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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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• Florida lawmakers want to repeal a state statute leftover from the Defense of Marriage Act.
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• Representative Carlos Guillermo Smith says the Florida House now has enough LGBTQ members for a caucus.
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• This activism continues in November with a special campaign to highlight transgender violence in the local community.
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