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After President Donald Trump took office his administration reversed course on issues involving gender identity and transgender treatment.

About 300 demonstrators representing a coalition of a dozen local activist groups held a protest yesterday in front of Tampa City Hall. According to a press release, their goal was, quote “to denounce Trump’s directives...

By Jim Saunders | ©2025 The News Service of Florida. TALLAHASSEE — As an appeals court considers the constitutionality of a 2023 Florida law aimed at preventing children from attending drag shows, it also is...

Fredrick Allen Hampton was a powerful 21-year-old Black Panther Party (BPP) activist and self-described revolutionary socialist. He was the prominent leader and chairman of the Chicago, Illinois, chapter of the Black Panther Party. Their “Power...

State officials say the constitution does not mandate ‘comfortable’ prisons Florida corrections officials want a federal judge to toss out a potential class-action lawsuit alleging the state has violated inmates’ rights because of hot conditions...

Listen: A St. Petersburg nonprofit is spreading the word about HIV prevention and treatments as diagnoses are rising in Pinellas County. HIV, or human immunodeficiency virus,  is an incurable, life-threatening virus that damages the body’s...

A judge found Florida's prohibition on Medicaid coverage for transgender individuals’ treatments violated federal health care laws.

Arguments will be Jan. 15 over Florida’s restrictions like puberty blockers and hormone therapy for people with gender dysphoria.

A federal appeals court refused to reconsider a decision that allowed Florida to restrict treatments for people with gender dysphoria.

The court will hear arguments about a 2023 Florida law aimed at preventing children from attending drag shows.

A federal court panel heard a challenge to a Florida law requiring educators to use pronouns that align with their sex assigned at birth.

As Democratic legislative candidate Ashley Brundage campaigns door to door, one issue keeps coming up: the property insurance crisis. Property insurance is becoming unaffordable for many Florida homeowners, Brundage says, and most of the blame...