TAMPA The city council's decision two weeks ago to extend Tampa's anti-discrimination laws to include transgender individuals was a move long overdue, its supporters say. To the leaders of evangelical Christian groups, the inclusion of "gender identity and expression" as a protected class under the city's human rights ordinance is an assault on their religious values that they fear will sanction sexually deviant behavior. ...more

November 17, 2009

Fourteen years ago, the Hillsborough County Commission voted to strip gay rights protections out of the county's human rights ordinance. ...more

October 22, 2009

including more than 100 in downtown Tampa - rallied at 1:30 p.m. Saturday to protest bans on marriage and adoption approved by voters in four states. ...more

November 16, 2008

Thousands of gays and lesbians and their supporters around the country – including more than 100 in downtown Tampa – rallied at 1:30 p.m. to protest bans to marriage and adoption approved by voters in four states. ...more

November 15, 2008

Quick, put on your good citizen cap. There are only a few days left to get your application in for Hillsborough County's citizen advisory boards and councils. ...more

October 13, 2008