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Equality Florida Responds to Adjustments In Pasco County School Policy for LGBTQ Students
Equality Florida responded to the Pasco County School District replacing its LGBTQ support guidance with a one-page document, expressing disappointment while noting the district reaffirmed its commitment to supporting LGBTQ students.
Equality Florida LGBTQ
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Senator Rick Scott’s Failure to Fund HIV Prevention Fueled Florida’s Epidemic
Equality Florida criticized Senator Rick Scott after Guardian reporting revealed that, as governor, he rejected $70 million in federal HIV prevention funds, a period during which Florida's HIV diagnoses rose.
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Big Win for LGBTQ-Owned Businesses in St. Petersburg
The St. Petersburg City Council voted to include majority LGBTQ-owned businesses in the city's Small Business Enterprise program, helping them compete for city contracts alongside other minority-owned businesses.
LGBTQ
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Advocates Support Equal Access for All in Homeless Shelters
Thirty local, state, and national organizations, including Equality Florida, denounced the Trump administration's proposed rollback of HUD's Equal Access Rule and stood in support of protections requiring homeless shelters to house transgender people by their gender identity.
Equality
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Equality Florida Condemns FL Representative Mike Hill’s Homophobic Remarks
Equality Florida condemned Florida Representative Mike Hill (R-Pensacola) after an audio recording captured him laughing along with a constituent who suggested legislation requiring LGBTQ people be put to death, and called on him to apologize.
Equality Florida
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Alachua County Passes Ban On Conversion Therapy
Alachua County unanimously voted to ban so-called conversion therapy on minors, becoming the first county in North Florida to prohibit the discredited practice as a form of child abuse.
Transgender
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Advocates Stand in Support of HUD’s Equal Access Rule
Advocacy groups and homeless-services organizations issued a joint statement opposing the Trump administration's proposed rollback of HUD's Equal Access Rule, which requires sex-segregated shelters to house transgender people according to their gender identity.
Equality
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Equality Florida Applauds Passage of The Equality Act by the U.S. House of Representatives
The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Equality Act, which would amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity; Equality Florida applauded the vote and urged Senators Rubio and Scott to support it.
Equality Florida
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U.S. Supreme Court To Make Major Decision on LGBTQ Civil Rights
The U.S. Supreme Court announced it will review three cases deciding whether federal nondiscrimination law under Title VII covers sexual orientation and gender identity
LGBTQ
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Fourth Time Supreme Court Declines to Hear a Challenge to Conversion Therapy Ban
The U.S. Supreme Court declined for a fourth time to hear a challenge to a conversion therapy ban, rejecting Liberty Counsel's petition against New Jersey's law, a decision Equality Florida said bolsters Florida conversion therapy bans pending review.
Transgender