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Equality Florida BLASTS DeSantis with New Television Ads To Fight LGBTQ Censorship and Surveillance Agenda
Equality Florida launched a second cable television ad targeting the 'Stop WOKE Act' and 'Don't Say Gay' bill, depicting school life under DeSantis-era censorship; the ads ran on MSNBC, CNN, and Fox News in the Tallahassee market.
Equality Florida Responds To Governor DeSantis’ Doubling Down on Anti-LGBTQ Surveillance State Agenda
Responding to Governor DeSantis emphasizing anti-LGBTQ legislation as a legislative priority, Equality Florida's Nadine Smith said he is taking a page from Anita Bryant's playbook to advance his national political ambitions through censorship and surveillance.
Equality Florida’s 2022 Legislative Slate
Equality Florida released its 2022 Legislative Slate, opposing bills including the Transgender Youth Medical Care Ban and the 'Don't Say Gay' bill, while supporting measures to repeal the trans youth sports ban and the state's same-sex marriage ban.
Equality Florida and Biden Administration Meet with Florida Parents and Transgender Youth
Equality Florida partnered with the Biden Administration to convene calls with Florida LGBTQ leaders, parents, and transgender youth, who shared with White House officials the harms of anti-transgender legislation being pushed in Tallahassee.
Statement from Equality Florida on Homophobic Attacks Following School Field Trip to Rosie’s in Wilton Manors
Equality Florida's Joe Saunders defended a Wilton Manors Elementary School field trip to Rosie's, a longtime community restaurant, calling attempts to portray the lunch outing as a nightclub visit a manufactured moral panic rooted in anti-LGBTQ bigotry.
Equality Florida Mourns Royal Poetical Starz, a Black transgender woman brutally murdered in Miami Gardens
Equality Florida mourned Royal Poetical Starz, a 26-year-old Black transgender woman fatally shot in Miami Gardens on October 2, the 40th known transgender or nonbinary person murdered that year; police misgendering and deadnaming delayed awareness of her death.
Equality Florida Executive Director Nadine Smith To Receive the Key to St. Petersburg
Equality Florida Co-Founder and Executive Director Nadine Smith will receive the Key to the City of St. Petersburg, the mayor's highest civilian honor, from Mayor Rick Kriseman at an October 14 City Council ceremony.
Equality Florida Action PAC Announces Endorsement of Ken Welch for Mayor of St. Petersburg
Equality Florida Action PAC endorsed Ken Welch in his campaign for mayor of St. Petersburg, citing his record advancing LGBTQ nondiscrimination protections in Pinellas County; if elected, Welch would be the city's first Black mayor.
Equality Florida Staff Serve on United States Commission on Civil Rights’ Florida Advisory Committee
Equality Florida Executive Director Nadine Smith was reappointed as Chair of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights' Florida Advisory Committee, and Media Relations Manager Brandon Wolf was appointed to the committee for the first time.
Equality Florida Action PAC Endorses Todd Delmay For Florida HD 100 As First 2022 State Legislative Endorsement
Equality Florida Action PAC announced its first 2022 state legislative endorsement, backing Todd Delmay for Florida House District 100; if elected, Delmay, a plaintiff in Florida's marriage equality lawsuit, would be the fifth openly gay man in the Florida House.