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A.G. GancarskiNovember 23, 2015

In an exclusive interview with FloridaPolitics.com on Monday morning, Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry condemned as the “lowest forms of human behavior and bigotry” recent bomb threats and Klan flyers targeting the community conversations about potential expansion of the Human Rights Ordinance to LGBT people. Saying that “public safety is my top priority,” Curry noted the Jacksonville […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 22, 2015

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The Ku Klux Klan, arguably the first domestic terror group, has weighed in on Jacksonville’s community conversations on HRO expansion. Weighed in literally, according to reports, putting flyers from “the Loyal White Knights of the KKK” in bags and throwing them, mixed in with rice, in people’s yards. This is on the heels of a bomb threat just […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 20, 2015

If the HRO expansion passes, a turning point in the public discourse might have come from someone who tried to silence it. It’s ironic, really, that white male opponents of the expansion of the Jacksonville Human Rights Ordinance objected to locating the so-called community conversations in what they called “high-crime neighborhoods.” The worry was that those delicate […]

Melissa RossNovember 18, 2015

The Human Rights Campaign Foundation (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization is out with its 2016 Corporate Equality Index, an annual report assessing LGBT inclusion in major companies and law firms across the nation, including 21 in Florida. In an email to media outlets, the HRC champions that […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 17, 2015

FloridaPolitics.com has received a list of the panelists for Tuesday night’s “community conversation” on the potential expansion of the Jacksonville Human Rights Ordinance. They are: Cheryl Grymes, Duval County School Board Dr. Jeff Goldhagen, University of Florida Roger Gannam, Liberty Counsel Cindy Watson, JASMYN Garry Bevel, Jacksonville System of Care Initiative Joey Vaughn, Vaughn Law […]

A.G. GancarskiNovember 11, 2015

As the Jacksonville Coalition for Equality continues its push toward an expansion of the Human Rights Ordinance, one component to the group’s strategy is marshalling the support of faith leaders. On Tuesday, the JCE brought together more than 50 of them to discuss updating the HRO to include sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression […]

Melissa RossNovember 4, 2015

In the wake of last night’s defeat of an anti-discrimination ordinance in Houston, activists with the Jacksonville Coalition for Equality say they’re going to work overtime to educate the public – and prepare to do battle against any potential scare tactics that could be mounted to defeat an expanded HRO in Duval County. Prop. 1, known […]

Melissa RossOctober 20, 2015

In an email to supporters and media outlets, the Jacksonville Coalition for Equality reminds stakeholders that “10 is the magic number.” And the message goes on to name-check this website in its campaign to press Jacksonville City Council members to update the city’s human rights ordinance to cover LGBT citizens. “It will take the votes […]

Melissa RossSeptember 1, 2015

Ousted Atlantic Beach Commissioner Maria Mark had a run-in with the police Monday night. As The Florida Times-Union reported, police say Mark tried to confront a resident who supported Mark’s opponent, new Commissioner-elect John Stinson. Mark told the T-U the last straw was a “hateful sign” in the homeowner’s yard that “stated Mark should have […]

Melissa RossAugust 24, 2015

Presiding over a new City Council of fresh faces, bullish on job growth and downtown development, and pushing infrastructure improvements in rapidly fraying corners of the city, Jacksonville City Council President Greg Anderson says it’s a new era at City Hall, as his goals align with new mayor Lenny Curry. “I think the communication level has […]

Tag: HRO

Lenny Curry condemns anti-HRO flyers, bomb threat as “lowest forms of human behavior”

The KKK flyers and the Jax HRO

Case for Jax HRO expansion has been made

Email insights: Human Rights Campaign ranks Florida companies in 2016 Corporate Equality Index

Kim Davis’ Liberty Counsel lawyer on Jax HRO panel

Jacksonville Coalition for Equality trumpets faith leader support

After Houston, Jax LGBT activists say they’ve got their work cut out

Email insights: Jax Coalition for Equality says bipartisan HRO support “is growing”

LGBT equality movement stirs cross-currents in Florida

Jax Council Prez Greg Anderson: “We can’t damage our river”