Today, Equality Florida, the statewide civil rights organization dedicated to securing full equality for Florida’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community, and the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) called on lawmakers to abandon an anti-LGBT bill that will enable discrimination — with taxpayer dollars — against prospective LGBT foster and adoptive parents, and place children…
WASHINGTON – The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) and Equality Florida today strongly condemned a vote by the Florida House Judiciary Committee in favor of an adoption bill that would enable discrimination – with taxpayer dollars – against prospective LGBT parents, and place children seeking a permanent home at continued risk. “This flies in the face…
Seizing on the growing momentum for transgender equality nationwide and across the state, Equality Florida has launched TransAction Florida, a statewide initiative created to increase awareness and to educate and promote complete equality for the transgender community. This month Florida hit the tipping point, with 50% of the population currently protected from gender identity and…
Former Florida Governor Charlie Crist has filed an amicus brief today in support of the marriage equality lawsuit Pareto v. Ruvin, which is set for a hearing July 2 before Judge Sarah Zabel in the Eleventh Judicial Circuit Court in Miami. Judge Zabel will hear from attorneys who filed a lawsuit in January on behalf of…
Spurred on by two landmark Supreme Court victories, LGBT activists are pressing hard to overturn state bans on same-sex marriage in Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Virginia. But, warns Howard Simon, the executive director of ACLU of Florida, don’t expect any substantive changes in the near future for the sunshine state. “I don’t want to build…
