Florida Agenda

TAMPA, FL – Equality Florida presented its yearly “Corporate Voice of Equality” award to the Tampa Bay Times on Saturday, Feb. 25, during a benefit at the Italian Club in Ybor City. Tampa-area realtor Charlie Hounchell, who presented the award, called the Times a “progressive voice for civil rights and human dignity.” Paul Tash, chairman […]

TAMPA, FL – Taking a cue from recent decisions by Orlando’s city government and the mayor of Orange County to establish domestic partner registries, Tampa may become the next Florida city to allow unmarried couples to register as domestic partners. Last week, Tampa City Councilwoman Yvonne Capin proposed a registry to include both straight and […]

  Memorial Service for  Frank Holden Wilton Manors, FL – The memorial service for Frank Holden, who unexpectedly passed away on November 4,  will be held at Bill’s Filling Station, in the Mustang Lounge, on Sunday, November 20, 2011 at 5:30 p.m. Everyone is welcome to attend and remember a loved bartender in our community. […]

PINELLAS COUNTY, FL – WTVT Fox 13 in Tampa reported last week that the Pinellas County School Board has cut ties with an educational program affiliated with the Boy Scouts. The program, called Learning for Life, was said to be a character education program which teaches students values like respect, responsibility, honesty and fairness. A […]

TAMPA, FL – The University of South Florida in Tampa will be joining the ranks of Rutgers and Harvard and offer students the option to live with any gender. Students will be given the choice to live alone or with a roommate or a friend of any gender or with a random roommate of any […]

TAMPA, FL – Anti-gay singer Buju  Banton was found guilty and sentenced to 10 years in maximum security for conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute five or more kilograms of cocaine, of possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug-trafficking and using the wire to facilitate drug-trafficking. antibiotics no prescription According to the St. […]

TAMPA, FL – Just 24 hours after Equality Florida called for the replacement of notoriously anti-gay activist Terry Kemple from a board tasked with supporting equality, more than 700 people have contacted the Hillsborough County Commission demanding action. By a 5-2 vote, Kemple was appointed to the Human Relations Board whose purpose is to, “encourage […]