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2022 Post-Florida Legislative Session Review
Equality Florida's recap of the 2022 Florida legislative session highlighted Republican-driven culture war legislation, most notably the 'Don't Say Gay' bill (HB 1557), which drew international condemnation, student walkouts, and unprecedented LGBTQ organizing.
WATCH: Governor Ron DeSantis Returns Florida To The Dark Days Of Anita Bryant
Equality Florida said Governor DeSantis is reviving the anti-LGBTQ politics of Anita Bryant by using bills like 'Don't Say Gay' as a springboard for his presidential ambitions, and urged supporters to contact lawmakers as the bill advanced through committees.
DeSantis Calls for Book Banning, Whitewashing History, and Teacher Intimidation
Equality Florida condemned the so-called 'Stop WOKE Act,' part of Governor DeSantis's censorship agenda, warning it would chill honest classroom and workplace discussions of racism, discrimination, and the origins of anti-LGBTQ violence.
Legislative Session Update: the Good, Bad, and Hopeful
An Equality Florida legislative session update reviewed the 2021 session, highlighting the Florida Commission on Human Relations' nondiscrimination win, fast-tracked anti-trans youth bills, stalled HIV modernization bills, and reproductive freedom attacks.
2018 Legislative Session Highlights
Conventional wisdom holds that Florida’s legislative sessions are quieter in election years for political reasons. Apparently no one told that to 2018!
2017 Legislative Session Briefing
"Now more than ever, our communities understand we must stand in solidarity together. An attack on one of us is truly an attack on ALL of us, and we know that we must have an intersectional approach in order to achieve full equality for the LGBTQ community."