EMERALD COAST EQUALITY

Stay educated and engaged in order to successfully advocate for yourself, and those you love, and elect candidates up and down the ticket that support LGBTQ+ rights.

Many in our community are worried about what Governor DeSantis’s Slate of Hate means for them and their families and have serious questions about the impacts of the bills that passed this year.

Preliminary guidelines are below. More and refined guidance forthcoming. This guidance is not a substitute for legal advice.
Guidance doc - Anti-Drag Bill
Guidance doc - License to Discriminate in Healthcare Bill
Guidance doc - Anti-Trans Bathroom Bill
Guidance doc - Attacking Diversity & Freedom in Higher Ed

The list of resources below is not comprehensive. If there are others you would like to recommend, please email EmeraldCoastEquality@gmail.com

Florida LGBTQ+ Democratic Caucus

Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services LGBTQ Resources

Human Rights Campaign Glossary of Terms

PLAG Glossary of Terms

Equality Florida

Transacola

Save

Zebra Coalition

HRC

National Center for Transgender Equality

National Center for Lesbian Rights

National LGBTQ Task Force

Lambda Legal

National Resource Center for LGBT Aging

Victory Fund

Out and Equal

Document: What you need to know: Voting While Trans in Escambia County, FL

Document: HRC's Blueprint for Positive Change 2020

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What you need to know. The Florida Commission on Human Relations now accepts claims of sex discrimination based on gender identity or sexual orientation for investigation in employment and public accommodations complaints.

Contact:

Email is at EmeraldCoastEquality@gmail.com

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