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Late Wednesday, House Republican leaders filed an amendment to an unrelated charter schools bill (SB 1028 – Hutson) that would effectively ban trans kids from playing sports with their peers. [Read more…] about Florida Legislators Broker Backroom Deal to Ban Trans Children from Sports
The Miami Heat and the eSport giant Misfits Gaming have joined the growing list of sports leaders and business organizations condemning bans that would prevent transgender children from playing sports in school. [Read more…] about Florida Sports Organizations Join Growing Opposition To Anti-Trans Youth Sports Ban
Bills that are drawing universal criticism for seeking to ban transgender kids from playing sports in school may cause Florida to forfeit major sporting events. [Read more…] about FL Legislature Risks Losing NCAA Events By Fast Tracking Trans Sports Bans
On Tuesday, the Florida Senate Education Committee advanced a bill that would ban transgender children from playing sports in school. [Read more…] about Equality Florida Calls for an End To Attacks on Trans Youth in the FL Senate
Ahead of its first committee hearing on Wednesday, Duke University Law Professor Doriane Coleman, whose research is cited as evidence of the need for a ban on transgender athletes, issued a letter to Florida legislators in opposition to HB 1475, a bill that would universally ban transgender youth from participating in sports. [Read more…] about Professor Cited in Defense of Trans Sports Ban Bill Urges Defeat of HB 1475
Lawmakers in the state legislature have joined in a national, coordinated effort to undermine the wellbeing of transgender youth, introducing legislation to bar those young people from participating in sports with their peers and criminalize doctors who provide affirming care. [Read more…] about Equality Florida and Allies Call for an End to Attacks on Trans Kids
This morning the Senate Criminal Justice Committee passed an expansion of Florida’s hate crimes statute by a 4-2 vote. [Read more…] about Equality Florida Celebrates Passage of Hate Crimes Law Expansion Through Senate Criminal Justice Committee
In a victory for LGBTQ Floridians, the agency that enforces state civil rights law has affirmed that discrimination in employment, housing, and public accommodations based on sexual orientation and gender identity is illegal. [Read more…] about VICTORY: Florida Will Protect LGBTQ Civil Rights
Florida House District 2 candidate Cris Dosev recently released a false and transphobic ad attacking the incumbent office holder, State Representative Alex Andrade. [Read more…] about Equality Florida Condemns Blatant Transphobia from House Candidate Cris Dosev
As the nation marks four years since the tragic shooting at Pulse Nightclub that left 49 mostly LGBTQ people of color dead, Equality Florida, in its ongoing commitment to honor the victims with action, is announcing the launch of its largest election program in the organization’s history. [Read more…] about Equality Florida honors victims of Pulse Nightclub tragedy, racial violence; launches largest-ever election program
