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Update on Florida's Birth Certificate Lawsuit

Equality Florida's Transgender Inclusion Initiative announces statewide TransAction Florida Speakers Bureau to commemorate the Day of Visibility and to fight transgender discrimination.

FL House & Senate Avert Disaster of Expanded Pastor Protection Bill

Legislature to clarify controversial measure and simply reaffirm current law

Written By: Gina Duncan, Transgender Inclusion Director

FL House Committee to Vote on a Bill that Could Lead
to Extreme Anti-LGBT Legislation

Senate Judiciary Committee stated support for expanding the bill yesterday

Florida Experts Debunk The Transgender “Bathroom Predator” Myth

The 2016 legislative session is shaping up to be critical for Florida’s LGBT community. With the 60-day session officially kicking off January 12th 2016, lawmakers are already filing bills that would have good and bad outcomes for our community. That’s why we need you to join us on the front lines in Tallahassee on January 25th and 26th for Equality Florida’s Annual Lobby Days!

Here’s the good, the bad, and the ugly of legislation we are already seeing this year:

THE GOOD:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Monday, January 11th, 2016

CONTACT:
Carlos Guillermo Smith / [email protected]

Equality Florida Applauds Sobel & Jenne for Domestic Partnership Bills

Statewide Domestic Partner Registry offers basic protections for all families ​even after marriage equality

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Media Contacts:
NCLR: Erik Olvera | [email protected]
EQFL: Jim Harper | [email protected]

Same-Sex Couples Ask Federal Court to Order Florida State Officials to Treat Them Equally and List Both Parents on their Children’s Birth Certificates