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PRESS RELEASE: Equality Florida Applauds Bipartisan Filing of the Florida Competitive Workforce Act

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Equality Florida Applauds Bipartisan Filing of the Florida Competitive Workforce Act
The legislation will prohibit discrimination against LGBTQ Floridians

PRESS RELEASE: Largest Survey of Transgender Life in U.S. Publishes Florida-Specific Data

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PRESS RELEASE: Major Businesses Urge Supreme Court to Consider Anti-Gay Workplace Discrimination Case

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Hurricane Maria Experienced by a Puerto Rican in Florida

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By Alejandro Acosta
HIV Advocacy Project Coordinator

Former "Ex-Gay" Leader Warns About The Dangers of So-Called "Conversion Therapy"

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On Tuesday, the Miami-Dade Board of Commissioners rejected a proposed ban on conversion therapy, a harmful practice I can speak to all too well. After 23 years in the conversion therapy and ex-gay world I tried everything to change my sexual orientation as a gay man, nothing worked. I was a respected "ex-gay" leader, an ordained minister, as well as the Executive Vice President of Exodus International and spoke out frequently about "change" and "freedom from homosexuality."