Equality Florida

The annual Pride at the Capitol event served as a kickoff to the group’s fight for LGBTQ+ rights, and former state lawmaker Carlos Guillermo Smith is urging advocacy.

Equality Florida is helping school districts across the state, including Leon County, create inclusive LGBTQ guidelines that comply with state law.

Today, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled the 1964 Civil Rights Act banning sex discrimination in the workplace applies to LGBTQ employees. The move prohibits discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. Florida LGBTQ advocates say, despite the court's landmark decision, state lawmakers still need to pass laws protecting LGBTQ people in areas like housing and healthcare.

For more than a decade, Florida lawmakers have tried and failed to approve the Competitive Workforce Act. This year’s attempt to put statewide protections…

Building on momentum from Bay County’s first Pride Festival in June, advocates for LGBTQ equality met with about a dozen local employers in Panama City on…

The Trump Administration is considering defining gender as a person’s sex assigned at birth. The move comes at a time when LGBTQ advocacy groups across…

The largest statewide organization for LGBTQ equality in Florida issued a response to President Donald Trump’s decision to ban transgender service…

Following last year’s mass shooting at an Orlando nightclub and this year’s at the Fort Lauderdale airport, some Republican lawmakers are showing even…

Among the newest members of the Florida Legislature is Rep. Carlos Guillermo Smith (D-Orlando), the state’s first openly gay Latino lawmaker. Educational…

Equality Florida has begun dispersing the more than $9 million donors gave in the wake of Orlando’s Pulse Nightclub shooting. But that’s only half of the…