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Resistance Report Week 1: Lives Are At Risk — Help Us Fight Back
In its first weekly Resistance Report of the 2026 legislative session, Equality Florida warned of extremist bills targeting LGBTQ Floridians and spotlighted the Florida Department of Health's planned March 1 cuts to the AIDS Drug Assistance Program, demanding transparency and accountability.
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2026 Legislative Slate
Equality Florida's 2026 Legislative Slate tracks anti-LGBTQ bills it opposed, including the Pride Flag Ban, 'Don't Say Gay or Trans at Work,' and 'More Lawsuits for Teachers & Doctors' bills, all stopped, plus supported measures like the Marriage Ban Repeal and a Johns Committee apology resolution.
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Stand With Parents and Families Who Want Great Teachers, Safe Classrooms, and Kids Who Feel Valued
Equality Florida is rallying parents to sign a letter of support for teachers and LGBTQ students after Governor DeSantis and the Florida Department of Education sent a back-to-school letter urging parents to monitor and report teachers.
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Resistance Report: Federal Edition (July)
Equality Florida's July Federal Resistance Report covers the Supreme Court's Skrmetti decision upholding Tennessee's transgender youth healthcare ban, the Braidwood ruling preserving no-cost preventive care including HIV prevention, and DeSantis's threats to rainbow crosswalks.
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2025 Tracking Federal Developments
Equality Florida's federal developments tracker, updated July 7, 2025, monitors Trump administration actions against LGBTQ Americans, including the executive order redefining sex and litigation such as Orr v. Trump over transgender passport policy.
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Resistance Report Week 9: Every Anti-LGBTQ Bill Is Defeated!
Equality Florida's week nine Resistance Report celebrates a clean sweep defeating every anti-LGBTQ bill filed in the 2025 session, noting no anti-LGBTQ bill moved in the Florida House and the Pride Flag Ban died after Senator Randy Fine resigned.
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BREAKING: Every Anti-LGBTQ Bill Defeated in Florida’s 2025 Legislative Session
Equality Florida announced that every anti-LGBTQ bill filed in Florida's 2025 legislative session was defeated, including the Pride Flag Ban, Don't Say Gay or Trans at Work, and two anti-diversity bills, crediting a grassroots coalition that brought over 400 lobbyists to Tallahassee.
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Resistance Report Week 8: 5 days left. Everything’s on the line.
Equality Florida's week eight Resistance Report covers the final five days of the 2025 session, naming new Senate Democratic Leader Lori Berman a winner and Rep. Doug Bankson a loser over his Book Banning Expansion bill.
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Resistance Report Week 7: Only 12 days to defeat these bad bills
Equality Florida's week seven Resistance Report opens with condolences for the Florida State University mass shooting, notes the citizen-led amendments attack was held back from a Senate floor vote, and names Rep. Kelly Skidmore a winner and Casey DeSantis a loser.
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Resistance Report Week 6: The 19 most dangerous days are ahead
Equality Florida's week six Resistance Report announces the Don't Say Gay or Trans at Work Bill, Pride Flag Ban, and Anti-Diversity in Government Contracting bills are dead in the Senate, while noting a Brevard County teacher was fired for using a student's preferred name.
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