Staff ReportsSeptember 14, 2022
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Crist called DeSantis a 'nightmare' and called him out for an anti-equality agenda.
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Staff ReportsSeptember 14, 2022
Jacob OglesJune 30, 2021
5min1677
The Broward County girl has played girls' soccer since age 7.
Jacob OglesMay 20, 2021
5min945
It's the latest sign the GOP intends to lean on the wedge issue in 2022.
Ryan NicolJuly 22, 2020
6min455
The national LGBTQ rights group is endorsing eight candidates in total in contests across the state.
Janelle Irwin TaylorMarch 28, 2019
5min265
All come from groups supporting LGBTQ equality.
A.G. GancarskiJune 26, 2018
2min225
On Tuesday evening, the Jacksonville Transgender Action Committee will petition the City Council for awareness and action to end a horrifying trend: the killing of transgender women in the city. As the Human Rights Campaign, a group which focuses on issues of LGBT equity, notes, no fewer than three transgender women have been killed in Jacksonville this […]
Scott PowersJune 19, 2018
2min722
The national Human Rights Campaign, the nations’ largest LGBTQ civil rights organization, has endorsed the re-election bid of Democratic U.S. Rep. Darren Soto in Florida’s 9th Congressional District. The endorsement is part of Soto’s efforts to shore up the progressive wing of the Democratic Party as he prepares for the August 28 Democratic primary showdown […]
Mitch PerryOctober 19, 2017
4min217
Orlando, St. Petersburg, Wilton Manors, and West Palm Beach each achieved a perfect 100 on the Human Rights Campaign’s annual Municipal Equality Index, the only nationwide rating system of LGBTQ inclusion in municipal law, policy and services. All told, 68 cities across the country achieved the top score from the organization. “‘This year’s MEI paints a vivid […]
A.G. GancarskiSeptember 28, 2017
3min344
FloridaPolitics.com obtained a confidential copy of a draft version of the Human Rights Campaign’s municipal equality index. And Jacksonville is better positioned than ever before, scoring a 67 out of a potential 100 — a clear consequence of the city adding LGBT citizens to its Human Rights Ordinance this year. The leadership gets 4 out […]
Associated PressDecember 5, 2016
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One thing you can count on during inauguration season in Washington: People of all stripes will find a reason to show up — whether it’s to celebrate or commiserate. There are parties and protests to attend, stars to gawk at, receptions to be worked, deals to be done, drinks to be consumed. Less than two […]