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Resistance Report Week 7: 3 Anti-LGBTQ bills passed the House
Equality Florida's Week 7 Resistance Report covered the Florida House passing three anti-LGBTQ bills targeting transgender people, including the Anti-Drag Bill heading to DeSantis's desk, and the Board of Education expanding Don't Say LGBTQ through 12th grade.
Resistance Report Week 6: The Fight Back & Protests Continue
Equality Florida's Week 6 Resistance Report covered the advancing Anti-Trans Bathroom Bill and Rep. Webster Barnaby's hate-filled rant calling transgender people 'mutants, demons, and imps,' prompting calls for his resignation.
Resistance Report Week 5: They’re rubber stamping DeSantis’ Slate of Hate – But we’re still fighting back
Equality Florida's Week 5 Resistance Report noted the Republican supermajority rubber-stamping DeSantis's Slate of Hate, including the gender-affirming care criminalization bill and an anti-drag bill amendment targeting pride parades.
Resistance Report Week 4: Bad Bills Head to the Floor
Equality Florida's Week 4 Resistance Report, marking Transgender Day of Visibility, covered a student-led March for Queer and Trans Youth Autonomy at the Capitol as anti-LGBTQ bills including SB 254 headed to floor votes.
Resistance Report Week 1: What can you do to get involved?
Equality Florida's Resistance Report covered the advancement of SB 254, criminalizing gender-affirming care, through its final committee stop, and the Trans Ban bill HB 1421, including a strike-all amendment forcing detransition of minors and banning telehealth for adults.
Resistance Report Week 3: The Attacks are Escalating
Equality Florida's Week 3 Resistance Report detailed escalating attacks as SB 254 cleared its final committee stop and the Trans Ban HB 1421 advanced, after Republicans rejected an amendment to allow care preventing suicide in severe gender dysphoria cases.
Resistance Report Week 2: Here’s what you need to know
Equality Florida's Week 2 Resistance Report recapped the Pride at the Capitol kickoff and the advancement of bad bills including the Don't Say LGBTQ expansion and the bill criminalizing gender-affirming care, with calls to contact lawmakers.
Equality Florida’s Statement on #BlackLivesMatter
Equality Florida's Black Lives Matter Statement Today is the 48th Anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark Loving v. Virginia decision that ended the ban on interracial marriages nationwide. It is a case invoked often in the arguments in favor of marriage equality.
The high cost of discrimination for Florida businesses
A new report from the Equality Means Business coalition found that workplace discrimination against LGBT employees costs Florida employers more than $362 million a year in lost productivity and turnover, making the economic case for statewide nondiscrimination protections.
NAACP’s Evolution on Marriage Equality Began Decades ago
This isn't the first time the NAACP has stepped out on principle for an issue that affects the lives of LGBT people. Nor is it the first time they will experience a predictable, orchestrated backlash. Those of us celebrating their decision to support marriage equality must now also step up on the organizations behalf.