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Anti-LGBTQ Bill Moves Forward Despite Opposition From Floridians
The Florida House Subcommittee on Local, Federal, and Veterans Affairs voted 10-5 along party lines to advance Representative Bob Rommel's HB 305, which would roll back local LGBTQ employment protections; Equality Florida warned of economic backlash.
LGBTQ
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Equality Florida Highlights Attacks on LGBTQ Floridians, Calls On Lawmakers To Pass Statewide Protections
As Florida's 2020 legislative session opened with a slate of anti-LGBTQ bills drawing negative national headlines, Equality Florida supporters converged on the Capitol to urge lawmakers to pass the bipartisan Florida Competitive Workforce Act instead.
Equality Florida LGBTQ
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Equality Florida’s 2019 Year In Review
Equality Florida's 2019 Year in Review highlights growth across its programs, including the HIV Advocacy Project's expanded partnerships, media coverage, trainings, and unprecedented progress on HIV modernization legislation.
Equality Florida
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Slate of Anti-LGBTQ Bills Dominate Florida Legislative Session
Anti-LGBTQ lawmakers filed a slate of eight bills for Florida's 2020 session, including legislation that would imprison doctors up to 15 years for providing care to transgender youth; Equality Florida called on legislative leaders to denounce and defeat them.
LGBTQ
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Equality Florida’s 2020 Priority Legislative Slate
Equality Florida released its 2020 priority legislative slate, supporting the Florida Competitive Workforce Act, conversion therapy and hate crimes bills, and a marriage ban repeal, while opposing preemption bills that would roll back local LGBTQ protections.
Equality Florida
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Equality Florida, Impact Fund, NCLR Lead Civil Rights Groups Brief in Florida Appeals Court Fight to Protect Local Human Rights Ordinances
Equality Florida, the Impact Fund, and the National Center for Lesbian Rights led a coalition in filing an amicus brief urging a Florida appeals court to reverse a ruling that invalidated Orange County's Human Rights Ordinance in Yanes v. O C Food and Beverage.
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Equality Florida, Senator José Javier Rodríguez, & Representative Michael Grieco, Urge Lawmakers to Protect LGBTQ Children from Conversion Therapy
Equality Florida joined Senator Jose Javier Rodriguez and Representative Michael Grieco at the Florida Capitol to urge passage of SB 180 and HB 41, bills that would prohibit licensed professionals from practicing conversion therapy on minors.
Equality Florida LGBTQ
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The Epidemic of Transgender Violence in Florida and the Missteps that Follow
Equality Florida's Gina Duncan writes about the epidemic of anti-transgender violence in Florida, which led the nation in transgender murders, and the harm caused when law enforcement misgenders victims, urging agencies to build trust with LGBTQ communities.
Transgender
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Equality Florida Applauds Introduction of HIV Modernization Bills
Florida lawmakers Senator Jason Pizzo and Representative Nicholas Duran filed HIV modernization bills (SB 626/HB 427) to update the state's outdated HIV-specific criminal laws to reflect modern science; Equality Florida applauded the legislation.
Equality Florida