Statements & Press Releases

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Florida Republicans Continue Attacks On Trans Youth; File Transgender Youth Medical Care Ban
Florida Representative Anthony Sabatini filed HB 211, a Transgender Youth Medical Care Ban that would criminalize doctors for providing gender-affirming care to trans youth; Equality Florida's Nadine Smith called it cut-and-paste language from right-wing strategy groups.
Transgender
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Equality Florida Action PAC Announces Endorsement of Ken Welch for Mayor of St. Petersburg
Equality Florida Action PAC endorsed Ken Welch in his campaign for mayor of St. Petersburg, citing his record advancing LGBTQ nondiscrimination protections in Pinellas County; if elected, Welch would be the city's first Black mayor.
Equality Florida Voting
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Equality Florida Staff Serve on United States Commission on Civil Rights’ Florida Advisory Committee
Equality Florida Executive Director Nadine Smith was reappointed as Chair of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights' Florida Advisory Committee, and Media Relations Manager Brandon Wolf was appointed to the committee for the first time.
Equality Florida
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More Than 20 Major Businesses Across Florida Calling on Congress to Support Urgent Passage of the Equality Act
More than 20 major Florida businesses, including the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Lightning, AirBnB and Citrix, released an open letter urging Congress to pass the Equality Act, which would add explicit federal nondiscrimination protections for LGBTQ people.
Equality
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Equality Florida Action PAC Endorses Todd Delmay For Florida HD 100 As First 2022 State Legislative Endorsement
Equality Florida Action PAC announced its first 2022 state legislative endorsement, backing Todd Delmay for Florida House District 100; if elected, Delmay, a plaintiff in Florida's marriage equality lawsuit, would be the fifth openly gay man in the Florida House.
Equality Florida Voting
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Equality Florida Responds to U.S. Supreme Court Decision In Fulton vs. the City of Philadelphia
Responding to the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Fulton v. City of Philadelphia, Equality Florida said the decision is narrow and limited to a specific Philadelphia contract, noting the Court did not grant a blanket right to reject LGBTQ foster families.
Equality Florida
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US Department of Education Says Title IX Protects Transgender Kids from Discrimination
The U.S. Department of Education announced it will interpret Title IX's sex-discrimination ban to include gender identity and sexual orientation; Equality Florida said the move shows Florida's Transgender Youth Sports Ban violates federal law.
Nondiscrimination Transgender
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Jacksonville Native and LGBTQ Leader, Jimmy Midyette, Joins Equality Florida’s Staff
Equality Florida announced that Jacksonville LGBTQ leader and attorney Jimmy Midyette, co-founder of the Jacksonville Coalition for Equality, has joined its staff as North Florida Development Officer to lead fundraising and community liaison work.
Equality Florida LGBTQ
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Five Years Since Pulse, Equality Florida Calls To #HonorThemWithAction Amidst Backlash Against LGBTQ Floridians
Ahead of the fifth anniversary of the Pulse nightclub shooting, Equality Florida called on supporters to #HonorThemWithAction, citing Governor DeSantis's signing of the trans youth sports ban and his veto of LGBTQ program funding as renewed motivation to fight anti-LGBTQ hatred.
Equality Florida LGBTQ
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LGBTQ Groups Blast Governor DeSantis for Stripping ALL funding for LGBTQ Programs from State Budget
Governor Ron DeSantis vetoed all LGBTQ-specific programming from Florida's state budget, including mental health funding for Pulse massacre survivors and housing for homeless LGBTQ youth, prompting LGBTQ groups to accuse him of declaring war on the community during Pride Month.
LGBTQ