Equality Florida

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

Representative Elizabeth Velasco First Mexican-born immigrant in the Colorado Legislature, fighting for working families, immigrants, and the environment. Vanessa Martinez, Vice President of Policy at Colorado Organization for Latina Opportunity and Reproductive Rights (COLOR) Fighting for reproductive, economic, and migrant justice and empowering Latine communities across Colorado.

Senator Carlos Guillermo Smith Florida’s first openly LGBTQ Latino lawmaker fighting for reproductive freedom, health care, economic opportunity, and defending LGBTQ Floridians. Jon Harris Maurer, General Counsel and Public Policy Director at Equality Florida Leading strategy on LGBTQ equality, HIV policy, and reproductive freedom across Florida.

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

Join Us - State Gender Policy Collective

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 ⬇️ ⬇️ ⬇️

Our grief must move us. It fuels our determination to honor those we’ve lost with action — to create a safer, more just world for transgender and nonbinary people everywhere.

#HonorThemWithAction

Join us in honoring those taken too soon by spending time with the Trans Remembrance Project 🏳️‍⚧️, a memorial to their incredible stories: www.transremembrance.org

Girlalala was a beloved TikTok creator a gifted hairstylist in Pompano Beach, and a bright light whose joy and creativity touched countless people. Her loss is devastating, and our hearts are with all who knew and loved her.

We hold space, grief, and love for every life taken — including Girlalala, a 21-year-old Black transgender woman who was brutally murdered in Broward County just days ago.

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

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...

Equality Florida Executive Director Nadine Smith to Step Down After 28 Years to Lead Color Of Change | Equality Florida Equality Florida Executive Director Nadine Smith to Step Down After 28 Years to Lead Color Of Change Equality Florida Co-Founder and Co-Leader Stratton Pollitzer Named Incoming CEO and Executive Direc...

We’re also proud to announce that our Board of Directors has named Stratton Pollitzer, Equality Florida’s co-founder and co-leader since day one, as our incoming Executive Director. Learn more at: eqfl.org/equality-flo...

We are profoundly grateful for Nadine Smith's decades of courage, innovation, and unwavering commitment to building a better future for all LGBTQ Floridians.

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

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 ✊🏽💖

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

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) 🎃🏳️‍🌈✨

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.

Tell Congress to Reject Anti-LGBTQ Policies

🚨 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...

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

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

We call on every Floridian to #ShowYourRainbow. Stand up against censorship. Raise your flags higher. Hate will not win.” (8/8)

Florida and the nation will respond by putting up art and murals and permanent symbols of respect and inclusion that are beyond the petty reach of DeSantis or Trump as they seek to curb our freedoms. (7/8)

When forced into compliance, cities should respond with permanence: new memorials, public exhibits, and undeniable visibility. (6/8)

They honor a history of resilience in the face of discrimination, from marriage bans and military expulsions to hate violence like the Pulse massacre. Florida should be apologizing for those harms, not erasing symbols of resilience and survival. (5/8)

chalking sidewalks, raising flags, covering cars with stickers, and businesses painting their parking lots with rainbows. These acts declare: we are not intimidated and we will not be erased. For every rainbow DeSantis covers, our community will raise more — bigger, bolder, louder. (4/8)

Cities must push back to protect the values that make them welcoming places to live, work, and visit. DeSantis may paint over rainbows and art, but people are answering with defiance — (3/8)

It’s a cowardly abuse of power and the latest in his campaign to ban books, whitewash history, and attack LGBTQ people. He’s already removed elected officials simply for disagreeing with him, nullifying the votes of Floridians and silencing local democracy. (2/8)

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)