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Marriage equality advocates hope to repeal Florida’s ban on gay marriage
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A group that supports same-sex marriage in Florida said Wednesday that it isn't confident an upcoming U.S. Supreme Court ruling will nullify the state's gay marriage ban and is...
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Children’s museum calls cops, threatens LGBT-supportive kids with trespassing
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- A children's museum in Jacksonville, Fla., on Saturday allegedly notified police and threatened a group of children with trespassing after they delivered a petition asking the...
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Once homophobic NBA star first to sign petition supporting gay marriage in Fla.
MIAMI -- Retired NBA player Tim Hardaway, once one of the most vocally homophobic professional athletes in the country, was the first person to sign a petition seeking to repeal Florida's...
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Transgender nursing student threatened with arrest for using women’s restroom
CLEARWATER, Fla. -- A transgender nursing student a the Pinellas Technical Education Center in Clearwater, Fla., said she has been threatened with arrest and legal action after a fellow student...
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Fla. teen offered new plea deal over relationship with underage girlfriend
VERO BEACH, Fla. -- Prosecutors have offered a plea deal to a Florida teen accused of having sex with her underage girlfriend. The deal would spare 19-year-old Kaitlyn Hunt jail time and registration...
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Fla. condo bans gay, unmarried straight couples because they ‘live in sin’
VENICE, Fla. -- A Florida condominium association says it won’t allow gay or unmarried heterosexual couples to purchase a home in its development, stating that couples “living in sin” are prohibited...
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Plea deal withdrawn for Fla. teen accused of sexual relationship with...
VERO BEACH, Fla. — Prosecutors have withdrawn a plea deal to a Florida teen accused of having sex with her underage girlfriend.
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Fla. teen accused of sexual relationship with underage girl jailed until...
VERO BEACH, Fla. -- A judge on Tuesday revoked bond for Kaitlyn Hunt, a Florida teen accused of having sex with her underage girlfriend.
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Fla. condo board reverses policy after uproar from gay rights activists
VENICE, Fla. -- A Florida condominium association is reversing a policy that allowed only singles and husband-and-wife couples to buy or lease units in the complex after an uproar from gay rights...
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Tampa church evicts Boy Scout troop after 60 years over policy to allow gay...
TAMPA, Fla. — A Tampa church has told a Boy Scout troop that it won't renew its sponsorship because of the national organization's decision not to ban openly gay Scouts.
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Fla. AG avoids taking a stand on military benefits vs. same-sex marriage ban
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- The Florida Attorney General's office has declined to offer an opinion on whether the Florida National Guard can process benefits enrollment for the spouses of gay troops on state...
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ACLU files complaint on behalf of transgender nursing student
CLEARWATER, Fla. — The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a complaint with U.S. Department of Education accusing the Pinellas County Schools of discriminating against a transgender nursing...
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Fla. teen accused of having sex with underage girlfriend accepts plea deal -...
VERO BEACH, Fla. — A Florida teen facing charges of lewd and lascivious battery for having sex with her underage girlfriend has accepted a plea deal
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Florida’s Charlie Crist plots political comeback as Democrat
Nearly three years after losing a U.S. Senate campaign to Republican Marco Rubio and leaving the governor's mansion, Charlie Crist is plotting a political comeback that seems fantastical even by...
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Fla. teen found guilty of trying to kill transgender woman
TAMPA, Fla. -- A Florida teen accused of trying to kill a transgender woman has been found guilty of attempted murder.
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Fla. Supreme Court settles lesbian couple’s custody battle
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- The Florida Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a woman who donated an egg to her lesbian partner has parental rights to the child and is ordering a lower court to work out custody,...
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Judge orders disclosure of documents relating to flawed gay parenting study
A Florida state court judge on Tuesday ordered the University of Central Florida to turn over records related to the publication of a debunked 2012 study conducted by Mark Regnerus that demonizes gay...
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Tea Party leader: Florida GOP is being taken over by gay ‘thugs’ - Decries...
The co-founder of the Florida Tea Party says the local Republican Party in Broward County, Fla., is being taken over by gay "thugs."
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Fla. teen gets 25 years in prison for attempted murder of transgender woman
TAMPA, Fla. - A Florida teenager in has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for the attempted murder of a transgender woman.
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ACLU files second lawsuit after Fla. school again blocks gay-straight alliance
OCALA, Fla. — The ACLU on Thursday sued a central Florida school district for the second time this year, claiming it is once again refusing to approve a Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA) club at a middle...
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Fla. teen convicted of having sex with underage girlfriend released from jail
VERO BEACH, Fla. — A Florida teen convicted of having sex with her underage girlfriend has been released from jail after completing her sentence.
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Charlie Crist apologizes for supporting efforts to ban same-sex marriage in Fla.
In an extraordinary interview, Florida’s former Republican Governor Charlie Crist apologized last month for having supported efforts to ban on same-sex marriage on the ballot in that state in 2008.
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Top Florida employers join coalition to fight against LGBT discrimination
Many of Florida’s largest employers on Monday launched the Florida Business Coalition for a Competitive Workforce, aimed at passing a bipartisan bill that would ban anti-gay and gender-based...
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Six same-sex couples sue to overturn Fla. gay marriage ban
MIAMI BEACH, Fla. -- Six same-sex couples have filed a lawsuit in South Florida seeking to overturn Florida's ban on same-sex marriage.
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Fla. school lifts suspension on student who appeared in gay adult films
COCOA, Fla. -- A Florida school district on Tuesday lifted the suspension of a high school senior who claimed he was kicked out for appearing in gay adult films.
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