Coverage of transgender issues across Florida, including gender-affirming care and laws regarding trans students at schools.
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TIGLFF — formerly known as the Tampa Bay International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival — is back with a new name and a new lineup of events designed to signal a more inclusive approach to community building and its signature film festivals. -
A bill that would ban cities and counties from actively participating or funding DEI — diversity, equity and inclusion events — passed the state Senate Thursday. -
A Tampa mental health provider says such proposals create an environment of fear and hostility in the LGBTQ+ community that can be tricky to treat. -
Providing gender-affirming care, such as hormone treatment, to people under 18 is illegal in Florida. But a new bill could change who can be charged for it and who can investigate it. -
Equality Florida's "Parenting with Pride" program's January webinar is intended to help parents of LGBTQ+ children share their lived experience in a way that's clear, concise, and powerful later this month at Pride at the Capitol. -
"Alligator Alcatraz." Guns. Social media. Legal battles about those and myriad other issues remain unresolved heading into 2026. Here are 10 big legal issues to watch for. -
The U.S. District judge certified a class action on the accommodations issue, which involves access to certain clothing and grooming. -
The Florida law requires teachers to use pronouns that align with their sex assigned at birth. -
The city council asked a committee to discuss how St. Petersburg could comply and what other options community artists could have to express themselves. -
According to the decision, the law is in violation of Section VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, however the outcome of the issue might ultimately hinge on an appeals court ruling in a Georgia case. -
The state contends two U.S. Supreme Court decisions should lead to overturning a ruling saying Florida violated federal laws by prohibiting Medicaid coverage for the treatments. -
Florida teachers must use pronouns that align with sex assigned at birth, and the court ruled that teacher Katie Wood “cannot show ... she was speaking as a private citizen rather than a government employee.”
