Broward high school students stage walkout over Trans exclusion
COCONUT CREEK, Fla. – Students at Monarch High School in northern Broward County walked out of classes Tuesday protesting in support of the trans community and school staff who were reassigned amid...
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Husband of Moms for Liberty cofounder accused of sexual assault
By Bob Norman | SARASOTA, Fla. – Christian Ziegler, Florida’s GOP chairman and husband of Sarasota County School Board member and Moms of Liberty co-founder Bridget Ziegler, is under criminal...
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911 tape released in criminal investigation of Florida GOP chairman
By Bob Norman | SARASOTA, Fla. – The sexual battery investigation of Florida GOP chairman Christian Ziegler began with a 911 call from a friend of the alleged victim who was worried about her...
View ArticleHyatt Regency Miami settlement over ‘Drag Queen Christmas’
MIAMI, Fla. – The Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation (FDBPR) and the Hyatt Hotels Corporation reached a settlement this past week stemming from enforcement actions taken by the...
View ArticleMoms for Liberty distances itself from co-founder Bridget Ziegler
ORLANDO, Fla. – As outrage continues to build over the sexual battery allegations of Florida GOP chairman Christian Ziegler, accused of raping a woman he had known for 20 years according to a law...
View ArticleMoms for Liberty founder’s sex scandal widens, both refusing to go
SARASOTA, Fla. – The sex scandal over the rape allegations leveled at Christian Ziegler, the Republican Party of Florida’s (RPOF) chairman and husband to co-founder of the Moms for Liberty...
View ArticleNBC News: Video shows LGBTQ women attacked on Miami street
MIAMI, Fla. – Two members of Miami’s LGBTQ+ community were attacked and beaten by a group of men in Miami’s Wynwood neighborhood last month that Miami police say they are investigating as a hate...
View ArticleLegislation to ban LGBTQ Pride flags introduced in Fla. & Tenn.
LOS ANGELES – Republican lawmakers in Florida and Tennessee have introduced measures that if passed, would ban the display of the LGBTQ Pride flag or other “political flags” from local and state...
View ArticleOrlando Sentinel: Orange County pulls 673 books from classrooms
ORLANDO – Using data and statistics compiled by the nonprofit Florida Freedom to Read Project, The Orlando Sentinel reported Wednesday that a total of 673 books, from classics to best-sellers, have...
View ArticleDeSantis spread false info about trans kids healthcare says Judge
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – During a hearing Thursday in a suit against the state of Florida over its law that bans gender-affirming healthcare for minors, U.S. District Court Judge Robert Hinkle flatly...
View ArticleMiami Police arrest two in November 26 attack on queer women
MIAMI, Fla. – Miami Police have arrested two men in the brutal beating of a group of queer women in the City’s Wynwood neighborhood. NBC News South Florida affiliate WTVJ 6 reported that investigators...
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Florida bill: Targets LGBTQ+ content as felony “grooming”
By Erin Reed | TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – A new bill, HB1135, has been introduced in Florida that could target LGBTQ+ content and communications as “grooming,” potentially leading to prison sentences of up...
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Florida bill could end all trans legal recognition
By Erin Reed | TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – In one of the most extreme bills of the last decade targeting transgender individuals, a new bill introduced on Thursday afternoon in Florida seeks to end all legal...
View ArticleFt. Lauderdale beckons as winter sets in
Consider a winter getaway to Fort Lauderdale and Wilton Manors (The Island City that is surrounded by Fort Lauderdale, Fla.). The weather is usually perfect with highs in the low 80s and rain free....
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Florida legislation: Accusations of Transphobia could be defamation
By Erin Reed | WASHINGTON – A new bill introduced in Florida, Senate Bill 1780, would make accusations of discrimination towards transgender people “defamation per se,” with accusers on the hook for a...
View Article2024 is already set to outpace 2023 in anti-LGBTQ legislation
WASHINGTON – On Wednesday, the Missouri General Assembly was slated to discuss eight anti-trans bills, from regulations barring “discrimination” against health providers who refuse to perform gender...
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LGBTQ lawmakers, advocates vow to resist repressive legislation
By Michael Moline | TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Several hundred LGBTQ-rights advocates gathered in the Florida Capitol Tuesday to denounce fresh attacks on their rights and urge passage of legislation that...
View ArticleFlorida bans all DEI programs at state colleges & universities
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – On Wednesday the Florida State Board of Education implemented strict regulations to limit the use of public funds for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) programs, activities,...
View ArticleFlorida’s Board of Governors abolish DEI programs at universities
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – The Florida Board of Governors in a voice vote passed rules Wednesday banning use of state or federal dollars for diversity programs or activities. The board that oversees the...
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Local Florida GOP party plans staging protest against “woke” flag
FORT MYERS, Fla. – A ‘Hate Has No Home Here’ flag hanging in a Riverdale High School classroom has angered the local Lee County Republican Party Chair Michael Thompson who tells local media outlets...
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