Gabrielle Union urges Floridians to vote anti-LGBTQ+ Gov. Ron DeSantis out of office

Gabrielle Union on MTV UK in May 2018
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Gabrielle Union returned to Florida earlier last week, months after husband Dwyane Wade said the couple and their family left the state in part due to its anti-LGBTQ+ laws.

Union was in Miami for the American Black Film Festival (ABFF), where she was promoting a new Netflix rom-com, The Perfect Find, and her BET docuseries, My Journey to 50, which follows the actor and activist on a trip to Africa for her 50th birthday. But on her mind as well were the recent slate of anti-LGBTQ+ laws signed by Florida governor and 2024 presidential hopeful Ron DeSantis (R), as well as the state’s “Stop W.O.K.E. Act,” which has had a devastating impact on teachers’ ability to discuss Black history in schools.

Speaking to Variety on the ABFF red carpet, Union explained why it was important for her to return to Miami, where she and Wade owned a home until 2021, despite the state’s anti-Black and anti-LGBTQ+ politics.

“I’m here to say that there are people in this city — in this very city — who do not feel safe here, do not feel protected here, don’t feel the love,” Union said.

In May, Miami Beach mayor Dan Gelber, along with the mayors of seven other Florida cities including Tallahassee, Tampa, and Fort Lauderdale, signed on to GLESEN’s Rise Up Pledge, promising to support…

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