Equality Florida

This was one of those rare and beautiful moments in our work. What Janice experienced - losing your life partner and being denied access to her during her final hours - is unimaginable. Last night's forum was an important step in the healing process - huge thanks to Janice for her incredible co...

(TAMPA) Equality Florida commends the Tampa City Council for expanding non-discrimination protections to those who live, work and visit the city. Tampa is the latest city in Florida to add “gender identity” to its human rights ordinance that bans discrimination in housing, employment and public a...

Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer has weighed in on the recent attack on the Orlando Gay and Lesbian Communiy Center and surrounding gay businesses. Equality Florida has joined community leaders in denouncing the acts and the steady increase in anti-gay hate crimes.For Immediate ReleaseTues. November 17, ...

On Sunday night homophobic slurs were spray-painted on the exterior of The Center, Orlando's LGBT community center. A nearby store, a gay-owned store, was also targeted. A swastika, "Die Fags" and "Go to Hell" were some of the items painted on.The center is now collecting donations for a security...

The Saint Petersburg Times published the following editorial on Alex Sink, Equality Florida's "Voice for Equality" award recipient. Alex headlined the 2009 Equality Florida Broward Gala on Sunday evening, Nov. 15.A Times EditorialA stand against hypocrisyIn Print: Tuesday, November 17, 2009http:/...

NOTE: Alex Sink headlined Equality Florida's Broward Gala Sunday evening and received the 2009 "Voice for Equality" award, our highest honor. LGBT champion, Sen. Nan Rich, who is working hard to overturn the adoption ban, introduced Alex.Here is Alex Sink's official statement on the issue:"I sup...

Longtime Rutgers Professor, Community Activist, Gay-Rights Pioneer Hilda Hidalgo Loses Cancer FightNovember 12, 2009(Newark, N.J., Nov. 12, 2009) – Professor Emerita Hilda Hidalgo, 81, is being mourned by the Rutgers University community, scores of former students, and numerous others, including ...

Senate Leadership Commits to Marriage Vote in 2009Last night, for the first time ever, LGBT New Yorkers received a commitment from the Senate Majority to vote on the marriage equality bill in the next six weeks.Here's the statement from Austin Shafran, spokesman for the Senate Majority Conference...

Last weekend the House of Representatives passed a groundbreaking Health Care reform bill. After a successful lobbying effort from national LGBT organizations, five provisions were added to the bill to ensure that the LGBT community will benefit from this legislation. Included in this bill are pr...

The Florida Competitive Workforce Bill would simply add sexual orientation and gender identity and expression to Florida's civil rights law that bans discrimination in housing, employment and public accommodations. Please click here to endorse this important and overdue legislation.