Statements & Press Releases

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Equality Florida Action PAC and HRC Announce Support for Jane Castor in Runoff for Mayor of Tampa, Florida
Equality Florida Action PAC and the Human Rights Campaign announced their backing of Jane Castor in the runoff election for Mayor of Tampa, calling her race their top 2019 priority; if elected she would be the city's first openly LGBTQ mayor.
Equality Florida
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1,300 Businesses Across Florida Declare They Are “Open to All”
More than 1,300 Florida businesses, members of Equality Florida's Open Doors directory, joined the national Open to All coalition, pledging to serve everyone on equal terms regardless of race, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, or other characteristics.
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Equality Florida and Human Rights Campaign Warn Florida Could Become Next North Carolina
Equality Florida and the Human Rights Campaign warned that Florida's preemption bill HB 3/SB 1748 would repeal local nondiscrimination ordinances protecting 13 million Floridians, risking economic backlash like North Carolina's HB 2, and urged passage of the Competitive Workforce Act instead.
Equality Florida
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Equality Florida Action PAC Spotlight Candidate Jane Castor Heads to Tampa Mayoral Runoff with Defining Momentum
Jane Castor, Equality Florida's top 2019 spotlight candidate, finished first with 48 percent in the Tampa mayoral primary and advanced to an April runoff against David Straz; Tampa voters also passed Amendment 16 adding LGBTQ protections to the city charter.
Equality Florida Voting
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Judge Preliminarily Green-Lights Lawsuit Against Conversion Therapy Ban
A Florida federal Magistrate Judge recommended barring the City of Tampa from enforcing part of its conversion therapy ban during a Liberty Counsel legal challenge; Equality Florida, which supports the bans enacted by 20 local governments, vowed to keep protecting LGBTQ youth.
Transgender
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Equality Florida Action PAC and LGBTQ Victory Fund endorse Jane Castor for Mayor of Tampa
Equality Florida Action PAC and the LGBTQ Victory Fund endorsed former Tampa Police Chief Jane Castor for Mayor of Tampa, who if elected would be the first openly LGBTQ person to lead one of Florida's five largest cities.
Equality Florida LGBTQ
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Equality Florida: Support Fully-Inclusive Nondiscrimination Protections in Housing, Employment, and Public Accommodations
Equality Florida joined the Human Rights Campaign, ACLU of Florida, and other organizations in reaffirming support for a fully inclusive Florida Competitive Workforce Act that would ban discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity in employment, housing, and public accommodations.
Equality Florida Nondiscrimination
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Equality Florida Responds To Supreme Court’s Actions On Transgender Military Ban
Equality Florida's Gina Duncan criticized the U.S. Supreme Court's order allowing the Trump administration's transgender military ban to take effect temporarily, calling it a slap in the face to service members and harmful to the military and the country.
Equality Florida
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Equality Florida Applauds Nikki Fried for Historic LGBTQ Protections
Equality Florida applauded Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried for updating her agency's personnel policies to include nondiscrimination protections based on sexual orientation and gender identity, the first time a state Cabinet member extended protections covering transgender employees.
Equality Florida LGBTQ
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Governor DeSantis Excludes LGBTQ Protections from Non-Discrimination Executive Order
Equality Florida requested a meeting with Governor Ron DeSantis after his Executive Order 1910 on nondiscrimination in state government excluded LGBTQ protections, a move the group called a purposeful omission contrasting with inclusive orders by other Republican governors.
LGBTQ Nondiscrimination