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Resistance Report Week 7: 3 Anti-LGBTQ bills passed the House
Equality Florida's Week 7 Resistance Report covered the Florida House passing three anti-LGBTQ bills targeting transgender people, including the Anti-Drag Bill heading to DeSantis's desk, and the Board of Education expanding Don't Say LGBTQ through 12th grade.
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Parents and Teachers Across Florida Slam Board of Education and DeSantis for “Don’t Say LGBTQ+” Expansion
The Human Rights Campaign and Equality Florida joined teachers, parents, and students in Tallahassee to condemn the Board of Education's expansion of Don't Say LGBTQ to all grades and the legislature's slate of anti-LGBTQ bills, including SB 254 and HB 1521.
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Resistance Report Week 6: The Fight Back & Protests Continue
Equality Florida's Week 6 Resistance Report covered the advancing Anti-Trans Bathroom Bill and Rep. Webster Barnaby's hate-filled rant calling transgender people 'mutants, demons, and imps,' prompting calls for his resignation.
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Equality Florida Issues Advisory Warning For Travel
Equality Florida issued an unprecedented travel advisory warning that Florida may not be safe for LGBTQ people, following passage of laws hostile to the community, restricting reproductive care, repealing gun safety laws, and censoring schools.
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Resistance Report Week 5: They’re rubber stamping DeSantis’ Slate of Hate – But we’re still fighting back
Equality Florida's Week 5 Resistance Report noted the Republican supermajority rubber-stamping DeSantis's Slate of Hate, including the gender-affirming care criminalization bill and an anti-drag bill amendment targeting pride parades.
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Resistance Report Week 4: Bad Bills Head to the Floor
Equality Florida's Week 4 Resistance Report, marking Transgender Day of Visibility, covered a student-led March for Queer and Trans Youth Autonomy at the Capitol as anti-LGBTQ bills including SB 254 headed to floor votes.
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Hundreds of Students Rally at the Capitol as House Passes Don’t Say LGBTQ Expansion
On Transgender Day of Visibility, hundreds of students rallied at the Florida Capitol as the House voted 77-35 to pass HB 1069, expanding the Don't Say LGBTQ law through eighth grade, banning correct-pronoun mandates, and accelerating book bans.
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Psychologist Blasts Reps. Fine & Massullo For Lying About Research
Massachusetts psychologist Dr. Sebastian Barr accused Reps. Randy Fine and Ralph Massullo of misrepresenting his research on transgender mental health to justify HB 1421, the Trans Ban bill. Equality Florida said the sponsors were caught lying about data.
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Resistance Report Week 1: What can you do to get involved?
Equality Florida's Resistance Report covered the advancement of SB 254, criminalizing gender-affirming care, through its final committee stop, and the Trans Ban bill HB 1421, including a strike-all amendment forcing detransition of minors and banning telehealth for adults.
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Resistance Report Week 3: The Attacks are Escalating
Equality Florida's Week 3 Resistance Report detailed escalating attacks as SB 254 cleared its final committee stop and the Trans Ban HB 1421 advanced, after Republicans rejected an amendment to allow care preventing suicide in severe gender dysphoria cases.
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