Drag performer sells removed crosswalk bricks to fund Pride groups
Eric Swanson, who performs as Miss Bouvee, won 50 bricks at auction and has raised more than half of his $15,000 goal for Pride organizations in Key West and Naples.
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Eric Swanson, who performs as Miss Bouvee, won 50 bricks at auction and has raised more than half of his $15,000 goal for Pride organizations in Key West and Naples.
Celebrations are scheduled to continue throughout the night at various bars and restaurants in Wilton Manors, while City Hall will be illuminated in pink and purple, the singer's favorite colors.
Equality Florida says it's looking at legal action after a fake text uses its name to target Jones with a false HIV claim.
Fort Lauderdale was the last Florida city still fighting a state order to remove all street art.
Berlin police did not identify the suspect, who is still at large, by name but said that he was already known to police and is from Berlin.
The festival accompanying the parade continued as scheduled, going on from 3 p.m. to 11 p.m.
A Pinecrest family is mourning the 10-year mark since the Pulse Nightclub shooting, which claimed the life of Jerry Wright, one of 49 people killed and 53 injured when a gunman opened fire.
Miami Beach police said Christoph Rehak and Gunther Manfred Jekschtat both confessed to the crime after being interviewed by investigators.
Jason Collins, the NBA's first openly gay player, who went on to become a pioneer for inclusion and an ambassador for the league, has died, his family announced Tuesday.
City officials say the new installation is not technically a crosswalk, but rather a rainbow-colored pedestrian area located just steps away from where the original once stood.
Transgender women athletes are now excluded from women's events at the Olympics after the IOC agreed to a new eligibility policy on Thursday.
Demolition began at Orlando's Pulse nightclub as the city cleared the site for a permanent memorial to the 49 people killed there.
Local officials and residents are voicing strong opposition to the legislation, which they fear will severely impact community life. The bill prohibits counties and municipalities from using funds or taking official action related to DEI.
The bill doesn't prohibit a local government from recognizing state and federal holidays, such as Juneteenth or Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
The Freedom of Conscience in the Workplace Act would also require that job applications will only have two genders, removing a non-binary option.
The Supreme Court hears arguments today on whether laws in Idaho and West Virginia banning transgender athletes from competing on girls' and women's sports teams violate the Constitution and Title IX.
A man pleaded guilty to murder and tampering charges and was sentenced to 40 years in the killing of a University of Mississippi graduate who was a prominent figure in the LGBTQ community.
A 16-year FBI employee has filed a lawsuit alleging he was fired last month because he had a Pride flag displayed near his desk.
A group of transgender members of the U.S. Air Force and Space Force forced to leave active duty under the Trump administration's policies say their benefits were revoked in a rare move.
Advocacy group The Trevor Projected released data from the first year of a study following more than 1,600 LGBTQ+ youth across the country.
St. Petersburg is considering approval of two flags after DeSantis ordered similar street murals erased because of supposedly political messages.
The Supreme Court heard a challenge to a Colorado law banning "conversion therapy" for minors that was brought by a licensed counselor in the state.
Under a school system policy guide at the time, the parents were not informed of the social transition at school.
The removal comes after the City of Miami Beach lost its appeal to keep its rainbow sidewalk permanent.
The murals included bright geometric patterns and depictions of musical instruments.
