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Visibility and Education Can Make All the Difference By: Alejandro Acosta, HIV Project Coordinator  

Meet the Interns: Morgan Woodle (Field Intern)   1. Tell us a little about yourself…

Equality Florida Applauds Vote Rejecting Attack on Consitutional Right to Privacy Measure Expected Return for Vote By the Full Constitutional Review Commission  

Equality Florida's Statement on Amazon Relocation ​

Equality Florida to Honor Sponsors of Jacksonville's  Human Rights Ordinance Jacksonville CIty Council Vice President Aaron Bowman, City Council Member Jim Love and City Council Member Tommy Hazouri will receive the Voice for Equality Award at Equality Florida's annual Greater Jacksonville Gala  

Equality Florida to Honor Regions Bank, Tampa City Councilman at Annual Gala  Regions Bank will receive the Corporate Voice for Equality Award and Tampa CIty Councilman Guido Maniscalco will receive the Ally for Equality Award at Equality Florida's Tampa Gala  

 

Equality Florida 2018 Legislative Agenda

Amid nationwide rise in anti-LGBTQ legislation on the state level, GLAAD and Equality Florida release guide for reporting on LGBTQ issues in Florida  

  FLORIDA’S PATCHWORK OF LGBTQ NONDISCRIMINATION PROTECTIONS MIRRORS NATIONWIDE REPORT BY U.S. COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS

Florida Small Business Owners Support Equality for LGBTQ People New Polling Finds Majority Support for Nondiscrimination Protections    

  Equality Florida Applauds Bipartisan Filing of the Florida Competitive Workforce Act The legislation will prohibit discrimination against LGBTQ Floridians

   

 

By Alejandro Acosta HIV Advocacy Project Coordinator

On Tuesday, the Miami-Dade Board of Commissioners rejected a proposed ban on conversion therapy, a harmful practice I can speak to all too well. After 23 years in the conversion therapy and ex-gay world I tried everything to change my sexual orientation as a gay man, nothing worked. I was a respected "ex-gay" leader, an ordained minister, as well as the Executive Vice President of Exodus International and spoke out frequently about "change" and "freedom from homosexuality."

ORLANDO, FL — Today Attorney General Jeff Sessions issued new guidance that gives a “license to discriminate” to federal agencies, contractors and grantees seeking religious exemptions from federal laws, rules and regulations.