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“It’s also important to acknowledge and celebrate the significance of our election for Florida’s LGBTQ community, who have been relentlessly attacked and demonized by the majority party in this Legislature over the past few years,” Smith said on Friday.
Today the U.S. Senate voted down four gun control measures.
Proposed legislation, if passed, would stop states from prohibiting the creation of a merchant code for guns. The Pulse shooter reportedly had almost $30,000 in credit charges on guns and ammunitions.
Just a day after he signed an anti-trans bill into law, the governor used his veto power to deny funding to LGBTQ+ services, including mental health care for survivors of the Pulse tragedy.
More than 150,000 people attended Orlando Pride on the five-month anniversary of the Pulse shooting.
The famed civil rights leader says, "We must look out for each other."
Here's what you need to know about the rainbow crosswalks: who funds them, if they're safe, and why they're really being removed.
House Democrats ended their gun control protest Thursday morning.
Republicans and Democrats demonstrated a sign of unity on Monday morning, the one-year anniversary of the attack.
Activists showed up in numbers and stopped two bills being heard last week in Tallahassee. But Equality Florida says the fight is far from over.
Still reeling from Pulse, some queer gun control advocates say the measures don't go far enough; others are grateful for any movement.
Police have distributed security footage of the shooting that targeted a complex with several queer venues.
Smith previously served in the state's house of representatives before losing his election in 2022.
There have been plenty of protests, but legislation has stalled at the state and federal levels.
Florida's Speaker of the House introduced a bill this week allowing concealed weapons to be carried without a permit.
The state department of transportation painted over the landmark overnight.
"Right now, we’re seeing a large push for authoritarianism, where we have the state government telling people how they can live their lives, who they can love, how they can express themselves," says out Florida House candidate Nate Douglas.
The virtual school says its hands are tied due to Florida's "don't say gay" law. However, the teacher has lodged a complaint against it.
It's just the latest in DeSantis's anti-LGBTQ+ agenda.
At a Sunday event, Clinton outlined her plans to address LGBT homelessness, gun violence, and the spread of HIV.
