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• The week long LGBTQ pride event coincides with a city-wide ban on the materials that takes effect October 1.
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• The week long LGBTQ pride event coincides with a city-wide ban on the materials that takes effect October 1.
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• The One Orlando Alliance, a coalition of more than 30 LGBTQ organizations, is convening a forum on Thursday evening that is aimed at combating racial and gender-based violence. Nearly 80% of anti-LGBTQ homicides in 2016 involved people of color, according to the Anti-Violence Project, a national LGBTQ group.
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• Derek Shay was 17 when he ran away from home. Stranded near Las Vegas and desperate for money, he was an easy victim for human trafficking in the area. He eventually escaped to central Florida after two years and turned to Homeless Services and later Zebra Coalition for help.
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• The Revival Baptist Church in Clermont is holding a three-day conference church leaders have dubbed “Make America Straight Again.” The event comes just days after Central Florida marked three years since the Pulse nightclub shooting.
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• Central Florida lawmakers officially unveiled legislation today (Monday) to recognize Pulse nightclub as a national memorial.
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• Bills in committee this session could change this by introducing protections for 786,000 LGBTQ adults.
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• Leaders of the United Methodist Church will vote Tuesday on whether to allow LGBTQ pastors and whether same sex weddings can be officiated in the church.
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• Orlando nonprofit Come Out with Pride is hosting an educational conference for groups who plan Pride festivals throughout the South.
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• Republican State Senator Joe Gruters introduced the Florida Inclusive Workforce Act that would amend the Florida Civil Rights Act to include workplace protections for LGBTQ people.
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• Without these protections, people can be hired or fired solely based on their gender identity or sexual orientation.
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