Associated PressDecember 7, 2020
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Transgender students will still be able to use bathrooms and locker rooms that align with their gender identity.
Tag: transgenderThis exhibit celebrates late-blooming artistry, proving it’s never too late for bold creativity.
Associated PressDecember 7, 2020
A.G. GancarskiMay 2, 2020
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Could city appeal to Supreme Court?
Sarah MuellerFebruary 3, 2020
5min412
Sixteen-year-old Asher Johnson said he transitioned as a matter of survival, not choice.
Sarah MuellerFebruary 3, 2020
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Critics of the bill say decisions about medical care for their children should be left up to parents.
Jacob OglesFebruary 3, 2020
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Group fears attacking youth based on gender identity will bring dire consequence.
Ryan NicolDecember 10, 2018
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Retiring U.S. Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen gave her farewell speech on the floor on the U.S. House Monday, offering a retrospective of her career and a “thank you” to her constituents in Florida’s 27th Congressional District. Ros-Lehtinen, 66, first announced her intent to retire in April 2017. She has served in the House for almost three […]
A.G. GancarskiJune 27, 2018
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Gov. Rick Scott, in Jacksonville Tuesday on a campaign stop, was compelled to address a recent spate of murders of local transgender women. In recent months, three were killed. Concern is galvanizing the local LGBT community and is eliciting action from Equality Florida, which held a media conference at Jacksonville City Hall contemporaneously to Scott’s event on Jacksonville’s Westside. […]
Les NeuhausFebruary 23, 2017
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Rep. Randy Fine introduced HB 17 simply as a measure to keep commerce moving on an upward trajectory under the leadership of local governments, flourishing enough to bring prosperity to their respective communities. “Its intent is to help businesses thrive and grow – that’s its purpose,” Fine told FloridaPolitics.com by telephone on Thursday from Tallahassee. […]
Associated PressOctober 2, 2016
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Florida health officials say they will not fight a judge’s order that would change the gender on a transgender teen’s birth certificate from female to male. The Department of Health told the Miami Herald that it will comply with Leon Circuit Judge Karen Gievers‘ order to change the marker on the 15-year-old Fort Lauderdale resident’s […]
A.G. GancarskiJune 3, 2016
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School may be ending soon throughout Florida’s 4th Congressional District, but there’s no summer vacation when it comes to politicizing the issue of school bathrooms. On Friday, CD 4 Republican candidate Bill McClure issued a statement expressing “outrage” over a “federal directive on Florida and the country, forcing schools to allow transgender students to use the […]