bill as unconstitutional discrimination.
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Equality Florida and Allies Call for an End to Attacks on Trans Kids
Equality Florida and allies condemned Florida legislation (HB 1475, HB 935, SB 2012) that would bar transgender youth from school sports and criminalize doctors who provide gender-affirming care, calling it a nationally coordinated attack on at-risk youth.
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Equality Florida’s Full 2021 Legislative Slate
Equality Florida released its full 2021 legislative slate, opposing bills criminalizing gender-affirming care and banning transgender youth from sports, while supporting hate crimes expansion, marriage ban repeal, gender marker updates, and a school voucher equality bill.
Equality Florida
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All Eyes on Rubio & Scott as House Passes the Equality Act
After the U.S. House passed the Equality Act, Equality Florida called on Florida Senators Marco Rubio and Rick Scott to support the comprehensive LGBTQ civil rights bill as it heads to the Senate.
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Equality Florida Calls For Swift Passage of The Equality Act
Equality Florida applauded the reintroduction of the federal Equality Act, HR 5, which would amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity, and called for its swift passage.
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Equality Florida Celebrates Passage of Hate Crimes Law Expansion Through Senate Criminal Justice Committee
The Florida Senate Criminal Justice Committee passed an expansion of the state's hate crimes statute by a 5-2 vote, advancing legislation that would add gender and gender identity and broaden the definition of disability.
Equality Florida
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Florida Competes Commends FCHR for Recognizing Federal Bostock Ruling as Florida Standard
The business coalition Florida Competes applauded the Florida Commission on Human Relations for affirming, under the Supreme Court's Bostock ruling, that discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity is illegal statewide.
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VICTORY: Florida Will Protect LGBTQ Civil Rights
The Florida Commission on Human Relations announced it will fully implement the Supreme Court's Bostock ruling and investigate anti-LGBTQ discrimination claims, meaning LGBTQ Floridians statewide are protected from discrimination in employment, housing, and public accommodations.
LGBTQ
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President Biden reverses ban on transgender service members, stakes LGBTQ issues as top priority
Equality Florida welcomed President Biden's reversal of the ban on transgender military service members, while stressing that lasting protection requires Congress to pass the Equality Act and codify nondiscrimination protections into law.
LGBTQ
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Biden-Harris Administration Sign LGBTQ Executive Order On Day One
Equality Florida's Joe Saunders praised President Biden's Day One executive order implementing the Supreme Court's Bostock ruling to extend sexual orientation and gender identity protections across all federal agencies.
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