Written By: Margie Manning
Executives from Tech Data, Cassidy Turley and Florida Blue are stepping up the fight to include discrimination protection for the LGBT community.
Leon County Commissioner Mary Ann Lindley will be honored Saturday by Equality Florida for her efforts to establish a domestic-partner registry for both straight and gay unmarried couples. She will be presented with the Voice for Equality Award during the Equality Florida Tallahassee Gala, which begins at 7 p.m. at Dorothy B. Oven Park.
On Thursday, April 3, the community celebrated the City of Miami Beach for achieving a perfect score of 100 points on the Human Rights Campaign’s Municipal Equality Index (MEI), making it the highest-ranking city in the State of Florida, and the second in the country. In total, 293 cities nationwide, including 15 big cities in Florida, were evaluated for the index.
