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Florida State Board of Education Adopts New Rules Designed to Confuse & Intimidate Educators
The Florida State Board of Education adopted two vague rules threatening to revoke teachers' professional licenses, which Equality Florida said are designed to confuse and intimidate educators but do not require them to out LGBTQ students.
Adoption
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Equality Florida Press Secretary Testifies Before Congress on Anti-LGBTQ Extremism & Violence
Equality Florida Press Secretary and Pulse shooting survivor Brandon Wolf testified before the US House Oversight Committee on rising anti-LGBTQ hate, sharing his account of the 2016 Pulse massacre alongside Club Q survivors.
Equality Florida LGBTQ
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#HonorThemWithAction On Colorado Gives Day
Equality Florida urged supporters to honor the five victims of the Club Q shooting in Colorado Springs by donating on Colorado Gives Day to funds supporting victims, families, and LGBTQ organizations responding to the attack.
Equality Florida
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Equality Florida Denounces DeSantis Inspired Anti-LGBTQ Extremists’ Rally in Fort Lauderdale
Equality Florida denounced an anti-LGBTQ rally by Moms for Liberty and other extremist groups in Fort Lauderdale, where activists hurled slurs at LGBTQ high school students who organized a peaceful counterprotest.
Equality Florida LGBTQ
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Equality Florida Responds to Horrific Attack at Colorado Springs’ Club Q
Equality Florida responded to the mass shooting at Club Q, an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs that killed five and injured 18, calling it another hate-motivated attack fueled by anti-LGBTQ political rhetoric.
Equality Florida
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What Happened In Florida Is A Warning
Reflecting on the 2022 election, Equality Florida called Florida's red wave a national warning about the DeSantis agenda of censorship and discrimination, while noting pro-equality wins including re-elected LGBTQ lawmakers and flipped school boards.
Elections
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Florida Boards of Medicine and Osteopathy Finalize Rules to Restrict Lifesaving Care for Transgender Youth
Florida's Boards of Medicine and Osteopathy finalized rules restricting gender-affirming care for transgender youth, which advocates say would make Florida the only state with such a ban in effect. Equality Florida vowed to request additional hearings.
Transgender
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Florida Boards of Medicine and Osteopathy Advance Rule to Ban Lifesaving Care for Transgender Kids
Florida's Boards of Medicine and Osteopathy advanced a proposed rule to restrict gender-affirming care for transgender youth, prompting condemnation from Transgender Equality and Equality Florida, who said anti-trans activists were prioritized in public comment.
Transgender
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Florida Board of Education Passes New Sweeping Anti-LGBTQ Rules
The Florida Board of Education unanimously passed sweeping new rules expanding enforcement of the Don't Say LGBTQ law, threatening teachers with loss of their jobs and certificates and targeting districts with transgender-inclusive bathroom policies.
LGBTQ
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Stop DeSantis
It’s time to join together to fight against a DeSantis future where abortion is banned, books are censored, election workers are terrorized, and the will of the people no longer matters.
Activism