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Florida Competes Commends FCHR for Recognizing Federal Bostock Ruling as Florida Standard
The business coalition Florida Competes applauded the Florida Commission on Human Relations for affirming, under the Supreme Court's Bostock ruling, that discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity is illegal statewide.
VICTORY: Florida Will Protect LGBTQ Civil Rights
The Florida Commission on Human Relations announced it will fully implement the Supreme Court's Bostock ruling and investigate anti-LGBTQ discrimination claims, meaning LGBTQ Floridians statewide are protected from discrimination in employment, housing, and public accommodations.
President Biden reverses ban on transgender service members, stakes LGBTQ issues as top priority
Equality Florida welcomed President Biden's reversal of the ban on transgender military service members, while stressing that lasting protection requires Congress to pass the Equality Act and codify nondiscrimination protections into law.
Biden-Harris Administration Sign LGBTQ Executive Order On Day One
Equality Florida's Joe Saunders praised President Biden's Day One executive order implementing the Supreme Court's Bostock ruling to extend sexual orientation and gender identity protections across all federal agencies.
Equality Florida Hires Largest Statewide LGBTQ Election Team in US
Equality Florida announced the largest statewide LGBTQ election team in the U.S., growing its staff to 16 as it worked to mobilize over 560,000 pro-equality voters in Florida for the 2020 election cycle.
Jason Brodeur’s Anti-LGBTQ Record Prompts Florida’s Largest LGBTQ PAC To Set the Record Straight with $125,000 Ad Campaign
Equality Florida Action PAC announced an unprecedented $125,000 ad campaign to remind 130,000 Florida Senate District 9 voters of candidate Jason Brodeur's record sponsoring a 2015 bill that would have let state-funded adoption agencies discriminate against gay and lesbian couples.
Equality Florida, Step Up For Students partner to expand culture of inclusion for LGBTQ students
Equality Florida partnered with Step Up For Students to expand its Safe and Healthy Schools LGBTQ awareness training to private schools serving scholarship students, seeded by $1 million Step Up raised for the multi-year program.
Historic Night for Black LGBTQ Candidates in Florida
Equality Florida celebrated history-making 2020 primary wins by Black LGBTQ candidates Shevrin Jones and Michele Rayner and the defeat of anti-LGBTQ incumbents including Rep. Mike Hill, Rep. Kimberly Daniels, and Rep. Al Jacquet.
LGBTQ Organizations Unite in Calling for Transformational Change in Policing
More than 400 civil rights organizations, including LGBTQ groups, signed a letter calling for transformational change in policing, including divesting police funding, ending qualified immunity, and shifting first-responder duties away from armed officers.
U.S. Supreme Court Makes Major Decision on LGBTQ Civil Rights
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that firing someone for being LGBTQ violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act