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By Brian Pacheco, GLAAD's Spanish-Language Media Strategist -Disponible debajo en español- Last week, GLAAD’s Director of Spanish-Language Media, Monica Trasandes, Carolina González, Public Information Officer for ACLU of Florida, and I facilitated a webinar about LGBT issues for local South Florida advocates and community members, who took the opportunity to ask important questions. The result? Dozens became more informed about LGBT issues, and were now equipped to share the information they learned with their peers and loved ones. Working with Hispanic and Latino community members around the country is my absolute favorite part of the work that I do. As a Latino, it warms my heart to hear stories of Hispanic/Latino families accepting their lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender family members, and it breaks my heart to hear stories of rejection. But more and more I hear about beautiful, emotionally moving stories of families coming around and loving and accepting their LGBT family members for who they are.

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Some days, it can be lonely being an ACLU lawyer. That’s particularly true in Florida, where we’ve been challenging a slew of laws that violate Floridians' Fourth Amendment rights to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures.