Tag Archives: Tallahassee.
Screen Shot 2014-01-30 at 1.22.00 PM

Florida Mayors Urge Putin to End LGBT Discrimination

By Melanie Nathan, January 30, 2014 Today, three Florida mayors whose cities have Sister or Friendship City relationships with cities in Russia co-signed a letter to Russian President Vladmir Putin criticizing the anti-gay laws and violence in the country that will host the Winter Olympics at Sochi. Tallahassee Mayor John Marks, Orlando Mayor Buddy Dyer […]

7 Comments Continue Reading →
Screen Shot 2013-08-22 at 10.04.04 AM

Call for Florida Cities to Suspend Relationships with Russian Sister Cities

By Melanie Nathan, August 26, 2013. Due to the passage of extreme anti-gay legislation and the alarming increase in anti-gay violence in Russia, Equality Florida has called upon all Florida cities to suspend their Sister/Friendship City relationships with Russian cities.  Letters have been sent to the mayors of Gainesville, Orlando, Sarasota, St. Petersburg and Tallahassee. […]

6 Comments Continue Reading →
Follow

Get every new post delivered to your Inbox.

Join 438 other followers

Build a website with WordPress.com