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Resistance Report Week 1: What can you do to get involved?
Equality Florida's Resistance Report covered the advancement of SB 254, criminalizing gender-affirming care, through its final committee stop, and the Trans Ban bill HB 1421, including a strike-all amendment forcing detransition of minors and banning telehealth for adults.
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Resistance Report Week 3: The Attacks are Escalating
Equality Florida's Week 3 Resistance Report detailed escalating attacks as SB 254 cleared its final committee stop and the Trans Ban HB 1421 advanced, after Republicans rejected an amendment to allow care preventing suicide in severe gender dysphoria cases.
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Resistance Report Week 2: Here’s what you need to know
Equality Florida's Week 2 Resistance Report recapped the Pride at the Capitol kickoff and the advancement of bad bills including the Don't Say LGBTQ expansion and the bill criminalizing gender-affirming care, with calls to contact lawmakers.
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Tampa Bay Lightning and Orlando Magic Celebrate LGBTQ Community By Honoring Equality Florida Leaders
The Tampa Bay Lightning and Orlando Magic honored two Equality Florida leaders, Mark Puskarich and Rene Cantu, for their LGBTQ advocacy, with the Lightning's recognition including a $50,000 contribution to the organization.
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2023 Equality Florida Legislative Slate
Equality Florida released its 2023 Legislative Slate, outlining opposition to bills including the Don't Say LGBTQ expansion, the 'MAGA University' higher education censorship bill, partisan school board elections, and the Trans Ban and gender-affirming care criminalization bills.
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#HonorThemWithAction On Colorado Gives Day
Equality Florida urged supporters to honor the five victims of the Club Q shooting in Colorado Springs by donating on Colorado Gives Day to funds supporting victims, families, and LGBTQ organizations responding to the attack.
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What Happened In Florida Is A Warning
Reflecting on the 2022 election, Equality Florida called Florida's red wave a national warning about the DeSantis agenda of censorship and discrimination, while noting pro-equality wins including re-elected LGBTQ lawmakers and flipped school boards.
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2022 Post-Florida Legislative Session Review
Equality Florida's recap of the 2022 Florida legislative session highlighted Republican-driven culture war legislation, most notably the 'Don't Say Gay' bill (HB 1557), which drew international condemnation, student walkouts, and unprecedented LGBTQ organizing.
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WATCH: Governor Ron DeSantis Returns Florida To The Dark Days Of Anita Bryant
Equality Florida said Governor DeSantis is reviving the anti-LGBTQ politics of Anita Bryant by using bills like 'Don't Say Gay' as a springboard for his presidential ambitions, and urged supporters to contact lawmakers as the bill advanced through committees.
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DeSantis Calls for Book Banning, Whitewashing History, and Teacher Intimidation
Equality Florida condemned the so-called 'Stop WOKE Act,' part of Governor DeSantis's censorship agenda, warning it would chill honest classroom and workplace discussions of racism, discrimination, and the origins of anti-LGBTQ violence.
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