Statements & Press Releases

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Bill Filed to Expand Florida’s Harmful “Don’t Say LGBTQ” Law
Rep. Adam Anderson filed HB 1223 to expand Florida's Don't Say LGBTQ law, extending the ban on classroom instruction about sexual orientation and gender identity through eighth grade and forbidding use of transgender students' pronouns through twelfth grade.
LGBTQ
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Florida House Hosts Sham Panel on Gender Affirming Care
The Florida House Health and Human Services Committee, chaired by Rep. Randy Fine, held a panel on gender-affirming care that Equality Florida's Nikole Parker called a politically driven sham stacked with discredited, out-of-state speakers.
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Florida Boards of Medicine and Osteopathy Align, Advance Rule to Ban Gender Affirming Care for Trans Youth
Florida's Boards of Medicine and Osteopathy aligned and advanced a proposed rule to ban gender-affirming care for transgender youth, which would be the first such ban enacted through state agency rulemaking rather than legislation.
Transgender
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Equality Florida Condemns Filing of Permitless Firearm Carry Bill
Equality Florida condemned the filing of HB 543, a bill to eliminate training and permitting requirements for concealed carry of firearms in Florida, calling it an insult to victims of gun violence including those killed at Pulse.
Equality Florida
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Florida State Board of Education Adopts New Rules Designed to Confuse & Intimidate Educators
The Florida State Board of Education adopted two vague rules threatening to revoke teachers' professional licenses, which Equality Florida said are designed to confuse and intimidate educators but do not require them to out LGBTQ students.
Adoption
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Equality Florida Press Secretary Testifies Before Congress on Anti-LGBTQ Extremism & Violence
Equality Florida Press Secretary and Pulse shooting survivor Brandon Wolf testified before the US House Oversight Committee on rising anti-LGBTQ hate, sharing his account of the 2016 Pulse massacre alongside Club Q survivors.
Equality Florida LGBTQ
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Equality Florida Denounces DeSantis Inspired Anti-LGBTQ Extremists’ Rally in Fort Lauderdale
Equality Florida denounced an anti-LGBTQ rally by Moms for Liberty and other extremist groups in Fort Lauderdale, where activists hurled slurs at LGBTQ high school students who organized a peaceful counterprotest.
Equality Florida LGBTQ
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Equality Florida Responds to Horrific Attack at Colorado Springs’ Club Q
Equality Florida responded to the mass shooting at Club Q, an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs that killed five and injured 18, calling it another hate-motivated attack fueled by anti-LGBTQ political rhetoric.
Equality Florida
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Florida Boards of Medicine and Osteopathy Finalize Rules to Restrict Lifesaving Care for Transgender Youth
Florida's Boards of Medicine and Osteopathy finalized rules restricting gender-affirming care for transgender youth, which advocates say would make Florida the only state with such a ban in effect. Equality Florida vowed to request additional hearings.
Transgender
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Florida Boards of Medicine and Osteopathy Advance Rule to Ban Lifesaving Care for Transgender Kids
Florida's Boards of Medicine and Osteopathy advanced a proposed rule to restrict gender-affirming care for transgender youth, prompting condemnation from Transgender Equality and Equality Florida, who said anti-trans activists were prioritized in public comment.
Transgender