News release by the Jacksonville Coalition for Equality

Moments ago, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in favor of the freedom to marry nationwide by a 5-4 majority!

June 25, 2015

June 19, 2015

Friendship, empathy drive our new Palm Beach development officer

Sandra Saladrigas, “a ball of positive energy,”
builds local support for Equality Florida

Equality Florida stands today in mourning and in outrage at the murders of nine people inside their historic African-American church on Wednesday evening. It is a hate crime that has shocked the nation and claimed the lives of six women and three men, including State Senator Clementa Pinckney. Our hearts go out to their families, friends and the entire community reeling from this brutal act of terror.

Equality Florida's Black Lives Matter Statement

Today is the 48th Anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark Loving v. Virginia decision that ended the ban on interracial marriages nationwide. It is a case invoked often in the arguments in favor of marriage equality.

Equality Florida replenishes its governing board

Attorney Jon Harris Maurer appointed;
B. Rodney White promoted; Jim VanRiper departs.

June 8, 2015

Non-profit leadership consultants often say that one of the most important duties of a board member is to find his or her own replacement.

New television ad demonstrates the
growing support for marriage equality

Equality Florida and Freedom to Marry produced it
to air ahead of Supreme Court ruling

June 3, 2015

​PANAMA CITY, Fla. – With the Supreme Court expected to rule on marriage by the end of this month, Equality Florida and Freedom to Marry today released a second television ad demonstrating the broad base of support for marriage equality.

Equality Florida hires Cindy Brown, a celebrated LGBT leader in Miami-Dade

She’ll be the LGBT advocacy group’s local development officer

May 28, 2015

Cindy Brown, a widely admired leader in Miami-Dade’s LGBT community and beyond, has joined the staff of Equality Florida as it’s new Miami-Dade development officer.

Historic voter mobilization secures Pro-Equality Majority on Jacksonville City Council

Human Rights Campaign and Equality Florida rally more than 100,000 voters

[Jacksonville] -- An historic mobilization of pro-equality voters in today’s run-off elections means a majority of the Jacksonville City Council are now on record in support of adding sexual orientation and gender identity to the city’s nondiscrimination law.