Fitzlane Project News Today

Cries for fair treatment filled the air Saturday afternoon as hundreds marched in downtown Orlando in support of rights for transgender people in Florida. The New York-based Center for Constitutional Rights helped organize the event, which follows a lawsuit challenging a state law that prohibits transgender people from using public bathrooms that don’t align with their sex assigned at birth. ...

A group including transgender advocates, health care professionals, and attorneys gathered recently for town hall meetings in Tampa and St. Petersburg.

Less than two weeks after being targeted by neo-Nazis during its LGBTQ+Celebration of the Arts fundraiser, Rose Dynasty Foundation was at Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Lakeland for the nonprofit's weekly bingo night. Proceeds from the Dec. 15 event hosted by Momma Ashley Rose went to CampOut's efforts to stage a LGBTQ+ summer camp and The Fitzlane Project which provides funding to underprivileged transgender youth in the Greater Tampa Bay.

St. Pete Pride organizers held an LGBTQ+ Youth & Family Day event Saturday at Straub Park in St. Petersburg, Florida, as part of the ongoing celebration.