LGBTQ

A 2016 law bans non-essential travel to states with laws that discriminate.

"I just want to take a quick moment to say that I'm gay," he said in an Instagram video. "I've been meaning to do this for a while now, but I finally feel comfortable enough to get it off my chest."

The state says it will now consider bridge lighting requests as long as local governments can show 'broad public support' for them.

Florida has one of the highest populations of LGBTQ people in the country, but despite the community’s size, it remains a weak political force in the state.

The Florida Department of Transportation has rejected plans to light bridges in St. Petersburg and Sarasota in honor of Pride Month, but went back on a similar denial in Jacksonville.

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The proposal, House Bill 131, says parents have ultimate decision-making authority on issues of education, physical and mental health — but with exceptions.

Lawmakers are working to repeal a Florida law that bans same sex marriage. State courts can’t stop same sex couples from getting married due to a 2015 federal ruling. But LGBTQ advocates worry if that ruling ever gets repealed, same sex marriages in Florida won’t be protected.

The COVID-19 pandemic has made street-based sex workers even more vulnerable. Ashunte Coleman, a Black trans woman, provides health services, resources, and a safe space for her community.

A panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, in a 2-1 decision, sided with marriage and family therapists Robert Otto and Julie Hamilton, who challenged the constitutionality of the county and city ordinances.

The new term, which begins Monday, will see eight justices, not the usual nine. And because of COVID-19, once again the justices will gather by telephone hookup to hear the arguments.

Equality Florida spokesperson Brandon Wolf says that whatever Andrew Gillum does next "is going to continue to uplift and inspire LGBTQ people."