Tag: Florida
Launching First LGBTQ Substance Addiction Program in Florida
Open Out Recovery is being launched as the first stand-along LGBTQ program in Florida to assist individuals in recovery for substance addiction.
Teacher suspended for calling student ‘gay’ and ‘retarded’
A teacher has been suspended for calling a student “gay” and “retarded” as she grilled pupils about their sexuality.
Wilton Manors Applauds HB 7013 Ending Florida Law Banning Gay Adoption
On June 11, 2015, Florida Governor Rick Scott signed HB 7013, legislation that relates to adoption and foster care. In addition to awarding incentive payments to community-based care lead agencies (CBCs) and their subcontractors for achieving specified adoption performance standards, the bill also removes the nearly 40-year old ban on adoption by gay and lesbian Floridians from Florida law.
Only in America : Two New Anti-Transgender Bills in Texas
The Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund (TLDEF) strongly denounces new proposed legislation in Texas that singles out transgender people for harsh discrimination. Introduced by Republican State Representative Gilbert Peña on March 10, House Bills 2801 and 2802 come on the heels of a string of bills targeting transgender people, including a prior bill in Texas, and similar ones in Kentucky, Florida and Minnesota.
Only in America : Texas and Florida Bills Targeting Transgender People for Criminal Prosecution
The Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund (TLDEF) strongly denounces proposed bills in Texas and Florida that would make it a crime for transgender people to use restrooms and other public facilities consistent with who they are as men and women.
Bipartisan Campaign Launched to Pass Employment Non-Discrimination Act
Today the bipartisan campaign Americans for Workplace Opportunity announced it had formed in order to take advantage of a historic opportunity to pass the Employment Non-Discrimination Act 19 years after its first introduction – a bill to ban workplace discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.