EMERALD COAST EQUALITY

Our 2026 Membership Drive is now open! The attacks on our community are coming from all directions... local, state and national. However, we can, and will, push back but we are stronger, louder and prouder together! Join or renew today at https://secure.actblue.com/donate/emeraldcoastdues

WHO WE ARE

Emerald Coast Equality is the Escambia Santa Rosa Chapter of the Florida LGBTQ+ Democratic Caucus, which represents the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer community to the Florida Democratic Party. Our local chapter is one of 20+ chapters across the state.

The Caucus is a voice that seeks to instill awareness of the freedoms of a democratic society, educate future leaders, support the community at large, and maintain an ongoing rapport and increasing viability with political entities.

WHAT WE DO
We work to achieve our mission in four ways: Educate. Advocate. Support. Elect.

• Provide information, resources and support to our diverse LGBTQ+ community and its allies

•             Cultivate and campaign for candidates from the LGBTQ+ community and those who support our community.

•             Lobby for legislation and policies that recognize and strengthen our community.

•             Promote the ideals of the Democratic Party.

Each year between November 13 – 19, people and organizations around the country participate in Transgender Awareness Week to help increase understanding about transgender people and the issues members of the community face.

At a time when transgender people have become targets of extreme political discrimination and violence, it’s imperative that anyone who is interested in and invested in protecting a free society learn the facts about who trans people are, become educated about the realities trans people face, and understand that our collective equality is connected to the safety and freedom of people who are transgender.

Trans Awareness Week takes place the week before Transgender Day of Remembrance on November 20. Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR), is an annual observance on November 20 that honors the memory of the transgender people whose lives were lost in acts of anti-transgender violence that year.

Join or Renew Your Membership 2026

As the recent collective successes defeating anti-lgbtq+ legislation show, we are stronger together. When we are united, share our resources and lean into our resiliency, we cam fight back harder.

We are no strangers to attack and scapegoating yet our community has a history of persevering! Let’s stick together and take care of each other, especially those most vulnerable to harm. Please join us in the fight.

Click here to join or renew your Emerald Coast Equality membership. Everyone counts and everyone's support is needed. Please join us in our fight for the rights of the LGBTQ+ community. Our allies are an important part of our chosen family and their participation is always welcome.

MEMBERSHIP LEVELS

Individual membership: $25

Household membership: $40 (2 members)

Young Democrat membership (age 18-30): $15

Student membership: $5

Scholarships: We do not want financial barriers to impede participation. If due to hardship you would like to seek a scholarship, please email emeraldcoastequality@gmail.com and we will be happy to have that conversation on a case-by-case basis. (Scholarships may be limited to available funds.)

Chapter memberships are separate from our state FL LGBTQ+ Democratic Caucus, to join or renew for our state organization, click HERE.

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