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It documents pro-equality successes in areas of workplace non-discrimination, family recognition, and school safety, while also highlighting that the organization has defeated anti-LGBT legislative efforts in every session over the past 13 years. \u201cA great deal of work remains, but Floridians can be proud of the progress in our state over the past decade,\u201d said Nadine Smith, executive director for Equality Florida. \u201cThis report demonstrates that while political winds may shift during an election cycle, the long-term trend in Florida is strongly in favor of fairness and equality for everyone, including lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Florida now ranks among the top five states in the nation in protecting GLBT people from discrimination, according to a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,195],"tags":[468],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.3 - 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