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A trans woman’s murder in front of dozens of witnesses remains unsolved. That’s not uncommon.
After Bree Black’s murder, police are realizing they don’t know how to interact with the trans community.
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Fort Lauderdale’s out mayor faced intimidation & slurs from Trump supporters. He was still reelected.
Mayor Dean Trantalis had pink flags left around his home and slurs hurled at him. He’s not alone in being targeted.
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Judge in Broward County, Florida, grants state’s first same-sex divorce
Circuit Judge Dale Cohen on Wednesday dissolved the marriage of Heather Brassner and Megan Lade, who were united in a 2002 civil union in Vermont.
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Same-sex couple’s divorce hearing set before Broward County judge
A judge in Broward County who found Florida’s ban on same-sex marriage unconstitutional has set a hearing to finalize the divorce of a gay couple.
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Broward County judge again rules Florida’s gay marriage ban unconstitutional
A judge in Broward County, who in August declared Florida’s same-sex marriage ban unconstitutional, only to later vacate his order on a technicality, has again ruled against the ban.
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Fla. judge vacates same-sex marriage ruling on legal technicality
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A Broward County judge, who last month struck down Florida’s ban on same-sex marriage, vacated his own ruling Thursday on a legal technicality. The Miami Herald reports that Circuit Court Judge Dale Cohen vacated his decision because a petitioner in the case “failed to comply with (state law)” and notify “the Office of the…
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Fla. county wants to withhold tax dollars from being used to fight marriage rulings
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Broward County, Fla., Commissioners on Tuesday approved a resolution supporting same-sex marriage, and are asking the county attorney to research ways to withhold taxpayer funding from the state that would be used in the appeals process. WSVN-TV reports that the commissioners voted unanimously to oppose Florida’s same-sex marriage ban…
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Broward County judge delivers third win for marriage equality in Florida
A state circuit judge in Broward County has become the third Florida judge to rule that the state’s ban on same-sex marriage is unconstitutional. Circuit Court Judge Dale Cohen issued the ruling Monday, which applies to recognition of out-of-state same-sex marriages, as well as overturning Florida’s ban on same-sex marriage, in Broward County only.
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Broward County schools first in U.S. to recognize LGBT history month
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Broward County School Board members on Wednesday unanimously passed a formal resolution to recognize LGBT History Month, which takes place every October.
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Florida county passes equal benefits ordinance inclusive of same-sex partners
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The Broward County Commission on Tuesday voted unanimously to approve Florida’s first countywide Equal Benefits Ordinance (EBO), a measure that requires the county’s vendors to provide domestic partners with benefits equal to those offered to spouses of married employees.
