Stratton Pollitzer

Stratton is the Co-Founder and Deputy Director of Equality Florida and has co-led the organization since its inception in 1997. Recognized nationally as an expert in LGBTQ nonprofit development, Stratton pioneered programs that grew Equality Florida from one of the first LGBTQ groups in the South into the largest LGBTQ state-based advocacy group in the country. A former Montessori school principal and 4th generation educator, Stratton oversees Equality Florida's Safe and Healthy Schools project, the largest LGBTQ safe schools program in any state in US history, which has trained over 40,000 principals, counselors and teachers from all 67 Florida school districts. A political science graduate of Emory University, Stratton is the recipient of the Harvey Milk Honors Medal. Stratton and his husband Christopher are the fathers of twins, Benjamin and Sarah, who are six months older than Equality Florida.