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In April 2023, Florida LGBT advocacy group Equality Florida issued a travel advisory for LGBTQ people to avoid visiting or moving to the state. [5] [6] The following May, the Human Rights Campaign signed on to the travel advisory, citing legislation recently signed by Governor DeSantis, while stopping short of calling for a boycott of the state ...
Equality Florida is a political advocacy group that advocates for civil rights and protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer residents of the U.S. state of Florida. Equality Florida consists of two organizations - Equality Florida Institute, Inc., the 501(c)(3) educational charity and Equality Florida Action, Inc., the 501 ...
DeSantis signed the law, called the Parental Rights in Education Act, in 2022. The state expanded it last year . It restricts classroom instruction on gender identity and sexual orientation.
Florida, challenging Florida's statutory same-sex marriage ban enacted in 1977. The lawsuit was voluntarily dismissed after extensive discussions with LGBT rights legal experts who suggested that Baehr v. Miike, a same-sex marriage case from Hawaii, would be a better first test on this issue. [28]
Florida’s so-called “Don’t Say Gay” law has brought national attention to our state, and some people are wondering whether they should still visit. Dear Lois: For years, my husband and I ...
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This initial event was a galvanizing force for LGBT political activism, and argued by some to be the birth of the gay rights movement, in the United States and around the world. [104] [105] The world's first pride parade occurred on the 1st anniversary (28 June 1970). It's also known as International LGBT Pride Day. [106] Transgender History ...
Lawrence Keefe takes the Oath of Office as the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Florida from Mark Walker, left, Chief United States District Judge on April 12, 2019 in Tallahassee, Fla ...