Written By: Susan Clary
St. Petersburg – When the petite 85-year old Edith Windsor slowly descended the stairs at the Mahaffey Theater to step to the microphone, hundreds of people rose to their feet and applauded wildly.
Written By: Steve Rothaus
Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Sarah Zabel said Tuesday she would decide “in the next week or so” whether to suspend a local gay-marriage lawsuit until after some similar federal case is decided in the future.
In January, six same-sex couples sued Miami-Dade County Clerk Harvey Ruvin after his office wouldn’t issue them marriage licenses.
Ruvin’s lawyers had originally asked Zabel to suspend the case indefintely. On Tuesday, they changed their wording.
Written By: Steve Rothaus
Edith Windsor, plaintiff in the IRS lawsuit that last year ended part of DOMA, the federal Defense of Marriage Act, spoke as guest of honor at Saturday night's Equality Florida gala in St. Petersburg. Here's her speech.
Written By: Morgan Watkins
The Equality Florida Institute plans to honor the Alachua County Commission Friday evening with the Voice for Equality Award at its annual Greater Gainesville Gala.
The commission is being given this award to recognize its addition of protections regarding employment, housing and public accommodations for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in the community, according to an Equality Florida news release.
Written By: Christiana Lilly
Eighteen major corporations — including Marriot, Wells Fargo, Disney and Winn-Dixie — are taking a stand in the fight for LGBT equality in the corporate sector in Florida. Providing protection in the form of anti-discrimination laws for LGBT employees, they’re the newest amongst major corporations nationwide who’ve taken public action in the fight for LGBT equality in the workplace.
Written By: Mary Jane Park
Equality Florida to celebrate trailblazers
Written By: Alex Leary
A gay couple from South Florida has been invited to attend the White House Easter Egg Roll with their son, an advocacy group said today.
Written by: Arianna Prothero
The lawsuits challenging Florida’s ban on gay marriage are piling up. But what does it take to win -- especially in the court of public opinion? It takes just the right kind of plaintiffs.
Catherina Pareto and Karla Arguello live with their son in Miami’s Coconut Grove neighborhood on a quiet street-- the kind that turns into an unofficial playground in the evening for the neighborhood kids. The street is lined with quaint houses peaking out from behind lush, Florida vegetation.
Written By: Margie Manning
Executives from Tech Data, Cassidy Turley and Florida Blue are stepping up the fight to include discrimination protection for the LGBT community.
Leon County Commissioner Mary Ann Lindley will be honored Saturday by Equality Florida for her efforts to establish a domestic-partner registry for both straight and gay unmarried couples. She will be presented with the Voice for Equality Award during the Equality Florida Tallahassee Gala, which begins at 7 p.m. at Dorothy B. Oven Park.