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Equality Florida Action PAC Endorses Shevrin Jones for Senate District 35
Equality Florida Action PAC announced its first endorsement of the 2020 election, backing Representative Shevrin Jones for Florida Senate District 35; if elected, Jones would become the first openly gay member of the Florida Senate.
Equality Florida
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#HonorThemWithAction Campaign Reaches Over 143 Million People
Equality Florida's #HonorThemWithAction campaign reached over 143 million people worldwide and was mentioned in more than 35,000 social media posts, with support from figures including Elizabeth Warren, Nancy Pelosi, and March for Our Lives.
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Equality Florida’s Stratton Pollitzer Reflects On 3-Years Since Pulse
Equality Florida Deputy Director Stratton Pollitzer reflects on the third anniversary of the Pulse massacre, recalling the record-setting $9.5 million GoFundMe campaign and the launch of the Safe and Healthy Schools project to uproot bias in schools.
Equality Florida
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Remember And Honor The 49 With Action
Marking three years since the Pulse Nightclub massacre that killed 49 people, Equality Florida urged supporters to honor the victims with action through its #HonorThemWithAction campaign and listed the names of all 49 victims.
Equality Florida
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Big Win for LGBTQ-Owned Businesses in St. Petersburg
The St. Petersburg City Council voted to include majority LGBTQ-owned businesses in the city's Small Business Enterprise program, helping them compete for city contracts alongside other minority-owned businesses.
LGBTQ
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Advocates Support Equal Access for All in Homeless Shelters
Thirty local, state, and national organizations, including Equality Florida, denounced the Trump administration's proposed rollback of HUD's Equal Access Rule and stood in support of protections requiring homeless shelters to house transgender people by their gender identity.
Equality
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Advocates Support Equal Access for All in Homeless Shelters
Equality Florida joined 30 organizations opposing the Trump administration's proposed rollback of HUD's Equal Access Rule, which requires homeless shelters to house transgender people according to their gender identity.
Equality
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Equality Florida Condemns FL Representative Mike Hill’s Homophobic Remarks
Equality Florida condemned Florida Representative Mike Hill (R-Pensacola) after an audio recording captured him laughing along with a constituent who suggested legislation requiring LGBTQ people be put to death, and called on him to apologize.
Equality Florida
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Alachua County Passes Ban On Conversion Therapy
Alachua County unanimously voted to ban so-called conversion therapy on minors, becoming the first county in North Florida to prohibit the discredited practice as a form of child abuse.
Transgender
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Advocates Stand in Support of HUD’s Equal Access Rule
Advocacy groups and homeless-services organizations issued a joint statement opposing the Trump administration's proposed rollback of HUD's Equal Access Rule, which requires sex-segregated shelters to house transgender people according to their gender identity.
Equality