/tags/lgbtq-community LGBTQ Community en-US SAąúĽĘ´«Ä± Fri, 10 Apr 2026 21:36:07 GMT /arts-culture/2026-04-10/miami-beach-brings-back-rainbow-crosswalk-as-a-sidewalk-on-city-property The LGBTQ symbolic crosswalk at Ocean Drive and 12 Street was ordered removed by the Florida Department of Transportation last October after the DeSantis administration said painted crosswalks could jeopardize road safety. Fri, 10 Apr 2026 21:36:07 GMT /arts-culture/2026-04-10/miami-beach-brings-back-rainbow-crosswalk-as-a-sidewalk-on-city-property Helen Acevedo /arts-culture/2026-03-06/orlando-updates-public-on-pulse-memorial-design Nearly 10 years after the mass shooting, the City of Orlando has design plans to honor the 49 people who lost their lives at the Pulse Nightclub. Fri, 06 Mar 2026 22:15:59 GMT /arts-culture/2026-03-06/orlando-updates-public-on-pulse-memorial-design Joe Mario Pedersen /south-florida/2025-11-17/from-survival-to-sanctuary-creating-a-safe-haven-for-south-floridas-black-trans-youth The McKenzie Project has emerged to “uplift individuals aged 14 and above.” This is not only an age that reflects McKenzie’s own personal experience, but it also reflects trends she has observed within her community. Mon, 17 Nov 2025 11:00:00 GMT /south-florida/2025-11-17/from-survival-to-sanctuary-creating-a-safe-haven-for-south-floridas-black-trans-youth Amara Evering | CommunityWire.Miami /americas/2025-11-10/gay-russians-find-a-haven-on-the-other-side-of-the-world For Argentines, it was just the city’s annual Gay Pride celebration. But for a Russian gay couple joining this month’s festivities, they were scenes from another planet. Mon, 10 Nov 2025 17:40:00 GMT /americas/2025-11-10/gay-russians-find-a-haven-on-the-other-side-of-the-world Emma Bubola and Daniel Politi | The New York Times /government-politics/2025-09-09/delray-beach-says-lgbtq-crosswalk-unilaterally-removed-by-state-transportation-officials City officials said FDOT gave the city only 12 hours notice before painting over the crosswalk. Tue, 09 Sep 2025 19:08:58 GMT /government-politics/2025-09-09/delray-beach-says-lgbtq-crosswalk-unilaterally-removed-by-state-transportation-officials Sergio R. Bustos, Wilkine Brutus /news-in-brief/2025-08-14/delray-beach-pride-mural-will-stay-despite-state-pressure A defiant stand in Delray Beach — as city leaders are holding firm on keeping an LGBTQ Pride mural in place, despite pressure from the state. Thu, 14 Aug 2025 20:05:24 GMT /news-in-brief/2025-08-14/delray-beach-pride-mural-will-stay-despite-state-pressure Wilkine Brutus /americas/2025-08-06/jamaica-lgbtq-films-criminalization Jamaican-born author and filmmaker Max-Arthur Mantle hopes a screen version of his gay coming-of-age novel — controversially titled "Batty Bwoy!" — will help make his homophobic home island LGBTQ-legal. Wed, 06 Aug 2025 11:00:00 GMT /americas/2025-08-06/jamaica-lgbtq-films-criminalization Tim Padgett /south-florida/2025-07-16/delray-beach-pride-mural-vandalized-again-for-third-time-police-hunt-for-suspect-in-pickup-truck Delray Beach police are searching for the driver of a pickup truck that burned tire marks across the city’s rainbow-colored LGBTQ Pride mural last month — the third time the intersection has been vandalized since the mural was first painted in 2021. Wed, 16 Jul 2025 23:40:21 GMT /south-florida/2025-07-16/delray-beach-pride-mural-vandalized-again-for-third-time-police-hunt-for-suspect-in-pickup-truck Elizabeth Insuasti /government-politics/2025-06-07/worldpride-2025-parade-in-washington-d-c-to-feature-iconic-1-000-foot-rainbow-flag-from-key-west The WorldPride 2025 Parade kicks off Saturday in Washington, D.C., with a 1,000-foot Rainbow Flag made from pieces of the Gilbert Baker Foundation’s original 2003 Key West “Sea to Sea” flag. Sat, 07 Jun 2025 18:55:39 GMT /government-politics/2025-06-07/worldpride-2025-parade-in-washington-d-c-to-feature-iconic-1-000-foot-rainbow-flag-from-key-west Sergio R. Bustos /arts-culture/2025-03-21/epic-gay-love-story-acclaimed-novel-turned-opera-comes-to-key-west One of NPR's best reads in 2020, Swimming in the Dark, is being adapted into an Opera. Act One is set to be performed in Key West this week. Fri, 21 Mar 2025 11:00:00 GMT /arts-culture/2025-03-21/epic-gay-love-story-acclaimed-novel-turned-opera-comes-to-key-west Julia Cooper