Press Releases

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New Equality Florida #DeSantisFailedUs Television Ad: Reject Ron DeSantis’ Culture Wars And Become A Better Florida
Equality Florida Action launched a new television ad, #DeSantisFailedUs, with a five-figure ad buy spotlighting the governor's culture wars, book bans, and censorship while he ignores issues like housing, insurance, and the teacher shortage.
Equality Florida
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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 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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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.
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Florida Legislature Passes Anti-Transgender Bathroom Bill
The Florida House passed HB 1521 by an 80-36 vote, sending the Anti-Transgender Bathroom Bill to the governor. The bill prohibits gender-inclusive restrooms in schools, prisons, and government buildings, separating use by sex assigned at birth.
Nondiscrimination Transgender
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Florida Legislature Expands “Don’t Say LGBTQ” Law, Restricts Parental Rights
The Florida Senate passed HB 1069 by a 27-12 vote, expanding the Don't Say LGBTQ law through eighth grade, revoking parents' right to ensure correct pronoun use, and accelerating book bans by letting any person trigger a book's removal.
LGBTQ
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Equality Florida Issues Advisory Warning For Travel
Equality Florida issued an unprecedented travel advisory warning that Florida may not be safe for LGBTQ people, following passage of laws hostile to the community, restricting reproductive care, repealing gun safety laws, and censoring schools.
Equality Florida