What would you do?
Friends of mine who are also members of Equality Florida were up North late last year visiting family when they stopped for a meal at a roadside diner.
Behind their booth they could hear a woman berating her child for identifying as transgender.
Betsy and Ron are also PFLAGers who couldn't sit by in silence as the teenager sobbed beneath the mother's abuse.
They spoke up and engaged them both, comforting the teen and educating the mom.
Equality Means Business Welcomes CSX
Great news!
CSX, one of the largest companies in the country, has signed on as the newest advisory board member of Equality Means Business.
[ALERT] Help Bring LGBT Protections in the City of Venice
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Watch a Reading of the Prop 8 Trial LIVE this Saturday
This Saturday night, Brad Pitt, Martin Sheen, and George Clooney among many, many others will take the stage for special reading of Dustin Lance Black's play "8."
Thanks to Google and YouTube, it will be streamed live for all the world to see.
In 2008, the proponents of Prop. 8 blocked broadcast of the trial - so this is an excellent opportunity for everyone to see what happened.
Deputy Director Stratton Pollitzer Talks Marriage Equality with the Paul & Matty Show
Brian McNaught presents on LGBT Workplace Issues on March 28th
Brian McNaught, who is the world’s leading corporate diversity consultant dealing with LGBT issues in the workplace, will present at the State Farm training facility at 10451 NW 117th Avenue on March 28, 2012 from 1:00 – 4:00 pm in Medley, FL.
State Department makes sea change on LGBT rights
[Note: Great article plus it features our own David Johnson, a professor at USF and author of the “The Lavender Scare: The Cold War Persecution of Gays and Lesbians in the Federal Government.']