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Equality Florida’s 2019 Priority Legislative Agenda
Equality Florida released its 2019 priority legislative agenda, opposing a sweeping local-preemption bill (HB 3/SB 1748) and a Bible study bill while supporting the Florida Competitive Workforce Act, a conversion therapy ban, hate crimes expansion, marriage ban repeal, and a Foster Children's Bill of Rights.
Equality Florida Action PAC and LGBTQ Victory Fund endorse Jane Castor for Mayor of Tampa
Equality Florida Action PAC and the LGBTQ Victory Fund endorsed former Tampa Police Chief Jane Castor for Mayor of Tampa, who if elected would be the first openly LGBTQ person to lead one of Florida's five largest cities.
Equality Florida: Support Fully-Inclusive Nondiscrimination Protections in Housing, Employment, and Public Accommodations
Equality Florida joined the Human Rights Campaign, ACLU of Florida, and other organizations in reaffirming support for a fully inclusive Florida Competitive Workforce Act that would ban discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity in employment, housing, and public accommodations.
Equality Florida Responds To Supreme Court’s Actions On Transgender Military Ban
Equality Florida's Gina Duncan criticized the U.S. Supreme Court's order allowing the Trump administration's transgender military ban to take effect temporarily, calling it a slap in the face to service members and harmful to the military and the country.
Equality Florida Applauds Nikki Fried for Historic LGBTQ Protections
Equality Florida applauded Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried for updating her agency's personnel policies to include nondiscrimination protections based on sexual orientation and gender identity, the first time a state Cabinet member extended protections covering transgender employees.
Equality Florida’s Response To Amazon Bypassing Florida For New Headquarters
Equality Florida's Nadine Smith responded to reports that Florida's lack of statewide LGBTQ workplace protections hurt Miami's bid for Amazon's new headquarters, arguing the patchwork of local protections leaves the state at a competitive disadvantage.
Equality Florida Responds To Trump’s Latest Attack on Transgender People
Equality Florida's Gina Duncan responded to a reported Trump administration proposal to define gender strictly by sex assigned at birth, warning that the dehumanizing policy would fuel discrimination and violence against transgender people and urging use of #WontBeErased.
Equality Florida Challenges Rick Scott’s Broken Promise on LGBT Protections
Equality Florida filed an administrative petition seeking to compel the Rick Scott administration to enact LGBT nondiscrimination protections for state employees, which Scott's staff had committed to after the Pulse massacre but never delivered.
Equality Florida to Present “Florida Media for Equality” Award to South Florida Gay News (SFGN) at Annual Gala: Sunday, Nov. 11
Equality Florida Institute will present its Florida Media for Equality Award to South Florida Gay News (SFGN) and publisher, Norm Kent, at the organization’s 16th Annual Equality Florida Broward Gala on Sunday, November 11th at Pier Sixty-Six Hotel & Marina in Fort Lauderdale.
Equality Florida Mourns The Death of Londonn Moore
Equality Florida's Nadine Smith mourned the murder of Londonn Moore, a 20-year-old Black transgender woman killed in North Port, calling the spike in anti-transgender killings in Florida a national epidemic and again urging Governor Rick Scott to take action.