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9 May 2013
Former Republican Governor Charlie Crist announces marriage equality support + Charlie Crist, the former Governor of Florida, declared his support for marriage equality in what appears to be the latest stage of his evolution from Republican to Democrat politics.
7 May 2013
US: Authorities urged to solve murder of black trans women in three states 5 Two organisations in the US are calling for action by authorities, following the murder of several black, transgender women across three states.
19 April 2013
Florida: Gay publisher blasts GLAAD for giving award to Adam Lambert 29 The decision of US LGBT advocacy group GLAAD to honour Adam Lambert with an award has angered the boss of a Florida gay publication.
5 April 2013
US: Senator Bill Nelson declares support for marriage equality as ‘God created us all with rights’ 17 Florida Democrat Bill Nelson has changed his position on same-sex marriage, adding to a recent outbreak of support which has seen the Senate tip in favour of marriage equality.
4 April 2013
Busta Rhymes launches anti-gay tirade in Miami burger restaurant 21 Rapper Busta Rhymes has been accused of shouting anti-gay slurs at an employee at a Miami restaurant and calling the lesbian owner a "bitch".
3 April 2013
US: Florida Senate committee approves bill for same-sex domestic partnership registry 5 A Florida Senate committee has approved the state's first bill to allow domestic partner registration, including specific rights for same-sex couples.
25 March 2013
US: South Florida to get first gay retirement home 6 South Florida is to get its first gay retirement home, Secret Garden in Wilton Manors.
19 March 2013
Florida: State appeals court makes key ruling in Facebook gay hate case + In an apparent first in Florida law, a state appeals court has ruled that posting threats on one's personal Facebook page can be prosecuted under state law.
6 March 2013
Florida: 12 charged in connection with the hazing death of gay student Robert Champion 9 Twelve former members of Florida A&M's university marching band have been charged with manslaughter over the death of a gay student.
8 February 2013
Miami: Judge rules gay man and lesbian couple can all be named on child’s birth certificate 24 After a two year court battle a judge has ruled that a gay man who gave his sperm to a lesbian couple for artificial insemination can have his name on the child's birth certificate along with the two women.
10 January 2013
US: Florida Senate to consider gay ‘domestic partnership’ bill 2 A bill which would allow gay couples to enter into "domestic partnerships," with a view to extending some marital rights to same-sex couples, was filed in the Florida Senate on Wednesday.
3 January 2013
Florida lesbian couple win $7,500 after Bank of America refused them a mortgage 4 The Bank of America has agreed to pay out a lump sum of $7,500 to a couple denied a mortgage based on their sexuality.
21 December 2012
US: Gay teenager appointed to the board of Florida city council after he spoke out against discrimination 3 The council of the South Florida city of Boca Raton has unanimously appointed a 17-year-old openly gay boy to its community relations board after he spoke out against the city's lack of anti-LGBT discrimination policies.
4 December 2012
Travel: Fort Lauderdale 3 Known as one of America's foremost LGBT capital’s, Joey Amato from Out Destinations profiles Fort Lauderdale.
15 November 2012
Florida: Gay Republican commits suicide blaming Obama victory 49 A gay man in Key West, Florida, took his own life two days after Barack Obama won a second term in the White House and cited the president’s victory in a suicide letter.
6 November 2012
US 2012: LGBT history in the making 17 Election Day has arrived in the United States with millions of Americans going to the polls to vote for the country’s next president, along with landmark public referendums on equal marriage taking place in four different states.
20 October 2012
US: Same-sex marriage scam angers former couple who thought they were married 8 A Florida man has spoken out about his anger at being issued an invalid marriage license by an Iowa courthouse, and says his case represents wider problems faced by gay couples who cannot marry in their home states.
20 October 2012
Gay boxer wins first fight since decision to come out 32 Orlando Cruz has won his first fight since publicly declaring that he is indeed a gay man.
12 October 2012
Florida Republican gay group uses image of dead US ambassador in campaign ad 33 A Florida chapter of the pro-gay Log Cabin Republicans has been roundly condemned for reportedly using an image of a dead US ambassador in a pitch to LGBT voters to support the Republican Party.
11 October 2012
New African American anti-equal marriage group vows to damage Obama’s re-election chances 44 A new anti-equal marriage campaign group of conservative African American faith leaders says it will spend $1 million (£623,100) in an attempt to strip away 25% of President Obama’s support among black voters.

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