All posts tagged "Tampa"
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Dog Park Shooter Charged with Hate Crime in Gay Man’s Murder
Gerald Radford faces hate crime charges in gay man's slaying, despite his initial claim that that he was acting in self-defense.
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Conversion Therapy on Minors Remains Legal in Tampa
A federal appeals court has upheld a 2019 ruling striking down the city of Tampa’s ordinance banning conversion therapy on minors. The ordinance, which passed...
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GLSEN Launches 80+ “It’s Okay to say Gay!” Billboards Across Florida
GLSEN, the nation’s largest advocacy group for LGBTQ students, in partnership with Equality Florida, GLSEN Tampa Bay, GLSEN Collier, and SAVE LGBT, has launched a...
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Man rejected on Grindr threatens to ‘wipe out’ gay community in Tampa
Ralph Perkins is accused of making threats to commit a mass shooting
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Federal judge overturns Tampa’s ban on conversion therapy
Last week, a federal judge struck down Tampa’s ban on conversion therapy, ruling that the law, which was passed by the City Council in 2017,...
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Liberty Counsel files motion asking court to block Tampa’s conversion therapy ban
Motion argues that therapists' speech should be protected from government intrusion, like any other type of free expression
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Jane Castor elected first lesbian mayor of Tampa
Former police chief becomes third lesbian mayor elected as head of a major city this month
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Federal judge says Tampa’s conversion therapy ban violates free speech rights
Rationale for partial injunction could be used to challenge or curtail other broad-based bans on conversion therapy
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Tampa bans conversion therapy on minors, and St. Petersburg may follow suit
On Thursday, the Tampa City Council held a second reading of a proposed ordinance that bans the practice of conversion therapy on minors in the...
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Obama meets with Russian LGBT activists, calls work ‘critically important’
President Obama concluded his visit to St. Petersburg for the G-20 summit by meeting with several Russian activists Friday, including representatives of Russia’s LGBT community....
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Tampa LGBT film festival takes a world view
Films from 18 countries will be part of this year’s Tampa International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, running Oct. 4 to 12. The festival, now...
