Miss Bouvèé has something to say about Florida's drag bans
This drag performer reflects on the lasting impact the state's anti-drag bans have had a year after they were put into motion.
June 05 2024 4:08 PM
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News from within the borders of Florida and the fight for LGBT equality there. As of 2013, Florida legistlators have still not stuck down's the state's sodomy laws, though they remain unenforceable since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Lawrence v. Texas. The state also voted to ban same-sex marriage and civil unions in 2008. Florida is infamous as the home of the Save the Children campaign helmed by Anita Bryant, which led to the prohibition of same-sex couples from adopting children in 1977.
David Duke's godchild comes out as transgender in new memoir about leaving white nationalism
R. Derek Black, the former poster child for white nationalism, shares their journey of gender identity and ideological transformation in their upcoming book.
May 10 2024 12:05 PM
Anti-DEI laws are forcing universities to grapple with a mass exodus of LGBTQ+ professors: study
New Williams Institute study finds an alarming number of professors in higher education considering leaving their states or the profession because of Republican laws.
May 06 2024 9:09 AM
Gay travelers are standing up for equality by attending Pensacola Pride's 30th anniversary
Florida's elected officials won't keep these partygoers from saying gay.
May 01 2024 3:21 PM
Biden will hammer Trump over abortion bans in Florida speech
President Joe Biden will speak in Tampa on Tuesday to lay out why Donald Trump and Republicans are a danger to Americans’ reproductive rights.
April 23 2024 5:00 AM
Mike Johnson briefed right-wing influencers including Libs of TikTok ahead of election bill announcement
House Speaker Mike Johnson provided details to conservative social media figures before the public announcement, raising concerns about transparency and the influence of digital creators in politics.
April 17 2024 1:31 PM
There have already been 4,000 instances of book banning in America this school year: report
PEN America’s latest findings shed light on the targeted censorship of content related to race, sexuality, and violence, sparking advocacy and resistance across the nation.
April 16 2024 2:16 PM
Right-wing extremists confront transgender people in Florida bathrooms
Imagine needing to go to the bathroom and being confronted by a stranger about why you’re there. That’s how it is for trans people in Florida under the state’s bathroom law.
April 11 2024 2:59 PM
Ron DeSantis and Disney reach settlement in suit over governing control
The Central Florida Tourism Oversight District approves a settlement over control of Walt Disney World’s governing district, signaling an end to the two-year-long clash between Ron DeSantis and Disney.
March 27 2024 6:10 PM
'Beloved' Virginia professor found dead at gay men's sauna after vanishing from conference
Averett University psychology professor David Hanbury, 37, was found deceased Saturday at the popular gay men's sauna Club Orlando.
March 20 2024 3:02 PM
Navy vet opposes Moms for Liberty-backed homeschool advocate for Florida school board seat
Travis Akers, a veteran and social justice advocate, confronts Melody Bolduc’s far-right ties in a battle over educational policies and inclusivity in Duval County schools.
March 19 2024 2:39 PM
Florida students allowed to talk about sexual orientation, gender identity after 'don't say gay' settlement
A legal settlement established that certain discussions of sexual orientation and gender identity are absolutely permitted in Florida schools.
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March 11 2024 5:10 PM
Disgraced Florida GOP ex-Chair Christian Ziegler won’t face prosecution
Ziegler had been accused by a woman of raping her in a Sarasota apartment and filming the encounter without her consent.
March 06 2024 1:35 PM
Florida man held woman for ransom in motel after learning she was transgender, police say
The man claimed to be a member of an Southern Poverty Law Center-designated hate group
March 06 2024 11:42 AM
Trump judge tosses DeSantis's 'Stop Woke Law,' and calls it 'First Amendment sin'
Florida's war on progress was rejected by an unlikely figure.
March 05 2024 11:59 AM
Trans activists march on Florida capital as erasure bill dies
At a rally on the steps outside the building on Wednesday, LGBTQ leaders and progressive lawmakers slammed legislation threatening to erase trans identities.
March 01 2024 5:24 PM
Florida man convicted of antigay death threats to George Santos
The gay man told police he was only exercising his free-speech rights to let the former Congressman “know what a piece of shi*t he was.”
February 27 2024 3:22 PM
New kids’ book ‘Hooray for She, He, Ze, and They!’ explores gender euphoria amid LGBTQ+ book bans
Nonbinary author Lindz Amer’s new children’s picture book champions diverse representation and free expression. The Advocate spoke to them about their motivation for writing it.
February 25 2024 6:49 PM
Florida LGBTQ+ activist is forcibly removed at a House hearing on gun laws
Maxx Fanning, the executive director for Prism, posted the incident on social media.
February 21 2024 6:23 PM
Charges dropped against Florida family accused of blinding gay man in brutal assault
The alleged victim said the family was upset after discovering he was romantically involved with one of the sons.
February 21 2024 12:58 PM