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LGBTQ
Gulfport Pride 2021 – pictures and voices
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...
Tampa Pride Returns to Ybor City
On Saturday thousands gathered in Ybor City to celebrate the first major PRIDE event of 2021. The day included vendors set up throughout Ybor City, the first street parade in the Tampa Bay Area since...
Activists warn Florida is becoming unsafe for LGBTQ youth
Following the passage of the ‘Parents Bill of Rights’, activists in Florida warn the state is becoming unsafe for LGBTQ youth. LISTEN: Republican Senator Kelli Stargel might’ve quashed her own bill banning transgender girls...
Advocates warn Florida’s Parent’s Bill of Rights will have fatal consequence for LGBTQ youth
A bill some fear will compel teachers and counselors to forcibly out LGBTQ students to their families is making another round through the Florida legislature and some fear the consequences could be fatal. With passage...
Bills limiting the participation of transgender girls in school sports are being criticized for lacking scientific basis. And they look a lot like model legislation that’s already been struck down by federal courts in other...
The Way Of Birds. The Ways Of Prue.
The Bird Way: A New Look At How Birds Talk, Work, Play, Parent and Think by Jennifer Ackerman “There is the mammal way and there is the bird way.” But the bird way is much...
Florida House expands school vouchers without LGBTQ student protections
This week the Florida House voted to expand the state’s voucher program for students attending private schools. But an Orlando Sentinel investigation found that dozens of the schools that get money from the program discriminate...
The Stonewall Anniversary + A Conversation With m1nk on Life Elsewhere
June 28, 2019, marks the fiftieth anniversary of the Stonewall uprising, which is considered the most significant event in the gay liberation movement, and the catalyst for the modern fight for LGBTQ rights in the...
St. Pete Pride expects 200,000 for Saturday’s 2018 LGBTQ+ parade
This week is St. Pete Pride, one of the South’s largest LGBTQ+ celebrations; the Tampa Bay Times reports that police are investigating threats against the Pride weekend posted on social media. To find out what...
Marriage Equality victory in Monroe County could be the door LGBTQ advocates have been looking for
Marriage Equality victory in Monroe County could be the door LGBTQ advocates have been looking for
