News release from Equality Florida:
In the News
Source: South Florida Gay News
Source: The Miami Herald
Source: Tampa Bay Times
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Source: Central Florida Future
By Ida Eskamani
Source: Independent News
Local Love Stories and the Heart of the Marriage Equality Movement
by Jessica Forbes
Imagine waiting 40 years to marry the person you love.
Source: Orlando Weekly
Source: Sun Sentinel
Source: Freedom To Marry
Sep 25, 2013 at 10:00 am
Source: 83 Degrees Media
Seated in a downtown St. Petersburg coffee shop, Nadine Smith holds court at a window side table. She keeps a frenetic pace between checking e-mail on her laptop and responding to incoming text messages.
Source: Sun Sentinel
More local governments and businesses are telling their employees — gay and straight — that wedding bells don't have to ring for them to get the same benefits their married co-workers are receiving.
Marriage equality advocates hope those initiatives are creating momentum for more significant changes in Florida, which does not permit same-sex marriage and has no statewide domestic partnership registry.
Source: South Florida Gay News
On Thursday, Sept. 12, Equality Florida will host Equality Means Business, a roundtable showcasing local business VIPs who’ll discuss how workplace diversity and protection have made them, well, richer.
Equality Florida's Michael Farmer Discusses Atrocities Occurring in Russia Toward the LGBT Community -
Source: myfoxorlando.com
An interview with Equality Florida's Statewide Field Director, Michael Farmer, on FOX35 in Orlando discussing the atrocities occurring in Russia towards the LGBT community. To watch the video, click here.
Source: Gay South Florida
Source: WTXL ABC 27
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) -- Tallahassee city leaders are the latest to criticize Russia's laws that discriminate against homosexuals.
The issue came up during Wednesday's city commissioner meeting after city leaders received a letter from Nadine Smith, Chief Executive Officer of Florida Equality.
Source: Tampa Tribune
BY CHRISTOPHER O’DONNELL
Tribune staff
Tribune staff
Published: August 14, 2013
As host to Florida’s largest gay pride festival, St. Petersburg has prided itself on its inclusiveness and lauded its progressive employment policies for same-sex couples.
Now, a gay rights group wants the city to sever its ties with its namesake city because of recent antigay legislation passed in Russia.
Source: WMNF 88.5
The LGBT rights group Equality Florida sent a letter this week to the Mayor of St. Petersburg and city council asking that the city suspend its relationship with St. Petersburg, Russia because of recent anti-gay violence and legislation.
We interviewed Nadine Smith, executive director of Equality Florida.
Note: St. Pete's relationship with its Russian namesake is not an official Sister City designation; St. Pete's Sister City is Takamatsu, Japan.
Source: Gay South Florida
GAINESVILLE- On Tuesday, August 13, the Alachua County Commission voted 4-0 to add employment, housing and public accommodation protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender residents.
“We are thrilled Alachua County has joined the 24 other Florida cities and counties as well as 84% of the nation’s largest employers that already have these protections,” said Mallory Garner-Wells, Public Policy Director for Equality Florida. “Now, all residents of Alachua County will be protected against discrimination based on who they are.”