FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 15, 2022

Convention features homophobic and transphobic far-right elected officials and speakers preaching hate and bigotry

TAMPA, FL – Florida’s LGBTQ+ Democrats, elected officials and candidates will rally in opposition to the national convention of Moms for Liberty in Tampa on Friday, July 15 at 4pm. The Moms for Liberty convention coincides with the Florida Democratic Party’s Leadership Blue, and both events are being held at the JW Marriott in downtown Tampa. The focus of the rally is to highlight Moms for Liberty’s radical and discriminatory anti-LGBTQ+ agenda, which has been enacted by Gov. Ron DeSantis in Florida and is being replicated in other states with Republican governors. Moms for Liberty aims to erase LGBTQ+ people from public life, and LGBTQ+ Democrats are fighting back.

WHAT
Rally in opposition to the Moms for Liberty national convention

WHO
LGBTQ+ Leaders, Elected Officials and Candidates
Rep. Carlos Guillermo Smith
Sally Phillips, President, Hillsborough County LGBTQ+ Democratic Caucus
Stephen Gaskill, President, Florida LGBTQ+ Democratic Caucus

WHEN
Friday, July 15
4pm

WHERE
Dick Greco Plaza
505 Water Street
Downtown Tampa (across from the JW Marriott)

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The Florida LGBTQ+ Democratic Caucus represents lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer Floridians to the Florida Democratic Party. The Caucus is a statewide organization with chapters in 25 counties across Florida from Pensacola to Orlando to Miami – including most major metropolitan areas and many rural counties in between.