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Equality Florida is a political advocacy group that advocates for civil rights and protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer residents of the U.S. state of Florida. Equality Florida consists of two organizations - Equality Florida Institute, Inc., the 501(c)(3) educational charity and Equality Florida Action, Inc., the 501 ...
Florida Woman Suffrage Association, formed in January 1893. [2] Men's Suffrage League of Orlando, created March 1914. [3] Milton Equal Suffrage League, formed in 1914. [4] National Woman's Party. [5] Orlando Suffrage League, formed 1913. [6] Pensacola Equal Suffrage League, created in 1914. [7] Political Equality Club, created in February 1913. [8]
The St. Petersburg Human Rights Ordinance is a law that was passed in January 2002 in St. Petersburg, Florida. This law added sexual orientation as a protected status in housing, employment, and public accommodations. This movement was led by Equality Florida's leader Nadine Smith. The law took years to pass due to overruling in city meetings.
Nadine Smith (born August 27, 1965) is an LGBT activist and has been the executive director of Equality Florida since its inception in 1997 and serves as a legislative lobbyist, living in Tallahassee during session.
Since returning to Equality Florida he has held campaign positions in high-profile campaigns including the re-election campaign of St. Peterburg Mayor Rick Kriseman, [11] the historic election of Fort Lauderdale's first LGBTQ Mayor Dean Trantalis, [12] the successful effort to unseat anti-LGBTQ incumbent Florida State Senator Daphne Campbell ...
Equality Across America: 2009: National Equality March: Dissolved Equality Federation: 1997: Active Family Equality Council: 1979: Fight OUT Loud: 2007: Fine By Me: 2003: Merged into Atticus Circle: Freedom to Marry: 2003: Marriage equality: Dissolved Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network (GLSEN) 1990: Gay Liberation Front#United States ...
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In April 2023, Florida LGBT advocacy group Equality Florida issued a travel advisory for LGBTQ people to avoid visiting or moving to the state. [5] [6] The following May, the Human Rights Campaign signed on to the travel advisory, citing legislation recently signed by Governor DeSantis, while stopping short of calling for a boycott of the state ...