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Jacksonville, Fla. to consider ban on discrimination based on sexual orientation
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- A coalition of business organizations and elected officials are backing legislation to ban anti-gay discrimination which is set to be introduced at next week's Jacksonville, Fla.,...
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Jacksonville lawmakers reject adding LGBT protections to human rights ordinance
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The Jacksonville City Council on Wednesday voted down a bill that would have expanded that city's human rights ordinance to include protections for LGBT citizens in the areas of...
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States fight discrimination toward gay foster kids
Sixto Cancel says his ultra-religious foster family frequently talked about their disdain for his homosexuality at the dinner table, trashed his room and called him homophobic slurs. While he was still...
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Children’s museum calls cops, threatens LGBT-supportive kids with trespassing
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- A children's museum in Jacksonville, Fla., on Saturday allegedly notified police and threatened a group of children with trespassing after they delivered a petition asking the...
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U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio to headline anti-gay fundraiser
The Florida Family Policy Council (FFPC) announced today that it will host U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) at its 2013 Annual Policy Awards Dinner in Orlando on Saturday.
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Couple files federal lawsuit challenging Florida’s ban on same-sex marriage
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- A second lawsuit has been filed challenging Florida's constitutional ban on same-sex marriage, this time in federal court.
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Some Florida counties to end courthouse weddings to avoid same-sex ceremonies
The clerks of court in at least 12 Florida counties say they have decided to end all courthouse weddings to avoid performing ceremonies for same-sex couples, among other reasons.
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Jacksonville law firm to host weddings after courthouse shuts couples out -...
The firm says it will open it offices to couples who need a place to wed after the Duval County courthouse announced it would close its doors to all weddings rather than allow same-sex ceremonies.
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KKK to Floridians: End AIDS by ‘bashing gays”
The KKK has been distributing batches of fliers throughout which claim "homosexual men and their sexual acts are disgusting and inhuman."
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Bathrooms become battlegrounds in anti-discrimination debate
Most of the 20 largest U.S. cities now enforce state laws or local ordinances that include allowances for people to use the bathroom of the gender they identify with.
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Miami leads America’s top ten cities with highest rates of HIV
Despite new treatment methods, Human Immunodeficiency Virus remains one of the most common and most dangerous STDs in the U.S.
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Jacksonville passes inclusive nondiscrimination protections
Mayor Lenny Curry said he will let it become law without his signature.
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Kim Davis’ lawyer is fighting to overturn Jacksonville’s human rights ordinance
He's pulling out all the stops to block civil rights protections for LGBTQ people.
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Florida sees ‘seismic shift’ in support for anti-discrimination laws among GOP
Ever since the massacre at Pulse, stories of the LGBTQ community have found wider acceptance.
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A gay teen’s parents kicked him out of the house. It didn’t stop him from...
GoFundMeHe endured conversion therapy and homelessness while working to support himself. And then graduated as the class co-valedictorian.
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Church hosts ‘LGBTQ prom’ after threats from Christian activists forced last...
ShutterstockThe local Sheriff's Department stood guard outside to protect attendees from any threats.
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One of America’s most antigay pastors has called for the death of Sarah...
Shutterstcok"He's going to get me killed."
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UPDATED: Gay man beaten & dragged behind car for blocks
Authorities say video footage of the attack is "too horrendous" to release publicly.
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Appeals court strikes down Jacksonville civil rights ordinance after hate...
ShutterstockThe law was tossed out on a technicality, but the city has promised to re-pass the LGBTQ-inclusive ordinance ASAP.
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A Florida city’s LGBTQ nondiscrimination law was struck down by the court. So...
ShutterstockThe court had struck down the original ordinance on a technicality after a hate group sued.
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