Equality Florida
@equalityfl.bsky.social
Securing full equality for Florida's lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer community.
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After 28 years, our co-founder and Executive Director Nadine Smith will be stepping down to become the President and CEO of Color Of Change, the nation’s largest online racial justice organization, in January 2026. Watch @nadinesmith.bsky.social's farewell message here: youtu.be/I-Cb10nkHOE
Thank you to pro-equality champions State Representative Rita Harris and State Senator Carlos Guillermo Smith for filing a bill to repeal this anti-LGBTQ legal defense and sending a message…
November 26, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Thank you to pro-equality champions State Representative Rita Harris and State Senator Carlos Guillermo Smith for filing a bill to repeal this anti-LGBTQ legal defense and sending a message…
This bill is a direct attack on LGBTQ visibility and a textbook example of government overreach and censorship.
act.eqfl.org/a/2026-pride...
act.eqfl.org/a/2026-pride...
November 25, 2025 at 10:56 PM
This bill is a direct attack on LGBTQ visibility and a textbook example of government overreach and censorship.
act.eqfl.org/a/2026-pride...
act.eqfl.org/a/2026-pride...
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Florida lawmakers are advancing a partisan redistricting plan designed to silence voters, especially Black and brown Floridians, LGBTQ Floridians, young people, and others who’ve fought too hard to have their voices counted.
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Florida lawmakers are advancing a partisan redistricting plan designed to silence voters, especially Black and brown Floridians, LGBTQ Floridians, young people, and others who’ve fought too hard to have their voices counted.
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November 25, 2025 at 3:21 PM
🚨TAKE ACTION🚨
Florida lawmakers are advancing a partisan redistricting plan designed to silence voters, especially Black and brown Floridians, LGBTQ Floridians, young people, and others who’ve fought too hard to have their voices counted.
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Florida lawmakers are advancing a partisan redistricting plan designed to silence voters, especially Black and brown Floridians, LGBTQ Floridians, young people, and others who’ve fought too hard to have their voices counted.
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We hope you'll join us at our Pride at the Capitol launch in Tallahassee either the week of January 20th-21st or January 26th-28th to share your story and join us on the front lines.
Learn more and register at eqfl.org/PATC
Learn more and register at eqfl.org/PATC
November 24, 2025 at 9:31 PM
We hope you'll join us at our Pride at the Capitol launch in Tallahassee either the week of January 20th-21st or January 26th-28th to share your story and join us on the front lines.
Learn more and register at eqfl.org/PATC
Learn more and register at eqfl.org/PATC
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Our fellows representing Colorado: Representative Elizabeth Velasco and Vanessa Martinez of Colorado Organization for Latina Opportunity and Reproductive Rights (COLOR)
Our fellows representing Florida: Senator Carlos Guillermo Smith and John Harris Maurer of @equalityfl.bsky.social
Our fellows representing Florida: Senator Carlos Guillermo Smith and John Harris Maurer of @equalityfl.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Our fellows representing Colorado: Representative Elizabeth Velasco and Vanessa Martinez of Colorado Organization for Latina Opportunity and Reproductive Rights (COLOR)
Our fellows representing Florida: Senator Carlos Guillermo Smith and John Harris Maurer of @equalityfl.bsky.social
Our fellows representing Florida: Senator Carlos Guillermo Smith and John Harris Maurer of @equalityfl.bsky.social
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Introducing: Our State Gender Policy Collective fellows ✨
We’re so excited to spotlight these incredible legislators and advocates we'll be working with over the next year as they fight to advance gender justice in their states. Get to know the fellows in the thread below ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️
We’re so excited to spotlight these incredible legislators and advocates we'll be working with over the next year as they fight to advance gender justice in their states. Get to know the fellows in the thread below ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️
Join Us - State Gender Policy Collective
stategenderpolicy.org
November 19, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Introducing: Our State Gender Policy Collective fellows ✨
We’re so excited to spotlight these incredible legislators and advocates we'll be working with over the next year as they fight to advance gender justice in their states. Get to know the fellows in the thread below ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️
We’re so excited to spotlight these incredible legislators and advocates we'll be working with over the next year as they fight to advance gender justice in their states. Get to know the fellows in the thread below ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️
Today marks the Transgender Day of Remembrance — a solemn day when we honor and mourn the transgender and nonbinary lives lost to anti-trans violence and bigotry this year. 🕯️
#HonorThemWithAction
#HonorThemWithAction
November 20, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Today marks the Transgender Day of Remembrance — a solemn day when we honor and mourn the transgender and nonbinary lives lost to anti-trans violence and bigotry this year. 🕯️
#HonorThemWithAction
#HonorThemWithAction
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We’re hosting a Student Town Hall with @equalityfl.bsky.social, Compass Community Center and School Board Member Edwin Ferguson on Dec 6!
Come for a student-led panel, real conversations, and a space to share.
📍 Compass Community Center
🕛 12–2 PM
RSVP at www.prismfl.org/event-info/s...
Come for a student-led panel, real conversations, and a space to share.
📍 Compass Community Center
🕛 12–2 PM
RSVP at www.prismfl.org/event-info/s...
November 14, 2025 at 2:37 PM
We’re hosting a Student Town Hall with @equalityfl.bsky.social, Compass Community Center and School Board Member Edwin Ferguson on Dec 6!
Come for a student-led panel, real conversations, and a space to share.
📍 Compass Community Center
🕛 12–2 PM
RSVP at www.prismfl.org/event-info/s...
Come for a student-led panel, real conversations, and a space to share.
📍 Compass Community Center
🕛 12–2 PM
RSVP at www.prismfl.org/event-info/s...
After 28 years, our co-founder and Executive Director Nadine Smith will be stepping down to become the President and CEO of Color Of Change, the nation’s largest online racial justice organization, in January 2026. Watch @nadinesmith.bsky.social's farewell message here: youtu.be/I-Cb10nkHOE
November 17, 2025 at 5:32 PM
After 28 years, our co-founder and Executive Director Nadine Smith will be stepping down to become the President and CEO of Color Of Change, the nation’s largest online racial justice organization, in January 2026. Watch @nadinesmith.bsky.social's farewell message here: youtu.be/I-Cb10nkHOE
BREAKING: The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to take up Kim Davis’ petition — meaning it will not revisit Obergefell v. Hodges, the landmark decision that made marriage equality the law of the land ten years ago.
Once again, we proved that love is louder.
#LoveWins #LoveIsLouder
Once again, we proved that love is louder.
#LoveWins #LoveIsLouder
November 10, 2025 at 3:21 PM
BREAKING: The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to take up Kim Davis’ petition — meaning it will not revisit Obergefell v. Hodges, the landmark decision that made marriage equality the law of the land ten years ago.
Once again, we proved that love is louder.
#LoveWins #LoveIsLouder
Once again, we proved that love is louder.
#LoveWins #LoveIsLouder
Yesterday, the Supreme Court granted the Trump Administration's request to enforce its discriminatory passport policy while legal challenges make its way through the courts. We'll provide additional updates from our national partners as they learn more from the State Department on next steps.
November 7, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Yesterday, the Supreme Court granted the Trump Administration's request to enforce its discriminatory passport policy while legal challenges make its way through the courts. We'll provide additional updates from our national partners as they learn more from the State Department on next steps.
Equality Florida honors and celebrates the beautiful life of Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, a fierce transgender activist who dedicated her life to LGBTQ and Black liberation.
Thank you, Miss Major. Rest in power ✊🏽💖
Thank you, Miss Major. Rest in power ✊🏽💖
October 14, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Equality Florida honors and celebrates the beautiful life of Miss Major Griffin-Gracy, a fierce transgender activist who dedicated her life to LGBTQ and Black liberation.
Thank you, Miss Major. Rest in power ✊🏽💖
Thank you, Miss Major. Rest in power ✊🏽💖
Today, Equality Florida honors Indigenous Peoples' Day by celebrating the rich cultures, histories, and resilience of Indigenous communities, past and present.
Discover more about local Indigenous nations with this interactive map: native-land.ca
#IndigenousPeoplesDay
Discover more about local Indigenous nations with this interactive map: native-land.ca
#IndigenousPeoplesDay
October 13, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Today, Equality Florida honors Indigenous Peoples' Day by celebrating the rich cultures, histories, and resilience of Indigenous communities, past and present.
Discover more about local Indigenous nations with this interactive map: native-land.ca
#IndigenousPeoplesDay
Discover more about local Indigenous nations with this interactive map: native-land.ca
#IndigenousPeoplesDay
We are so excited to be partnering with SAVE LGBT for the #SAVEHalloweenBall community fundraiser on Friday, October 31st at YUCA 105 in Miami Beach!
Reserve your ticket here: www.eventbrite.com/e/saves-hall...
(Pssst! Don’t forget to use our discount code EQFL5OFF) 🎃🏳️🌈✨
Reserve your ticket here: www.eventbrite.com/e/saves-hall...
(Pssst! Don’t forget to use our discount code EQFL5OFF) 🎃🏳️🌈✨
October 13, 2025 at 4:50 PM
We are so excited to be partnering with SAVE LGBT for the #SAVEHalloweenBall community fundraiser on Friday, October 31st at YUCA 105 in Miami Beach!
Reserve your ticket here: www.eventbrite.com/e/saves-hall...
(Pssst! Don’t forget to use our discount code EQFL5OFF) 🎃🏳️🌈✨
Reserve your ticket here: www.eventbrite.com/e/saves-hall...
(Pssst! Don’t forget to use our discount code EQFL5OFF) 🎃🏳️🌈✨
Happy #NationalComingOutDay 🌈
Whether you’re out, coming out, or not ready yet — you are loved, you are valid, and you are part of our Florida family.
Equality Florida celebrates you, today and every day.
Whether you’re out, coming out, or not ready yet — you are loved, you are valid, and you are part of our Florida family.
Equality Florida celebrates you, today and every day.
October 11, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Happy #NationalComingOutDay 🌈
Whether you’re out, coming out, or not ready yet — you are loved, you are valid, and you are part of our Florida family.
Equality Florida celebrates you, today and every day.
Whether you’re out, coming out, or not ready yet — you are loved, you are valid, and you are part of our Florida family.
Equality Florida celebrates you, today and every day.
🚨 URGENT 🚨 Far-right lawmakers in Congress are once again trying to hijack must-pass bills to attack the LGBTQ community, and they're holding budgets and authorization for the military and essential federal agencies hostage to do it.
Sign the petition here: act.eqfl.org/a/reject-ant...
Sign the petition here: act.eqfl.org/a/reject-ant...
Tell Congress to Reject Anti-LGBTQ Policies
act.eqfl.org
October 8, 2025 at 10:54 PM
🚨 URGENT 🚨 Far-right lawmakers in Congress are once again trying to hijack must-pass bills to attack the LGBTQ community, and they're holding budgets and authorization for the military and essential federal agencies hostage to do it.
Sign the petition here: act.eqfl.org/a/reject-ant...
Sign the petition here: act.eqfl.org/a/reject-ant...
HAPPY LGBTQ HISTORY MONTH! ✨🌈🫶🏽
This month, we honor the strong and dazzling LGBTQ advocates that decorate our colorful history, and those who are still fighting for our rights today.
#lgbtqhistorymonth
This month, we honor the strong and dazzling LGBTQ advocates that decorate our colorful history, and those who are still fighting for our rights today.
#lgbtqhistorymonth
October 1, 2025 at 10:17 PM
HAPPY LGBTQ HISTORY MONTH! ✨🌈🫶🏽
This month, we honor the strong and dazzling LGBTQ advocates that decorate our colorful history, and those who are still fighting for our rights today.
#lgbtqhistorymonth
This month, we honor the strong and dazzling LGBTQ advocates that decorate our colorful history, and those who are still fighting for our rights today.
#lgbtqhistorymonth
Every parent hopes our laws will ensure our children’s safety, protection, and freedom. But DeSantis is rejecting those values — banning books, censoring classrooms, and stripping parents’ rights.
Enough is enough. Parents across FL are rising up. Join us at ParentingWithPride.org
Enough is enough. Parents across FL are rising up. Join us at ParentingWithPride.org
September 5, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Every parent hopes our laws will ensure our children’s safety, protection, and freedom. But DeSantis is rejecting those values — banning books, censoring classrooms, and stripping parents’ rights.
Enough is enough. Parents across FL are rising up. Join us at ParentingWithPride.org
Enough is enough. Parents across FL are rising up. Join us at ParentingWithPride.org
Statement from Equality Florida Executive Director Nadine Smith:
"Ron DeSantis is extorting Florida cities by threatening to withhold millions in taxpayer-funded relief unless they bow to his demands. This isn’t about safety... 🧵(1/8)
"Ron DeSantis is extorting Florida cities by threatening to withhold millions in taxpayer-funded relief unless they bow to his demands. This isn’t about safety... 🧵(1/8)
August 25, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Statement from Equality Florida Executive Director Nadine Smith:
"Ron DeSantis is extorting Florida cities by threatening to withhold millions in taxpayer-funded relief unless they bow to his demands. This isn’t about safety... 🧵(1/8)
"Ron DeSantis is extorting Florida cities by threatening to withhold millions in taxpayer-funded relief unless they bow to his demands. This isn’t about safety... 🧵(1/8)
In a time when DeSantis is doing everything he can to erase the rainbow, our community, and our history, we need to be more visible than ever. We need to be louder than ever. We need to raise our flags higher than ever before. Join us in #ShowYourRainbow🌈
August 22, 2025 at 11:29 PM
In a time when DeSantis is doing everything he can to erase the rainbow, our community, and our history, we need to be more visible than ever. We need to be louder than ever. We need to raise our flags higher than ever before. Join us in #ShowYourRainbow🌈
"But just as we did in the hours after Pulse, our community will come together, look out for each other, and raise our flags higher. We refuse to be erased. We will not let hate win.”
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‘We must resist’: Some call to fight back after Orlando’s Pulse tribute paved over
'What feels small today is already growing into something dangerous and we must stand firm before it’s too late.'
floridapolitics.com
August 22, 2025 at 11:28 PM
"But just as we did in the hours after Pulse, our community will come together, look out for each other, and raise our flags higher. We refuse to be erased. We will not let hate win.”
floridapolitics.com/archives/752...
floridapolitics.com/archives/752...
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In the dead of night, Ron DeSantis ordered part of the Pulse memorial painted over. That’s why we’re calling on everyone in Orlando to show up for a peaceful gathering today at the Pulse Memorial at 6:00pm ET.
#ShowYourRainbow🌈
In the dead of night, Ron DeSantis ordered part of the Pulse memorial painted over. That’s why we’re calling on everyone in Orlando to show up for a peaceful gathering today at the Pulse Memorial at 6:00pm ET.
#ShowYourRainbow🌈
August 21, 2025 at 6:18 PM
🚨TAKE ACTION🚨
In the dead of night, Ron DeSantis ordered part of the Pulse memorial painted over. That’s why we’re calling on everyone in Orlando to show up for a peaceful gathering today at the Pulse Memorial at 6:00pm ET.
#ShowYourRainbow🌈
In the dead of night, Ron DeSantis ordered part of the Pulse memorial painted over. That’s why we’re calling on everyone in Orlando to show up for a peaceful gathering today at the Pulse Memorial at 6:00pm ET.
#ShowYourRainbow🌈
In the dead of night, Ron DeSantis ordered the rainbow crosswalk at the Pulse memorial painted over — defacing a sacred space in the heart of Orlando that honors the 49 lives stolen in one of the deadliest massacres in U.S. history.
August 21, 2025 at 3:41 PM
In the dead of night, Ron DeSantis ordered the rainbow crosswalk at the Pulse memorial painted over — defacing a sacred space in the heart of Orlando that honors the 49 lives stolen in one of the deadliest massacres in U.S. history.
