Last weekend the Fl LGBTA Democratic Caucus Summer Conference took place with many state organizations and county district groups present. President Fl LGBTA is Stephen Gaskill and local Hillsborough Cty chapter president David Cutler did a great job in programming the 3 day event at Grand Hyatt Tampa Bay.

The message that was being heavily pronounced to the group was voter registration – voter turnout! There are 7 LGBTA regional chapters in Florida from all over the state.

Informative as it was stats claiming that the LGBTA community in America spent $380 billion dollars to the US Economy.

Organizational speakers included Sean Meloy – Political Director of Victory Fund, Hills Cty Comm Les Miller & Comm Pat Kemp,  Fl Congresswoman Kathy Castor & Congressman Charlie Crist, Tampa City Councilman Luis Viera, Tampa Mayor Jane Castor, with Special Guest Stonewall Veteran John ‘Jay’ Chetney and Keynote Dinner Speaker was Florida Commissioner of Agriculture  and Consumer Services Nikki Fried.

One minor hiccup of the state advocacy group was the underlining presence of the Rainbow flag being set up on stage upside down.