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A Story Showing That Hillsborough County Is Changing Written by: Sharon Herman

Message from Nathan Klarfeld, Broward Steering Committee Chair Thank you Pembroke Pines for this important first step:

Posted by David Nakamura on April 16, 2013 at 1:01 pm The Washington Post   Inside the immigration bill: Gay-rights groups disappointed A bipartisan Senate group has agreed on a sweeping legislative proposal that would represent the most ambitious overhaul of the U.S. immigration system in three decades. The Washington Post will be examining portions of the bill on Post Politics in a series of blog entries.

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Katee Tully, chair – 727-729-1798 or [email protected]  

Pinellas County Domestic Partner Registration opens Monday, April 15th at 8:00AM   The Pinellas County Domestic Partner Registry (DPR) open this coming Monday, April 15th at 8:00a.m. Here is the information as to where/how one can register. All of the information below, and more, can be found on the county's website: pinellasclerk.org Where and how to register:

From: William D. Rohrer Attorney at Law

FLORIDA VOICES What will the Supreme Court's gay-marriage decision mean to Florida? BY: NADINE SMITH EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, EQUALITY FLORIDA  

Scott Randolph, Constitutional Tax Collector, to institute Domestic Partnership Tax Equity Policy The Orange County Constitutional Tax Collector’s office announced today that it would immediately institute a Domestic Partnership Tax Equity Policy, which will establish a stipend to reimburse and make whole tax collector employees who continue to be discriminated against by the federal tax code’s treatment of domestic partner health benefits.

   

BREAKING: Leon County Passes Domestic Partnership Registry 7-0

At this very moment, dozens of citizen lobbyists from across Florida are working the halls of the capitol and telling their stories as part of Equality Florida's 2013 Annual Lobby Days. By sending a message to your state Representative and Senator right now or signing a petition, you'll double the impact our team can have on those who make the laws that affect our lives.

Public Policy Update, Issue 4 The Families First Bill Is Back

NEWS RELEASE: 2/11/2013

Weekly Newsletter: Public Policy Update, Issue 3

Weekly Newsletter: Public Policy Update, Issue 2 Invitation to Equality Florida's 2013 Annual Lobby Days! 

On Monday, I wrote how much I like the America I'm living in right now. Diverse. Culturally rich. Increasingly humane.   I still feel that way. But in Hillsborough County, Florida, where I was born and have come back to live? Not so much.  

Weekly Newsletter: Public Policy Update, Issue 1 Welcome to the first issue of Equality Florida’s Public Policy Weekly Newsletter! 

Pinellas County Passes Domestic Partnership Registry!!   By a 6-1 vote, the Pinellas County Commission voted to create a countywide domestic partnership registry (DPR) becoming the latest in a string of communities that now provide valuable legal protections for gay couples and unmarried straight partners.

Tell Pinellas County to Pass a Domestic Partnership Registry! Tuesday at 9:30am the Pinellas County Commission will vote on whether or not to move forward with a countywide Domestic Partnership Registry that would provide essential legal protections for unmarried couples.

This year has been a game changer. Plain and Simple.