#Equality Florida

[officialrapunzelfitzherbert]

oh hey gang i have been making !!!! pride calicos !!!! little pride pins !!!! 🏳️‍🌈😽🏳️‍⚧️

whoaaa here they are

all proceeds for these will be donated to equality florida! i am sure many of you are aware now there's been some horrifying anti-trans legislation all over the US this year, particularly in florida. i moved here almost 7 years ago to make a home for myself and the people i met here gave me that, and now so many of those same people are losing their healthcare and their right to exist in public. a lot of people have left. a lot of people can't leave.

equalityfl has been doing really great work throughout all this, showing up at the capitol for every hearing and fighting on the front lines every day. i'm hoping that by supporting their work i can do a little bit to protect my trans loved ones here. so !! if you'd like to join me in that !!! and also get a cute little cat pin out of it that i made with love !!! here u are !!!

stay safe out there friends, protect each other, happy pride yall 🩷

#ive been trying to figure out the tagging system and algorithms on other platforms for so long ive forgotten abt tumblr #algorithm? i dont know her. not here #art #small shop #etsy #clay pins #pride #cats #handmade pins #equality florida

[transfloridaresources]

[Photo ID: A car's dashboard and steering wheel in the daytime. A semi translucent black box above the image has orange and white text that reads: 'Equality Florida Emergency Town Hall 02/01/24. Notes compiled by Trans Florida Resources regarding what we currently know about gender markers on Florida driver's licenses.' /End ID]

[Photo ID: A car's dashboard and steering wheel in the daytime. A semi translucent black box above the image has orange and white text that reads: 'What if my ID has already been updated? "There is no reason to believe whatsoever that a person who has a valid, not expired driver's license or ID, that reflects their gender identity, is at any risk of civil or criminal penalties." "You cannot possibly be charged with fraud or misrepresentation of information or withholding of information if you amended your gender marker in compliance with, according to, the policy that existed at the time." - Simone Chriss.' /End ID]

[Photo ID: A car's dashboard and steering wheel in the daytime. A semi translucent black box above the image has orange and white text that reads: 'What if my ID has already been updated? Do not return your ID, do not amend it back. If you are renewing your license, US citizens can do that online and the gender marker should not be affected. Non US citizens have to renew in person. In both US and non US citizen cases, as long as ANY federal document (birth certificate, passport, social security card) has the amended gender on it, it can be used to update a driver's license.' /End ID]

[Photo ID: A car's dashboard and steering wheel in the daytime. A semi translucent black box above the image has orange and white text that reads: 'What if my ID has already been updated? (A screen cap box of text reads) 'The provision that governs how the department establishes gender for a newly issued license won't change, according to the memo and Molly Best, the department's director of communications. Someone can establish their gender for a new Florida license using supporting documents such as a driver's license from another state, a US passport or a US birth certificate, among other documents." Yurcaba, J. (2024, January 30). Florida bars transgender people from changing the sex on their driver's licenses. NBC News. https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/florida-transgender-drivers-license-sex-change-gender-identity-rcna136395.' /End ID]

[Photo ID: A car's dashboard and steering wheel in the daytime. A semi translucent black box above the image has orange and white text that reads: 'What if my ID hasn't been updated? As long as you have a federal document that states your gender, you aren't affected. If you don't have one at all, that could preclude you from changing the gender marker. Florida birth certificates are no longer being amended at this time (Feb 2024) according to Simone Chriss. Passports with updated gender markers are still possible to acquire. Check out floridanamechange.org for details.' /End ID]

[Photo ID: A car's dashboard and steering wheel in the daytime. A semi translucent black box above the image has orange and white text that reads: 'What if I'm pulled over? What about voting? The police or any individual cannot judge the validity of your ID. There are many layers & courts etc. that decide "fraud." If any pushback occurs, keep referring to the ID as your identity and don't escalate the situation. Make sure your voting information matches your current ID. Any further questions or situations that arise related to this, reach out to Simone: [email protected].' /End ID]

[Photo ID: A car's dashboard and steering wheel in the daytime. A semi translucent black box above the image has orange and white text that reads: 'What else? This is only a very brief outline of everything that was discussed. The full town hall recording is available across Equality Florida's social media. This is still an ongoing topic & will change as we know more each day. Lawsuits against it will occur. This memo defied many legalities. The key thing to remember is that these things occur & are phrased as they are mostly to just incite panic & fear. Try to relax as much as possible & remember you're in a community & we're all fighting like hell together.' /End ID]

Thank you so much to Equality Florida for putting together this town hall as quickly as they did. If any information here is incorrect or you have any further questions or need clarifications, please feel free to reach out.

#florida #trans #transgender #lgbt #equality florida #current events #dmv #driver's license #town hall #emergency town hall #described

[dontmeantobepoliticalbut]

A Florida Republican thinks the state’s “Don’t Say Gay” law doesn’t go far enough and wants to expand it.

The state’s anti-LGBTQ+ “Parental Rights in Education Law,” which was signed into law last year by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R), bans the state’s schools from teaching about LGBTQ+ history and issues in grades K­­–3 and restricts the teaching of those issues “in a manner that is not age-appropriate” up to grade 12.

Earlier this week, state Rep. Adam Anderson (R) filed House Bill 1223, which would expand the law to ban “classroom instruction by school personnel or third parties on sexual orientation or gender identity” in pre-K through the eighth grade. It would also expand the law to apply to private and charter schools as well as public schools, and requires all public schools to acknowledge that “a person’s sex is an immutable biological trait and that it is false to ascribe to a person a pronoun that does not correspond to such person’s sex.”

The bill would also require teachers to call students by pronouns that align with the sex they were assigned at birth.

In a statement, Anderson said that the bill “promotes parental rights, transparency, and state standards in Florida schools. It requires that lessons for Florida’s students are age-appropriate, focused on education, and free from sexualization and indoctrination.”

Equality Florida Public Policy Director Jon Harris Maurer responded to the bill in a statement on Tuesday.

“Don’t Say LGBTQ policies have already resulted in sweeping censorship, book banning, rainbow Safe Space stickers being peeled from classroom windows, districts refusing to recognize LGBTQ History Month, and LGBTQ families preparing to leave the state altogether,” Maurer said. “This legislation is about a fake moral panic, cooked up by Governor DeSantis to demonize LGBTQ people for his own political career.”

“Governor DeSantis and the lawmakers following him are hellbent on policing language, curriculum, and culture,” Maurer continued. “Free states don’t ban books or people.”

“The DeSantis regime isn’t satisfied with a hostile takeover of traditional public schools,” he said of the bill’s expansion to include private and charter schools. “They envision a future where LGBTQ families have no school choice to find dignity or respect.”

It’s widely assumed that Gov. DeSantis will run for President on his right-wing education platform. Presidential candidate Nikki Haley has said that Florida’s law doesn’t go far enough and Donald Trump suggested changing federal law to punish any teachers that discuss trans identity in the classroom.

Numerous medical and mental health studies and associations have found hat affirming the gender identities of trans youth reduces their mental anguish and suicidality.

#us politics #news #lgbtq nation #lgbtqia+ rights #lgbtqia+ #lgbtqia+ representation #florida #gov. ron desantis #don't say gay bill #parental rights in education #adam anderson #florida legislature #Florida house of representatives #House Bill 1223 #Equality Florida #Jon Harris Maurer #censorship #book burning #book bans #fake moral panic #education #education system #2023 #fascism #conservatives #gop #republicans #gop policy #gop platform

[sixty-silver-wishes]

For fellow Florida residents- Equality Florida is offering virtual LGBT+ activism volunteer training courses on their website on certain Thursdays from 6-8 PM. Here’s the link to sign up for those who are interested!

#florida #equality florida #lgbt #lgbtqia #lgbtplus #lgbtqiia+ #gsrm #gay #lesbian #trans #trans rights #queer #activism #bisexual #asexual #intersex #queer rights #florida queer rights #lgbt activism

[interpersonalchemistry]

Hi! I'm selling 4"x6" prints of the art that I made for Pride this year. They're $6 each, and all proceeds go to Equality Florida.

Please consider checking them out or spreading the word, thanks!

#boost #pride #lgbtqia+ #equality florida #queer #trans

[tomorrowusa]

The US Department of State issues travel advisories regarding how safe it is for Americans to travel various countries. In a number of cases, the Level 4 “Do not travel” advisories are used to designate countries whose governments are openly hostile to the Americans such as Russia, Iran, North Korea, and Afghanistan.

So the NAACP, one of the oldest civil rights organizations in the US, issued a formal travel advisory advising African-Americans of the dangers of visiting Florida.

It says in part...

The travel advisory from the NAACP comes several days after The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) issued its own Florida advisory for Hispanics.

Last month, the group Equality Florida issued a memorandum with the title TRAVEL ADVISORY: FLORIDA MAY NOT BE A SAFE PLACE TO MOVE OR VISIT for people in the LGBTQ+ community. An excerpt...

And of course there’s Florida’s extremist war on reproductive rights.

Florida Passes Extreme 6-Week Abortion Ban

The DeSantis régime with its rubber-stamp legislature have declared war on anybody who is not a straight white male Christian fundamentalist Republican. It may not be a safe place for many Americans to visit or move to.

This is the DeSantis blueprint for the US if he becomes president.

The only way to defeat neo-fascists like DeSantis is to Vote Democratic and to never miss an election. A divided opposition is what let Hitler come to power after getting just 33.1% of the vote in the November 1932 Reichstag elections.

Fascists don’t grow out of fascism, they just keep piling it on. Look no further than Trump and Putin.

Complacency and fleeting crushes on third party candidates are what led to Trump in 2016. We don’t need a rerun – or a re-Ron – in our future.

#florida #ron desantis #neo-fascism #donald trump #african-americans #hispanics #lgbtq+ #reproductive rights #travel advisories #naacp #lulac #equality florida #denazify florida #election 2024

[wbtym-pod]

For Spooky month, we're raffling off a Signed Copy of @drchucktingle's Camp Damascus!

Raffle Entry Rules:

Donate $20 or more in a 1 time donation to @equalityfl & email your receipt to [email protected]

1 entry per person - Shipping limited to US/Canada - Winner Drawn 10/31

Go Here to Donate: https://act.eqfl.org/a/become-a-member

Go Here to learn more about Equality Florida: https://eqfl.org The inscription reads: To A Lucky Buckaroo <3 Chuck Tingle.

This book was hand signed by Chuck at @andersonsbookshop in Naperville, IL during his Camp Damascus book tour.

Go Here to Listen to WBTYM!: https://wbtympod.podbean.com/

#horror books #chuck tingle #tingleverse #camp damascus #charity #Charity Raffle #raffle #books #Horror Books #podcaster #podcast #reading #podcasting #Equality Florida #lgbtqia #lgbtq community #lgbtqia pride #LGBTQIA Charity

[settlercolonialismisbad]

representing where i’m from and who i am.

#parenting with pride #florida lgbt #panhandle #emerald coast #trans pride #we have always been here #queer visibility #openly queer in customer service #trans in public #florida #trans #pansexual #equality florida

[yuzu-adagio]

Three and a half hours until WEBKINZ and MIA GOMES and TRANS RIGHTS! He's the main event (12 hour donathon with a relay of queer guests!) but I'll be streaming my PoV as well! If I can figure out technology! Proceeds go 80/20 to Equality Florida or you can also just donate directly!

it's also baby's first collab for me, we'll see how that goes :D;;;

#adaginfo #equality florida #pre stream #fundraiser #vtuber uprising

[gwydionmisha]

This follows a recent travel advisory for people of colour.

#Equality Florida #Florida #Travel Advisory #LGBTQIA+ #News

[ncfcatalyst]

HRT and gender-affirming care for adults in Florida under fire

Florida is no stranger to the increase in anti-LGBTQ+ legislation that has appeared in the past few years. Many such bills have been neutralized or stopped by the efforts of groups such as Equality Florida and GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD). But on May 17, 2023, Gov. Ron Desantis signed SB 254. This bill states that administering gender-affirming care to minors will be punishable by…

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#anti-trans rhetoric #anti-transgender bill #doe v. ladapo #equality florida #gender affirming care #hrt #SB 254 #transgender healthcare

[krissiefox]

Today's Pride Month Fundraiser is for Equality Florida, a group fighting for LGBTQ rights in Florida.

#equality florida #lgbtq #pride month #pride month 2023 #pride 2023 #lgbt #fuck ron desantis #florida #fundraiser #donations #pride month fundraiser

[transfloridaresources]

Emergency Virtual Town Hall RSVP: https://act.eqfl.org/a/emergency-town-hall-anti-trans-memo Equality Florida Emergency Town Hall: New Anti-Transgender Memo on FL Driver's Licenses & IDs. Thursday, February 1st from 6:00-7:00PM ET. Speakers: Simone Chriss, Southern Legal Counsel. Quinn Diaz, Equality Florida.

#florida #trans #transgender #driver's license #virtual event #free event #town hall #equality florida

[dontmeantobepoliticalbut]

New data has revealed the staggering pressure LGBTQ+ Americans are under following the wave of homophobic and transphobic legislation that has swept US states.

The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), an LGBTQ+ nonprofit organization, revealed in data analysis published on Wednesday (16 August) that almost 80% of LGBTQ+ adults feel less safe amid the rise in right-wing laws across the US.

For trans and non-binary adults, this number is significantly higher, with more than nine in 10 (94%) feeling unsafe in the US.

Results were pulled from a Community Marketing Insight (CMI) survey as part of its 17th annual LGBTQ+ Community Survey, which HRC co-sponsored.

Questions were based upon the 550 anti-LGBTQ+ bills introduced in more than 40 states across the US since the beginning of 2023, more than 80 of which have been signed into law.

21 states in the country have enacted laws banning gender-affirming care for trans youth under the false pretence that under-18s are being put through surgeries, despite no medical organisation anywhere allowing children to undergo them.

43% of LGBTQ+ adults report that gender-affirming care bans have impacted the physical and/or mental well-being of themselves, their friends and family.

Meanwhile, over 80% of trans and non-binary adults report the same.

“Just two months after HRC declared a national state of emergency for LGBTQ+ people, this survey reveals that the current climate of hostility and fear is only growing worse,” HRC president Kelley Robinson said in a statement.

“Gender-affirming care bans are taking a detrimental toll on the physical and mental health of LGBTQ+ Americans,” she continued.

“Extremist, anti-LGBTQ+ politicians and their allies are waging a dangerous and cruel misinformation campaign that seeks to stigmatise not only gender-affirming care but transgender and non-binary people as well.”

“The rhetoric and misinformation is having a virtually universal impact on LGBTQ+ people, and further plunging us into a state of emergency that’s threatening the health and safety of every LGBTQ+ person.”

FEAR OF SAFETY SIGNIFICANTLY WORSE IN FLORIDA, DATA REVEALS

The report also revealed that LGBTQ+ people in Florida are more likely to feel anxious about their own safety following Governor Ron DeSantis’ anti-LGBTQ+ attacks.

Nearly 80% of trans and non-binary adults living in Florida have said that gender-affirming care bans impact their physical or mental health, while almost 90% have either taken steps or want to take steps to move to a new state or country.

Over 93% have said gender-affirming care bans make them feel less safe in the state.

Equality Florida executive director, Nadine Smith, said in a statement: “The results of this survey make clear that we Floridians will be repairing that damage of anti-LGBTQ+ laws passed in this state for years to come.”

“Conferences are cancelling, talent is fleeing, and the best and brightest are abandoning our universities, while LGBTQ+ people are feeling more unsafe than ever before.”

“These attacks have to stop.”

In April, the Human Rights Campaign issued a warning against LGBTQ+ travelers visiting Florida, telling potential tourists to “reconsider” any plans they may have had.

#us politics #news #pink news #lgbtqia+ #lgbtqia+ representation #lgbtqia+ rights #florida #homophobia #transphobia #Human Rights Campaign #Community Marketing Insight #17th annual LGBTQ+ Community Survey #gender-affirming care #gender-affirming care bans #Kelley Robinson #Equality Florida #Nadine Smith #2023

[sixty-silver-wishes]

IMPORTANT- TRAVEL ADVISORY WARNING

As someone who has lived in Florida all my life, it's devastating to see this, along with everything that has happened in the past few years. Nonetheless, I felt I should pass along this information; both Equality Florida and the NAACP have issued a warning against traveling to Florida for LGBT+ and Black people. It's tiresome seeing my state in the news every day and how awful the people running it are, but I want to do what I can to help keep people safe. To everyone else here, please take care. I'm so sorry things are like this right now.

#florida #florida politics #important #travel advisory warning #lgbt #equality florida #naacp #human rights

[w0rldwanderlust]

Warnings Are Out About Florida

NAACP Issues Warning for Visitors to Florida

Warnings are going out from civil rights group to tourists: Don’t go to Florida. The NAACP, the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), and Equality Florida are united in issuing travel advisories. They’re warning minority groups that Florida, a heavily tourist-centered state, is unsafe. The state of Florida “devalues and marginalizes the contributions of, and the challenges faced by…

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#equality florida #florida #jane castor #ken welch #lulac #naacp #ron desantis