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More than half of LGBT Jacksonville residents surveyed say they’ve experienced discrimination in the city. That’s according to a new study from the…
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First Coast ConnectSaying “retreat is better than defeat,” the most prominent supporter of expanding equal protections to this city’s LGBT community withdrew his bill on the…
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Two human-rights ordinance bills were withdrawn at Thursday’s special City Council meeting, with a 13-6 vote on both. One bill, 2016-002, introduced by…
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Councilmen Tommy Hazouri and Bill Gulliford said on Saturday they will ask Council President Greg Anderson to withdraw each member's bill to expand…
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As the Jacksonville City Council debates bills dealing with LGBT discrimination, a similar proposal in the Florida Legislature has died.When the bill that…
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First Coast ConnectAs the Jacksonville City Council looks at two proposed bills that would amend the city’s human rights ordinance to include protections for the LGBT…
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First Coast Connect02/05/16: Media Roundtable Week In Review; Water Education Festival; 'Radio Golf'; Jax Dance TheatreWe discuss the week's top news stories with our roundtable of local journalists: Ron Littlepage, Florida Times-Union columnist; Fred Matthews, Examiner…
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Updated Thurs. 2/04 at 8 p.m.:The Jacksonville City Council has voted 11-8 against withdrawing a bill that would prohibit LGBT discrimination.The…
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First Coast ConnectJacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry announced in a memo last week that he is changing city employment policy to prohibit discrimination of any kind.Curry also…
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Updated 5:42 p.m. on 01/29/16 Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry is changing the city’s employment policy to prohibit discrimination of any kind. In a memo to…