The Miami-Dade County LGBTQIA+ Advisory Board is comprised of individuals who are working directly to improve the lives of the LGBTQIA+ community.
The purpose of the Board is to advise the Board of County Commissioners with respect to laws and policies that support Miami-Dade County’s LGBTQIA+ residents, visitors, and businesses, to ensure a strong voice for the LGBTQIA+ community in local government and public policy and to encourage and support the development of the LGBTQIA+ community.
This diverse group of leaders plays a critical role in prioritizing the LGBTQIA+ community in all legislative and budget efforts. The board partners with local government entities and promotes and advances LGBTQIA+ initiatives. To accomplish its objectives, the Board builds working relationships with county leaders and their representatives.
In 2017, a Gallup poll concluded that 4.5 percent of adult Americans identified themselves as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, interesex and asexual ("LGTBQIA+"), 5.1 percent of them women and 3.9 percent men. A different survey in 2016, from the Williams Institute, estimated that 0.6 percent of adults in the United States identified themselves as transgender.
Through activism and the arts, the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, interesex and asexual ("LGBTQIA+") community in Miami-Dade County maintains a long track record of leading restoration in revitalization efforts in several of Miami's historic communities.
Because of this diversity and inclusiveness, #OurCounty continues to attract more than one million LGBTQIA+ visitors each year as well as individuals, businesses and professionals seeking to relocate to the area.
The board will continue to promoting Miami-Dade County as a community where LGBTQIA+ friendly businesses and professionals and LGBTQIA+ residents and visitors are welcomed to work, live and play.
Below is a list of the board members and their respective appointment by the Board of County Commissioners:
Ariel Trueba, Chairman District 6
Darrell Burks, Vice-Chairman District 9
Patricia Hernández, District 1
Open Seat, District 2
Bobby Joe Bracy District 3
Cindy Brown, District 4
Open Seat, District 5
Ariel Trueba, District 6
Kevin Correa District 7
Jennifer Stephenson, District 8
Darrell Burks, District 9
Open Seat, District 10
Harold Marrero, District 11
Orlando Lopez, District 12
Open Seat, District 13
Grace C. Lopez, Office of the Mayor
Dr. Travis Stokes, Ed, D., Office of the Mayor
The founding ordinance for the LGBTQIA+ Advisory Board can be found below. There will be a selection of bylaws committees in the near future.
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