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Equality Florida @equalityfl.bsky.social · 1d

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 ✊🏽💖

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Equality Florida @equalityfl.bsky.social · 2d

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

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Equality Florida @equalityfl.bsky.social · 2d

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) 🎃🏳️‍🌈✨

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Equality Florida @equalityfl.bsky.social · 4d

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.

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Equality Florida @equalityfl.bsky.social · 7d

🚨 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...

Tell Congress to Reject Anti-LGBTQ Policies

act.eqfl.org

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Equality Florida @equalityfl.bsky.social · 14d

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

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Equality Florida @equalityfl.bsky.social · 24d

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Equality Florida @equalityfl.bsky.social · Sep 5

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

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Equality Florida @equalityfl.bsky.social · Aug 25

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

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Equality Florida @equalityfl.bsky.social · Aug 25

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)

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Equality Florida @equalityfl.bsky.social · Aug 25

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

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Equality Florida @equalityfl.bsky.social · Aug 25

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)

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Equality Florida @equalityfl.bsky.social · Aug 25

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)

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Equality Florida @equalityfl.bsky.social · Aug 25

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)

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Equality Florida @equalityfl.bsky.social · Aug 25

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)

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Equality Florida @equalityfl.bsky.social · Aug 25

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)

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Equality Florida @equalityfl.bsky.social · Aug 22

🌈 Project rainbows onto buildings near removed crosswalks
🎽 Wear your rainbow (equality-florida.myshopify.com)
#️⃣ Post with the hashtag #ShowYourRainbow and tag @equalityfl

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Equality Florida @equalityfl.bsky.social · Aug 22

🏳️‍🌈 Put rainbow flags around your city and bumpers stickers on your car
🏡 Chalk sidewalks, driveways, park paths, sidewalks outside of government buildings
🎨 Paint mailboxes, cars, windows, etc.

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Equality Florida @equalityfl.bsky.social · Aug 22

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🌈

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Equality Florida @equalityfl.bsky.social · Aug 22

"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...

‘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.'

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Equality Florida @equalityfl.bsky.social · Aug 21

And if you can’t make it, now is the time to wear your rainbow, hang your rainbow flags, put up your rainbow sticker, and flood social media with #ShowYourRainbow — no matter where you are in the state.

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Equality Florida @equalityfl.bsky.social · Aug 21

🚨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🌈

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Equality Florida @equalityfl.bsky.social · Aug 21

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.

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Equality Florida @equalityfl.bsky.social · Aug 20

There, fixed it. 🥸 #schooled

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Equality Florida @equalityfl.bsky.social · Aug 18

#ShowYourRainbow #Resist

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Equality Florida @equalityfl.bsky.social · Aug 13

DeSantis has been trying so hard to erase rainbows (and the LGBTQ community) across Florida for a while now. Now, it's our turn to respond, and resist. It’s not just a crosswalk: it’s DeSantis’ worst nightmare. Let’s scare the boots off of him: 🧵

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