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The Supreme Court Sided with Politicians — We Stand with Trans Youth and Their Families
Equality Florida responded to the U.S. Supreme Court upholding Tennessee's ban on gender-affirming care for transgender youth, calling it cruel but noting it has no immediate impact on Florida, whose similar law remains under review by the 11th Circuit.
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Resistance Report Week 9: Every Anti-LGBTQ Bill Is Defeated!
Equality Florida's week nine Resistance Report celebrates a clean sweep defeating every anti-LGBTQ bill filed in the 2025 session, noting no anti-LGBTQ bill moved in the Florida House and the Pride Flag Ban died after Senator Randy Fine resigned.
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BREAKING: Every Anti-LGBTQ Bill Defeated in Florida’s 2025 Legislative Session
Equality Florida announced that every anti-LGBTQ bill filed in Florida's 2025 legislative session was defeated, including the Pride Flag Ban, Don't Say Gay or Trans at Work, and two anti-diversity bills, crediting a grassroots coalition that brought over 400 lobbyists to Tallahassee.
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Resistance Report Week 8: 5 days left. Everything’s on the line.
Equality Florida's week eight Resistance Report covers the final five days of the 2025 session, naming new Senate Democratic Leader Lori Berman a winner and Rep. Doug Bankson a loser over his Book Banning Expansion bill.
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Resistance Report Week 7: Only 12 days to defeat these bad bills
Equality Florida's week seven Resistance Report opens with condolences for the Florida State University mass shooting, notes the citizen-led amendments attack was held back from a Senate floor vote, and names Rep. Kelly Skidmore a winner and Casey DeSantis a loser.
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Resistance Report Week 6: The 19 most dangerous days are ahead
Equality Florida's week six Resistance Report announces the Don't Say Gay or Trans at Work Bill, Pride Flag Ban, and Anti-Diversity in Government Contracting bills are dead in the Senate, while noting a Brevard County teacher was fired for using a student's preferred name.
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Resistance Report Week 5: Democracy is under attack!
Equality Florida's week five Resistance Report notes the Attacking Citizen-Led Amendments Bill passed the Florida House while public outcry delayed a Senate vote on the Anti-Diversity in Local Government Bill, naming Rep. Angie Nixon a winner and Rep. Jenna Persons-Mulicka a loser.
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Statement On Arrest of Transgender Woman for Using Bathroom at Florida Capitol
Equality Florida's Nadine Smith responded to the arrest of Marcy Rheintgen, a transgender woman charged with trespassing for using the women's restroom at the Florida Capitol, calling the bathroom law cruel, unenforceable, and designed to intimidate transgender people out of public life.
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Resistance Report Week 4: Progress Made, Battles Ahead
Equality Florida's week four Resistance Report reports progress as one bad bill was amended, another neutralized in the House, and one defeated, while three harmful bills advanced; it names several representatives winners and resigning Senator Randy Fine the loser.
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Resistance Report Week 3: This is what democracy looks like!
Equality Florida's week three Resistance Report recaps its Pride At The Capitol kickoff with 400-plus volunteers who submitted over 1,000 comment cards delaying two bills, plus the second annual Let Us Live March led by transgender leaders.
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