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Ashley Brundage filed the paperwork to run in House District 65, which is held by Rep. Karen Gonzalez Pittman, R-Tampa.

The American Civil Liberties Union offered a forum of about 50 Concerned Citizens, teachers, students, lawyers, and media specialists in an effort to address anxieties while encouraging the public to speak out about educational censorship.

Listen:   St. Petersburg is prepping for its annual Pride parade during a time some may call hostile to the LGBTQ community. The city’s police department addressed safety concerns at a press conference Tuesday. St....

Listen: The State Board of Education unanimously voted for a proposal that would largely prohibit instruction about sexual orientation and gender identity in public schools. Last year, the legislature and Governor DeSantis approved what critics...

Listen: On Tuesday, two bills targeting the LGBTQ community were cleared for a vote by the full Florida House. The first bill, referred to as the “bathroom bill,” requires transgender people to use bathrooms that...

This week, Equality Florida issued a travel advisory to those coming to Florida, WMNF's Chris Young reports.

The Scoop: WMNF’s daily digest of news headlines for Friday, March 31st, 2023

An LGBTQ grassroots collective is hosting self-defense classes at a St. Pete church amidst rising hostility to the community.

The Parental Rights in Education, or "Don't Say Gay" bill, passes the Florida Legislature; the US Department of Education weighs in.

Transgender Day of Remembrance honors the memory of the transgender people whose lives were lost in acts of anti-transgender violence.

June is Pride month in St. Pete. There’s no major parade, but there are smaller events each weekend. On MidPoint Monday, WMNF’s Seán Kinane interviewed Nathan Brummer, the board president and executive director of St....

On Saturday, the south Pinellas city of Gulfport celebrated LGBTQ Pride with a parade and festival. WMNF interviewed Barbara Banno, one of the organizers of Gulfport Pride. She owns the Gulfport restaurant Stella’s and is...