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Judge Blames DeSantis/GOP Toxic Rhetoric and School District Overreach for Hostile Anti-LGBTQ Actions; Lawsuit Against Don’t Say LGBTQ Dismissed on Technicalities
Federal Judge Allen Winsor dismissed a lawsuit challenging Florida's Don't Say LGBTQ law on standing grounds, but blamed DeSantis's toxic rhetoric and school district overreach for anti-LGBTQ harms. Equality Florida vowed to keep fighting.
LGBTQ
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Equality FL Responds to Miami Dade Public Schools Vote to Reject LGBTQ History Month
Equality Florida condemned the Miami-Dade School Board's 8-1 vote rejecting a proclamation recognizing October as LGBTQ History Month, calling it evidence of the chilling effect of Florida's 'Don't Say LGBTQ' law.
LGBTQ
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Equality Florida Responds to Weaponizing of Florida Department of Education Against Nondiscrimination Protections
Equality Florida responded to a memo from Florida Education Commissioner Manny Diaz disregarding Title IX protections based on sexual orientation and gender identity, calling it the latest weaponizing of state agencies against LGBTQ Floridians.
Equality Florida Nondiscrimination
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Equality Florida Responds to SCOTUS Decision to Overturn Roe V. Wade
Responding to the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Dobbs v. Jackson overturning Roe v. Wade, Equality Florida called the ruling catastrophic and warned that Justice Thomas's concurrence signals threats to marriage equality and other LGBTQ rights.
Equality Florida
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Equality Florida Decries Proposed Rule to Eliminate Medicaid Coverage for Gender Affirming Care
Equality Florida decried a proposed Florida Agency for Health Care Administration rule to eliminate Medicaid coverage for gender-affirming care, which could affect roughly 9,000 transgender Floridians insured through Medicaid.
Equality Florida
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Equality Florida Responds to AHCA Report on Treatment of Gender Dysphoria
Equality Florida criticized a Florida Agency for Health Care Administration report on treating gender dysphoria, saying it builds on debunked Department of Health guidance and misrepresents data to deny transgender Floridians access to care during Pride Month.
Equality Florida
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Fears Vindicated As “Don’t Say Gay” Legislation Harms Florida Students
Equality Florida said fears about the 'Don't Say Gay' law were vindicated as Florida schools censored students before the law took effect, including a Sarasota senior barred from referencing his activism in a graduation speech and yearbook and newspaper censorship.
LGBTQ
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Equality Florida Responds to FL Department of Health Guidance Opposing Affirming Care for Transgender Children
Equality Florida responded to non-binding Florida Department of Health guidance opposing gender-affirming care for transgender children, saying the DeSantis administration is replacing science with political propaganda and intruding into doctors' offices.
Equality Florida
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Equality Florida Joins Lawsuit to Challenge ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Law
Equality Florida joined a federal lawsuit filed by the National Center for Lesbian Rights, Kaplan Hecker & Fink, and Florida families challenging the 'Don't Say Gay' law (HB 1557) as unconstitutional under the First and Fourteenth Amendments.
Equality Florida
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Governor Ron DeSantis Signs Discriminatory ‘Don’t Say Gay’ Bill Into Law
Governor Ron DeSantis signed the 'Don't Say Gay' bill (HB 1557) into law at a charter school exempt from its provisions; Equality Florida called it cowardly and vowed to see the law overturned in court or repealed by the legislature.
LGBTQ