Florida Pride Organizers Weigh Navigating DeSantis's Anti-Drag Law or Canceling Events
Many organizers with events planned in the month of June must decide now if they want to be test cases for the law.
June 2, 2023
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Florida Republican wants to ban Pride flags in public buildings
Randy Fine has previously introduced bills restricting drag show attendance and gender-affirming care for children.
December 17, 2024
Ron DeSantis Signs Four Bills Into Law Restricting LGBTQ+ Rights in Florida
The bills include an expansion of "don't say gay," a ban on gender-affirming care, restrictions on bathroom use, and restrictions on drag shows.
May 17, 2023
'Thunderdome of Hate': Florida House Debates Slew of Anti-LGBTQ+ Bills
Lawmakers debated bills restricting drag, bathroom access, and gender-affirming care.
April 18, 2023
Florida Asks Supreme Court to Let It Enforce Its Struck-Down Anti-Drag Law
Lower courts have continued to block the anti-drag law.
October 26, 2023
7 Florida Bills That Threaten LGBTQ+ Rights Right Now
State lawmakers have targeted gender-affirming care, pronouns, and are even trying to expand "don't say gay" to all grade levels.
March 28, 2023
Two Months After Pulse, Antigay Evangelicals Descend on Orlando
The LGBT community is fuming that the American Renewal Project is hosting its gathering -- with Trump and Rubio in attendance -- in the same city where 49 people were murdered at a gay nightclub weeks earlier.Â
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August 11, 2016
Join the fun at Whistler Pride 2025
Barry Hoy reveals why this LGBTQ+ celebration on high is the season’s must-attend event.
January 9, 2025
U.S. Coast Guard backtracks on acceptability of ‘potentially divisive’ swastikas & nooses
After intense backlash, the agency issued a new general order clarifying its position on hate symbols.
November 21, 2025
Op-ed: My First Grand Marshal Experience and the Meaning of LGBT Pride
Being Key West's grand marshal gave Rob Smith a new perspective on small-town America.
June 25, 2014
Star-Studded Fundraiser to Establish 'Safe Spaces' Around Nation
The Stonewall Inn's nonprofit is leading the effort.
June 1, 2021
Florida Pulls LGBTQ+ Support, Antibullying Video After Don’t Say Gay
Resources intended to keep vulnerable LGBTQ+ students safe are being systematically removed from Florida schools.Â
July 12, 2022
Surf City USA bans Pride flags
The measure requires a unanimous Huntington Beach city council vote to approve non-governmental flags.
March 9, 2024
Dancing without the drink, how queer sobriety became a revolution of joy
Opinion: LGBTQ+ nightlife doesn’t have to mean excess. Gay & Sober’s global movement proves that recovery can look — and feel — like liberation.
November 3, 2025
Dear Brands: Support for LGBT People Should Last All Year
Corporate sponsorship of Pride festivals is fine, as long as the relationship is thoughtful and respectful.
May 29, 2018
Florida Police Call LGBTQ+ Pride Center Vandalism a Hate Crime
In Florida anti-LGBTQ+, anti-Semitic and anti-Democratic acts of vandalism continue to be on the rise.
September 26, 2022
Queer survival in Mississippi and the bars that saved us
On Mississippi’s Gulf Coast, gay bars weren’t just nightlife but sanctuaries where queer Southeners risked everything to exist, to dance, and to be seen, writes Mark Burr.
October 27, 2025
Google Doodle Honors Barbara May Cameron, Lesbian Native American Activist
It would have been the activist's 69th birthday.
May 22, 2023
Op-ed: My Friend, Dan Choi
To many people, he's Lt. Dan Choi, gay activist and the face of the movement to end "don't ask, don't tell." To a fellow former solder, he's just Dan.
April 18, 2013
Why June is LGBTQ+ Pride Month
The short answer is Stonewall, but there's more to Pride history.
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May 17, 2025