Anne GeggisFebruary 22, 2022
4min0
Opinions on the bills split Democrats and Republicans, poll finds.
Tag: sexual orientation
Anne GeggisFebruary 22, 2022
Scott PowersFebruary 3, 2021
6min2177
LGBTQ persons in Florida are now protected from housing and workforce discrimination.
Janelle Irwin TaylorAugust 16, 2019
4min369
The same effort died early in the 2019 Legislative Session.
Ryan NicolMarch 7, 2019
3min637
Legislators say the state's lack of affordable housing motivated the move.
Staff ReportsJanuary 18, 2019
4min3303
Fried says she won't "tolerate discrimination ... on any basis"
Mitch PerryOctober 16, 2017
3min583
Will 2018 finally be the year that a statewide ban against discrimination against the LGBTQ community in employment, housing and public accommodations becomes the law of the land in Florida? Once again, the Competitive Workforce Act (HB 347) has been filed in the Florida House of Representatives, this time by St. Petersburg Democrat Ben Diamond […]
Jim RosicaSeptember 11, 2015
3min215
State Sen. Jeff Clemens on Friday filed a Senate companion bill (SB 258) to a piece of House legislation that aims to outlaw sexual conversion therapy on patients under 18. Conversion therapy generally refers to a course of treatment, including talk therapy, to change one’s orientation from homosexual to heterosexual. Last Thursday, state Rep. David Richardson, a […]
Melissa RossAugust 21, 2015
3min264
Florida attorney Roger Gannam, who spoke out against adding sexual orientation and gender identity to the Atlantic Beach human rights ordinance in 2014, is now involved with the defense of a Kentucky county clerk who has religious objections to marrying same-sex couples. On Monday, U.S. District Judge David Bunning ordered Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis to issue […]
Guest AuthorJuly 20, 20157min282
With the U.S. Supreme Court ruling on marriage for gay couples, Florida leaders have an important decision to make when it comes to our national and international reputation. Will we be a state that embraces equality and fairness or will we be seen as a state that resists progress and shuns diversity? The Supreme Court […]