Red states are destroying their rainbow crosswalks. Here's what you should know
Here's what you need to know about the rainbow crosswalks: who funds them, if they're safe, and why they're really being removed.
October 14, 2025
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Texas follows Florida's lead in demanding end to rainbow crosswalks and street art
Gov. Greg Abbott's administration gave cities 30 days to eliminate decorations from crosswalks. Meanwhile, Gov. Ron DeSantis just erased an iconic Ocean Drive walkway in Miami Beach.
October 9, 2025
Florida businesses and governments take to walls and parking lots to replace rainbows DeSantis blasted away
As the state continues to force the removal of crosswalks and street art, community members are seeking different ways to honor the LGBTQ+ community.
September 22, 2025
Democratic prosecutor to review arrests of protesters restoring Pulse crosswalk
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis maintains protesters tried to "commandeer" a state roadway. Monique Worrell promises to consider the memorial's meaning to survivors..
September 3, 2025
Ron DeSantis defends repainting crosswalks, including the Pulse memorial
His administration ordered the erasure of more than 400 decorated roadways, including ones with pro-cop messaging that won awards from the state for pedestrian safety.
August 28, 2025
Florida deploys police to stop crosswalks from being painted rainbow colors
The move comes after citizens repainted the Pulse memorial sidewalk in Pride colors.
August 27, 2025
Florida paints over Pulse memorial's pride colors again
The crosswalk was authorized by a Republican administration, but Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis decided abruptly the colors pose a safety risk.
August 25, 2025
Outrage after Florida quietly paints over Orlando Pulse shooting memorial
The state department of transportation painted over the landmark overnight.
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August 21, 2025
Florida threatens to blast rainbow crosswalks away if city governments won't do it
Gov. Ron DeSantis threatened Delray Beach and Key West for defying anti-Pride directives. Is Orlando's Pulse-inspired crosswalk next?
August 19, 2025
Another Florida city will defy state direction to erase Pride-themed crosswalks
"When do we stand our ground and when do we surrender without even a conversation?" one commissioner said.
August 15, 2025
Florida official who made tasteless, anti-LGBTQ+ post about Pulse shooting reinstated by judge
A judge said it provided no service to the public to suspend Judith Fike from the Groveland City Council but could unfairly damage her.
July 23, 2025
Another Florida city will power-wash its rainbow crosswalks away under pressure from Sean Duffy, Ron DeSantis
West Palm Beach officials said rainbow bricks will be installed at Serenity Park instead.
July 21, 2025
Florida city removes rainbow crosswalk, following Sean Duffy's anti-Pride directive
But other Florida cities have shown no urgency is erasing their colored walkways.
July 18, 2025
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis fails to mention LGBTQ+ identities of Pulse victims on shooting anniversary
He has cited the Hispanic and queer identities in the past, but snubbed communities as Orlando came together to remember the tragedy on its ninth anniversary.
June 13, 2025
Orlando to honor victims, commune with survivors on 9th anniversary of Pulse shooting
Some survivors will revisit the gay nightclub for the first time since the 2016 tragedy claimed 49 innocent lives.
June 12, 2025
Brandon Wolf won’t return to Orlando’s Pulse nightclub where he survived the murder of friends who never left
On Thursday, nine years after he survived the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history at the time, he will carry the victims’ stories forward but won’t set foot back into the condemned building.
June 11, 2025
Public funding grows for memorial to Pulse shooting victims
The Orange County Commission voted unanimously to contribute $5 million to an effort by the City of Orlando to honor those killed in the 2016 massacre.
June 4, 2025
New photo from Pulse shooting shows exit blocked by refrigerator, which may have cost lives
Survivors and family want accountability for what they have said were code violations that may have led to more deaths in the 2016 gay nightclub shooting.
March 28, 2025
Body of 'Julie Doe' in Florida identified as transgender woman Pamela Leigh Walton
Walton's body had been discovered in 1988 and remained unidentified since then.
March 10, 2025
Vision for long-delayed memorial to Pulse victims finally comes into view
Orlando leaders plan to tear down the site of the mass shooting and establish a reflecting pool where patrons once danced in the gay club.
February 6, 2025
A queer pro-Palestine protester was shoved by a police officer. Now she's been charged (exclusive)
The protester shoved by an Orlando police officer in a viral clip tells The Advocate what happened at the Queers for Palestine rally, and what comes next.
September 27, 2024