Statements

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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
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Equality Florida’s Response To Amazon Bypassing Florida For New Headquarters
Equality Florida's Nadine Smith responded to reports that Florida's lack of statewide LGBTQ workplace protections hurt Miami's bid for Amazon's new headquarters, arguing the patchwork of local protections leaves the state at a competitive disadvantage.
Equality Florida
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Equality Florida Responds To Trump’s Latest Attack on Transgender People
Equality Florida's Gina Duncan responded to a reported Trump administration proposal to define gender strictly by sex assigned at birth, warning that the dehumanizing policy would fuel discrimination and violence against transgender people and urging use of #WontBeErased.
Equality Florida
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Equality Florida Mourns The Death of Londonn Moore
Equality Florida's Nadine Smith mourned the murder of Londonn Moore, a 20-year-old Black transgender woman killed in North Port, calling the spike in anti-transgender killings in Florida a national epidemic and again urging Governor Rick Scott to take action.
Equality Florida
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Equality Florida Demands Governor Scott Address the Rash of Transgender Murders in Orlando and Jacksonville
Equality Florida demanded that Governor Rick Scott address a rash of murders targeting transgender women of color in Orlando and Jacksonville, including the killing of Sasha Garden, and criticized law enforcement for misgendering victims.
Equality Florida
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Equality Florida Stands Opposed to the Nomination of Judge Kavanaugh for U.S. Supreme Court
Equality Florida joined national human rights organizations in opposing President Trump's nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court, citing his record on civil rights, abortion, and LGBTQ issues, and planned a press conference with reproductive rights advocates.
Equality Florida
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Equality Florida on Trump Policy of Separating Immigrant Families
Equality Florida condemned the Trump administration's family-separation policy that tore more than 2,300 children from asylum-seekers and immigrant parents, calling the executive order inadequate and urging support for the Keep Families Together Act and attendance at Families Belong Together rallies.
Equality Florida