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"The government cannot excuse its indirect censorship of political speech simply by declaring the disfavored speech is 'false,'" the judge wrote.
“This bill is a broad license for health care providers and insurance companies to refuse services to people,” said Brandon Wolf, Equality Florida press secretary.
The bill would forbid defendants from claiming in court that they were temporarily incapacitated with shock over discovering a potential partner's sexual orientation or gender identity.
The Orlando restaurant Hamburger Mary's, which hosts drag brunches, sued the state over the drag ban earlier this year.
“It’s also important to acknowledge and celebrate the significance of our election for Florida’s LGBTQ community, who have been relentlessly attacked and demonized by the majority party in this Legislature over the past few years,” Smith said on Friday.
That was the finding of a NORC/Williams Institute study, but a Pew Research Center poll turned up opposite results.
The Sunshine State remains one of the biggest without such a law, but this year backers are feeling hopeful.
A GLAAD report found that Florida's gubernatorial race may be decided at the hands of the LGBTQ+ community that the state's government has been targeting.
If passed, the law would see trans and gender-nonconforming people fined up to $1,000 and jailed up to a year for using the 'wrong bathroom' in public.
"As Florida clergy who identify as LGBTQ+ and LGBTQ+ allies, it is our moral duty to be in solidarity with lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and queer/questioning people," they say.
Florida's war on progress was rejected by an unlikely figure.
Equality organizations teamed up for an advertisement that will air during next week's Republican National Convention. Mara Keisling of the National Center for Transgender Equality tells us about the message she hopes to convey.
Some Republican candidates for president want to fight the decision.
Naomi Esther Blemur's tweeted a video in support of an "ex-homosexual," along with other anti-LGBTQ+ tweets.
A U.S. House committee will consider the bill Wednesday.
Florida Republican lawmakers are looking to ban gender-affirming care, stop legal changes of gender on birth certificates, and restrict drag shows.
The number of anti-LGBTQ+ bills being signed into law has shifted in the last year, leaving advocates feeling “cautiously optimistic” over a turning of the legislative tide.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis says the state is "fighting back," but who is the enemy the anti-LGBTQ+ governor is trying to combat?
This year, for the first time, the “Day of Silence” morphed into a day of action called the “Day of (NO) Silence.”
In the face of escalating anti-trans legislation and social hostility, the transformative work of Black trans femme artists offers a beacon of hope and a bold vision for a more inclusive and compassionate future.
Republicans have had an unthinkable night, with it becoming a real possibility the party will retain control of the Senate and House, while also winning the presidency.
