Mark Adam Foley is an American former politician who served as a member of the United States House of Representatives. He served from 1995 until 2006,representing the 16th District of Florida as a member of the Republican Party,before resigning due to revelations that he had sent sexually explicit messages to teenaged boys who had served as congressional pages in what came to be known as the Mark Foley scandal.
Kendrick Brett Meek is an American politician who served as the U.S. representative for Florida's 17th congressional district from 2003 to 2011. He was the Democratic nominee in the 2010 Senate election for the seat of Mel Martinez,but he and independent candidate Charlie Crist lost in a three-way race to Republican Marco Rubio.
Ira William McCollum Jr. is an American lawyer and Republican Party politician. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives from 1981 to 2001,representing Florida's 5th congressional district,which was later redistricted to the 8th congressional district in 1993. As a member of the House,McCollum rose to become Vice Chairman of the House Republican Conference,the fifth-highest ranking position in the House Republican leadership. He voted to impeach President Bill Clinton and subsequently took a leadership role in managing Clinton's trial in the Senate,which ended in acquittal.
Charles Joseph Crist Jr. is an American attorney and politician who served as the 44th governor of Florida from 2007 to 2011 and as the U.S. representative for Florida's 13th congressional district from 2017 to 2022. Crist has been a member of the Democratic Party since 2012;he was previously a Republican before becoming an independent in 2010.
Dennis K. Baxley is a state legislator in Florida who has served in the Florida Senate since 2016. A Republican,he represents the 12th district including Sumter County and parts of Lake County and Marion County in Central Florida. He previously served in the Florida House of Representatives,representing parts of Marion County from 2000 to 2007 and again from 2010 until his election to the Senate. He served on the Belleview City Commission and as its mayor.
Kelly Skidmore is a politician who served as a member of the Florida House of Representatives,representing the 90th District,from 2006 to 2008. A Democrat,she ran unsuccessfully for the Florida Senate in 2010 and again for the Florida House in 2016.
James Drew Bush III is a Miami,Florida teacher and Democratic politician who served as the representative for District 109 of the Florida House of Representatives. He previously represented the same district from 1992 to 2000 and from 2008 to 2010.
Lesbian,gay,bisexual,and transgender (LGBT) people in the U.S. state of Florida are largely considered to be socially liberal compared to other states,and LGBT residents enjoy most of the same rights as non-LGBT residents. Same-sex sexual activity became legal in the state after the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Lawrence v. Texas on June 26,2003,and same-sex marriage has been legal in the state since January 6,2015. Discrimination on account of sexual orientation and gender identity in employment,housing and public accommodations is outlawed following the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Bostock v. Clayton County. In addition,several cities and counties,comprising about 55% of Florida's population,have enacted anti-discrimination ordinances. These include Jacksonville,Miami,Tampa,Orlando,St. Petersburg,Tallahassee and West Palm Beach,among others. Conversion therapy is also banned in a number of cities in the state,mainly in Palm Beach County and the Miami metropolitan area.
Kelly Cassidy is an American politician from Chicago. She is a Democrat and a member of the Illinois House of Representatives. She was appointed to represent the 14th district,on Chicago's North Side,in April 2011 following incumbent Harry Osterman's election to the Chicago City Council. She took office on May 16,2011. Most notably Kelly Cassidy was the chief sponsor of House Bill 1438,making Illinois the first state to legalize the Adult-Use of Cannabis through legislature as opposed to a ballot measure.
Joe Saunders is an American community activist and politician. He was a Democratic member of the Florida House of Representatives,representing the 49th District,including northern Orange County and the main campus of the University of Central Florida,from 2012 to 2014.
Anti-LGBT curriculum laws,sometimes referred to as don't say gay laws or no promo homo laws,are laws approved by various U.S. states that prohibit or limit the mention or discussion of homosexuality and transgender identity in public schools. In theory,these laws mainly apply to sex ed courses,but they can also be applied to other parts of the school curriculum as well as to extracurricular activities such as sports and organizations such as gay–straight alliances. In July 2022,a wave of anti-LGBT curriculum resurgence saw ten such laws beginning to take effect in six different states. Some states enacting these new laws appear to have mirrored similar laws from other states.
Fentrice DeNell Driskell is an American lawyer and politician who is the Representative in the Florida House of Representatives from the 63rd House district in Hillsborough County. She is Of Counsel at the law firm of Carlton Fields.
The 1920 Florida gubernatorial election was held on November 2,1920. Democratic nominee Cary A. Hardee defeated Republican nominee George E. Gay with 77.94% of the vote.
Michele Rayner-Goolsby is an American attorney and politician. She has served as a member of the Florida House of Representatives since 2020,representing District 70 in Pinellas,Hillsborough,Manatee,and Sarasota Counties. She is the first openly queer Black woman elected to the Florida Legislature.
Joe Harding is an American politician and businessman who served as a member of the Florida House of Representatives from 2020 until his resignation in 2022. A member of the Republican Party,Harding introduced the Parental Rights in Education Act,Florida House Bill 1557,known by critics as the "Don't Say Gay" bill.
Since the passage of Florida's Parental Rights in Education Act,known by its critics as the Don't Say Gay Bill or Don't Say Gay Law,The Walt Disney Company has been involved in a feud with Florida governor Ron DeSantis and the state's Republican Party. While initially a donor to some of the politicians who voted in favor of the Act,after its passage,Disney has since spoken out against the bill and called for it to be repealed.
Daryl Campbell is an American politician. He served as a Democratic member for the 94th district of the Florida House of Representatives.
The Parental Rights in Education Act,described as the Don't Say Gay act by its opponents,is a Florida state law passed in 2022 that enacts several new statutes for public schools in Florida,which prohibits "classroom instruction" on sexual orientation or gender identity in "kindergarten through grade 3 or in a manner that is not age appropriate or developmentally appropriate for students in accordance with state standards" in public schools and prohibits public schools from preventing parents from accessing the education and health records of their students. The Florida House of Representatives passed the bill in a 69 to 47 vote on February 24,2022,with 68 Republicans and 1 Democrat voting for it and 40 Democrats and 7 Republicans voting against it. The Florida Senate passed the bill in a 22 to 17 vote on March 8,2022,with 22 Republicans voting for it and 15 Democrats and 2 Republicans voting against it. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed the bill on March 28,2022 and it went into effect on July 1,2022. The civil rights organizations for LGBT rights in the United States and LGBT rights in Florida,the Human Rights Campaign and Equality Florida,responded by stating that DeSantis is "on the wrong side of history" and "attacked parents and children" by signing the bill.
