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Written By: Gina Duncan, Director of Transgender Equality

Equality Florida Applauds Introduction of HIV Modernization Bills
Common Sense Approach to Ending HIV

Robin Schwartz, Longtime LGBTQ Leader, Joins Equality Florida Staff

New Miami based Field Organizer, Shreyas Amol Jethwani is tenth South Florida team member.

Florida State Representatives Jackie Toledo, Holly Raschein, and Jennifer Webb Will Lead Fight for LGBTQ Nondiscrimination in 2020 Session

Republicans Toledo and Raschein partner with Democrat Webb on comprehensive LGBTQ civil rights legislation

Summer has come and gone, and now school is back in session. For some LGBTQ young people, this time of year is filled with dread and anxiety as they wonder if their teachers and friends will accept them.

Stratton Pollitzer, Equality Florida's Deputy Director, reflects on the 3-year remembrance of Pulse:

June 12 will forever be one of the hardest days for the LGBTQ community. On this day in 2016, hate walked into Pulse Nightclub in Orlando and opened fire. Forty-nine souls, guilty of nothing more than being themselves, were taken that night. Today and every day, we grieve for the futures they deserved but were robbed of.

The attack on Pulse changed how we see the fight for equality. If we are going to create a world where the next generation of LGBTQ folks are safe, we will have to uproot hatred, discrimination, and violence of all kinds in our culture.

Orlando, FL - Advocacy groups and organizations affiliated with homeless facilities denounce the Trump Administration’s proposed rollback of homeless shelter rights and protections for the transgender community and stand together in support of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Equal Access Rule.