The Florida LGBTQ+ Caucus is calling on Sarasota Republican Party Chair Jack Brill apologize to Sarasota County School Board member Tom Edwards and the entire LGBTQ+ community in Sarasota after Brill’s open display of bigotry and ignorance in suggesting that there is a conflict of interest between Edwards serving both the community as Executive Director […]
Join Us for the 2025 Florida LGBTQ+ Democratic Caucus Summer Conference! The Westshore Grand | September 12–14 We’re excited to invite you to the 2025 Florida LGBTQ+ Democratic Caucus Summer Conference, happening September 12–14 at The Westshore Grand in Tampa! This is our biggest event of the year…a weekend to Unite. Focus. Resist. We hope
TALLAHASSEE, FL — The Florida LGBTQ+ Democratic Caucus rejects the latest inflammatory and discriminatory rhetoric from Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier, who today threatened legal action against U.S. Masters Swimming, for its transgender inclusive policies. “Faced with litigation against the DeSantis administration’s illegal and dangerous diversion of emergency funds to construct a concentration camp in
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Responding to the United States Supreme Court’s decision announced today in U.S. v Skrmetti, a decision in which the Supreme Court upheld a Tennessee ban on gender affirming care for minors, Kristen Browde, the President of the Florida LGBTQ+ Democratic Caucus said, “The Supreme Court’s decision allowing bans on medical care for transgender minors is
Nine years ago, our community and our entire state were forever changed. Today, we pause across Florida to remember the 49 lives lost at the Pulse nightclub shooting. Pulse was more than just a place of celebration; it was a place of safety, identity, and love. Although the attack was an act of hate, our
As we begin Pride Month 2025 the Florida LGBTQ+ Democratic Caucus reminds the world that Pride is something no would be dictator, no faux puritanical political movement can ever erase. From long before the Stonewall Inn and the Compton Cafeteria the same forces of repression we face today have proclaimed themselves the controllers of our
The Florida LGBTQ+ Democratic Caucus strongly condemns the City of St. Cloud’s decision to block a Pride Month proclamation by imposing a blanket “pause” on all proclamations. This move effectively silences LGBTQ+ voices during a month meant to honor their history and resilience, and it is especially offensive given that the policy will be reviewed
On this, Memorial Day, 2025, we remember and honor the sacrifice of those who volunteered, fought and all too often died to protect the freedoms guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States of America. We can not permit their spirit and their sacrifice to be wasted by those who would tear up the Constitution, those
The Florida LGBTQ+ Caucus congratulates the newly elected leadership of the Florida Democratic Party’s Hispanic Caucus. “We’re delighted that the Hispanic Caucus has new, activist leadership, and look forward to working with new President Mario DeCunto and First Vice President Macarena Iglesias, as well as their full team,” said Caucus President Kristen Browde. President DeCunto
