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Miami Beach commits up to $120K to replace erased rainbow crosswalk with new one in Lummus Park
2+ hour, 39+ min ago (542+ words) Miami Beach is moving to resurrect one of its most visible LGBTQ symbols " this time in a park, not the middle of a state roadway. City Commissioners directed Mayor Steven Meiner's administration to allocate up to $120,000 from Miami Beach's 2025 year-end…...
House committee OKs proposal expanding AG enforcement of ban on minors’ sex reassignment
1+ week, 23+ hour ago (718+ words) A proposal by Naples Republican Rep. Lauren Melo that would give Florida's Attorney General new authority to investigate health care practitioners and impose steep civil penalties for violations tied to the state's ban on sex-reassignment prescriptions and procedures for minors…...
Q&A: St. Pete LGBTQ+ Liaison Nathan Bruemmer on visibility, trust and community
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (784+ words) Nathan Bruemmer describes his first weeks as the LGBTQ+ Liaison for the City of St. Petersburg as "a baptism by fire." St. Pete Mayor Ken Welch appointed Bruemmer to the role on Dec. 1. He said the work is ultimately about…...
Miles Davis tapped to lead School Board organizing workshop at national LGBTQ conference
2+ mon, 6+ day ago (331+ words) Miles Davis is taking his Florida-focused organizing playbook to the national stage. Davis, Policy Director at PRISM Florida and Director of Advocacy and Communications at SAVE, has been selected to present a workshop at the 2026 Creating Change Conference, the largest…...
Personnel Note: Ken Welch taps Nathan Bruemmer as St. Pete's LGBTQ+ point person
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (494+ words) St. Petersburg Mayor Kenneth Welch has appointed attorney and educator Nathan Bruemmer as the city's LGBTQ+ Liaison, a move that reinforces the administration's focus on advancing inclusion, safety and equity for residents and visitors. Bruemmer, an experienced attorney, educator and…...
Nadine Smith stepping down at Equality Florida to lead Color Of Change
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (542+ words) Equality Florida CEO Nadine Smith will step down at year's end to lead national racial justice group Color Of Change. The Equality Florida Board has named Stratton Pollitzer, who co-founded the group with Smith, as its new CEO and Executive…...
LGBTQ advocacy groups endorse Monica Matteo-Salinas in Miami Beach Commission runoff
3+ mon, 13+ hour ago (366+ words) As Monica Matteo-Salinas heads to a Dec. 9 runoff for the Miami Beach Commission's Group 1 seat, she's adding support from two of Florida's most prominent LGBTQ advocacy organizations. SAVE Action PAC and Equality Florida Action PAC are both getting behind Matteo-Salinas,…...
Florida LGBTQ leaders welcome Supreme Court decision preserving marriage equality
3+ mon, 1+ day ago (408+ words) LGBTQ advocates and policymakers are cheering a decision by the Supreme Court not to reconsider legalizing marriage equality. That came months after the 10-year anniversary of the Obergefell v. Hodges decision that legalized same-sex marriage in all 50 states. A former Kentucky…...
James Uthmeier accuses Microsoft of 'anti-life and anti-Christian biases"
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (292+ words) Christian-based nonprofit organizations have been denied access to Microsoft's nonprofit discount program. We expect Microsoft's cooperation in fixing this problem, or there will be consequences," Uthmeier said. But some groups, such as those who approach women's health from a Christian…...
Anastasios Kamoutsas ousts Florida professor from statewide sociology panel, citing ‘gender ideology’ in course
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (280+ words) Florida's Education Commissioner has removed a Florida SouthWestern State College professor from a statewide sociology course workgroup, accusing him of violating state law by including "gender ideology" in course material. Education Commissioner Anastasios Kamoutsas announced the decision on X, stating…...