Arlene Goldberg

Arlene Goldberg is a leader and pioneer in the LGBTQ+ community, and the recepient of Equality Florida’s 2014 Voice for Equality Award. She was one of the plaintiffs in the groundbreaking ACLU class-action lawsuit related to the same-sex marriage laws in Florida. History was made when she and her wife, Carol, carol became the first same-sex couple to have their New York marriage officially and legally recognized by the State of Florida. Arlene confounded Visulaity in 2011 in Southwest Florida, and Southwest Florida Pride, Ince. created the Goldberg Award in her honor, to “recognized outstanding individuals that have contributed to the cultural, social and economic fabric of the LGBTQ+ Community in Southwest Florida.”