Florida whistleblower Rebekah Jones gives a look behind the scenes
The fired data expert shares text messages, emails and her own thoughts with the Miami Herald, revealing an unlikely ally in Gov. DeSantisâ administration.
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Rebekah Jones stands outside her office at the Florida Department of Health where she built the COVID-19 data dashboard. [ Miami Herald ]
By Sarah Blaskey, Miami Herald
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Just hours after the police entered her home, guns drawn and warrant to seize her electronics in hand, Rebekah Jones, Floridaâs ousted data guru for COVID-19, sent a warning to one of her most secret confidantes â Jared Moskowitz, top aide to Gov. Ron DeSantis for the stateâs COVID-19 response.
The pastor at Christ Presbyterian Church in Tallahassee calls on senators Marco Rubio and Rick Scott to pass the Equality Act, a proposed law passed by the House that would guarantee equal rights for all sexual orientations and gender identities.
HRC Mourns Keri Washington, Black Transgender Woman Killed in Clearwater, Florida
HRC is deeply saddened to learn of the death of Keri Washington, a 49-year-old Black transgender woman, who was found dead in Clearwater, Florida, on May 1, 2021.
HRC is deeply saddened to learn of the death of Keri Washington, a 49-year-old Black transgender woman, who was found dead in Clearwater, Florida, on May 1, 2021. Keri’s death is at least the 20th violent death of a transgender or gender non-conforming person in 2021. We say “at least” because too often these deaths go unreported or misreported. Keri’s death marks the second known killing of a Black transgender woman in Florida this year, following Alexus Braxton in Miami on February 4.
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School’s Policy Prohibiting the Presence of a Transgender Student in the Restroom That Matches Their Gender Identity May Be Unlawful Discrimination
School boards have long known that gender stereotyping is not allowed under Title IX of the Education Amendment’s prohibition on discrimination “because of sex.” However, there has been some confusion over whether this prohibition also covers discrimination based upon gender identity (what sex a student identifies as) and whether Title IX requires schools to treat students consistent with their gender identities rather their biological sex.