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Catholic Miami Archbishop Thomas Wenski Pens Letter on Gay Marriage, Wonders Why Marriage Should Be Limited to Two People

Archbishop Thomas Wenski grew up in Lake Worth and went on to become the head of the Catholic Church in South Florida; his archdiocese covers Broward, Monroe and Miami-Dade counties. As the battle heats up over gay marriage, Wenski has penned a letter outlining the modern Catholic stance on gays. He ... More >>

Transgender & Womyn's Action Camp Happening in Florida Woods

Lake Worth has long been a hotbed for civil disobedience and a mecca for activists, and this weekend some locals are helping organize a group of "womyn (transgender or cisgender), transgender men, and genderqueer & gender-variant people" (but no cisgendered men please!)  from across th ... More >>

Majority of Floridians Support Gay Marriage, According to Latest Poll

Florida has come a long way in the past few years when it comes to gay marriage and marriage equality. According to the latest Public Policy Poll, a whopping 75 percent of Florida voters support gay marriage. This is a seismic shift from not long ago, when the majority of Floridians didn't want ga ... More >>

Activist Painting House Like a Gay Rainbow, Across Street From Westboro Baptist Church

Last May, the Huffington Post published a photo of a 9-year-old named Josef Miles counter-protesting the Westboro Baptist Church -- a small but infamous group known for protesting soldiers' funerals with signs that declare "God Hates Fags." Miles held a small pencil-drawn sign that said, "God Hates ... More >>

Florida Domestic Partnership Bill Scrapped

Ay yay yay, Florida. Why do you work so hard at being terrible? The domestic partnership bill that would have created a domestic partnership law, which would have given unmarried couples some of the same rights married couples have in Florida, has officially been scrapped. The Florida Senate commi ... More >>

An Open Letter to LeBron James to Join the Nuggets' Kenneth Faried and Fight Against Homophobia

Hey, LeBron James. Hi. Hello. How are you? See the news about the Denver Nuggets' Kenneth Faried being the first NBA player to take a stand against homophobia? It's true! The Manimal has joined Athlete Ally, an organization that combats homophobia in all sports, and he's hoping other pro ath ... More >>

Is Boca Raton Anti-Gay? City And Activitists Battle Over Policy

Rand Hoch, the president of the Palm Beach Human Rights Council, doesn't waste words summing up what's been happening in Boca Raton recently: "Boca is just being anti-gay," he tells New Times.Over the last six months, the city has been locked up with activists over a number of issues involving the r ... More >>

Floridians Don't Want to Legalize Pot, Still Kind of Okay With Gay Marriage

As the rest of the nation is crawling out of the caves and embracing the legalizing of pot and same-sex marriage, Florida is still being all Florida about such things. According to a new poll conducted by Quinnipiac, residents of our fine state remain split down the middle on gay marriage, while a ... More >>

Gay Athletes Go Public

Proposition Gay Marriage

Rajindra Narinesingh: From "Elephant Woman" to Soap Opera Star

Republican Gay-Rights Group, GOProud, to Throw Party at RNC

The 2012 RNC is about to get faaaaabulous!The gay conservative group GOProud will hold its Homocon 2012 event following the Republican National Convention in Tampa."Homocon 2012 will be the must have ticket for the RNC," the executive director and cofounder of GOProud, Jimmy LaSalvia, says on t ... More >>

GOP Congressional Candidate Seeks Endorsement From Gay Group, While Slamming Gay Community

Ozzie DeFarina, the GOP congressional candidate looking to challenge Democratic incumbent Debbie Wasserman Schultz in November, has been courting support from Log Cabin Republicans, a leading supporter for marriage equality.But then DeFarina did that thing that GOPers do and slammed his primary oppo ... More >>

Chik-fil-A President's Antigay Comments Spark Social-Media Frenzy

Sunday is a very emotional day for me. I feel guilty if I've skipped church, angry that I can't buy beer before noon, and envious when I have to wait in an endless line for brunch, watching everyone else enjoying their eggs Benedict. Inevitably, I cruise around looking for something else to eat and ... More >>

Gay Bullying Goes From Rite of Passage to Public Enemy

Like a Horse and Carriage

Feel the Pride

Gingrich, Santorum Build Florida Campaigns With Help From Antigay Crusaders

​The Republican presidential candidates can figure out a way to disagree on any topic -- we saw last night they could argue about everything from Terri Schiavo to beet sugar -- but there's one thing they all have in common: None of them has any plans to go anywhere near gay rights, and two -- Sant ... More >>

Former Fort Lauderdale Mayor Jim Naugle Backs Rick Santorum

​Call it a match made in heaven.Rick Santorum is best-known (among 20-something alt-weekly types, at least) as the evangelical homophobe who likened gay relationships to "man-on-dog" sex and consequently suffered the wrath of Dan Savage's revolting Google bomb.Jim Naugle is known locally as the fo ... More >>

Confession of a Former Homophobe, and What Mitt Romney Could Learn From My Bigotry

Segregationist also used to go public with this kind of hate.​The first gay person I ever knew had just served me pasta in his home. He hadn't bought a dining room table yet for his new apartment, so we were sitting on his living room floor with plates in our hands. He had made a simple sauce with ... More >>

Gay Marriage: Ken Keechl Says He'll Tie the Knot in New York; Rick Scott -- Not So Much

ithacalibrary.com"That can't come here." -- Rick Scott​New York's passage of gay marriage equality Friday night has had quite different reactions nationwide -- including a couple down here in the Sunshine State.Former Broward Mayor Ken Keechl announced on Facebook that he's getting married to his ... More >>

Facebook Adds 'Civil Union' to Status Choices -- Here Are 10 More Options For Consideration

via www.someecards.comClick to Enlarge​Facebook now includes "Civil Union" and "Domestic Partnership" among its relationship status options. Since the genesis of the online 'Relationship Status' in the early 2000s, the few and definite choices have fallen short of defining the ever-complex myriad ... More >>

Ann Coulter Watch: Don't Call Our Troops Homophobes

Coulter: all-gay batallions would scare the extremism out of the enemy.​Is there a Floridian more fun, more frisky, more flagrantly insane than Ann Coulter? Maybe! But if so, we don't know about it -- because that person, whoever s/he may be, doesn't do us the profound service of sharing his or h ... More >>

Allen West, Ann Coulter, and Coral Ridge Ministries Can't Stop Thinking About Gay Soldiers

Three South Floridians made uncommon waves with their opinions on don't ask, don't tell this week. One worried about the military worrying about sex, one decided that male Lady Gaga fans must be gay (which is true, actually), and one worried about the free speech of chaplains. 1. Allen West Wants th ... More >>

Miami Appeals Court Rules Against Florida's Gay Adoption Ban

Flickr: SF BartGay parents at a recent pride parade in San Francisco.​Florida is the only state to specifically ban adoption by gay and lesbian couples, but that may soon change. The Florida Third District Court of Appeals has ruled that the ban was unconstitutional. The ban will now head to the F ... More >>

"8: The Mormon Proposition" Review: Here's How the Mormon Church Suppressed Gay Marriage

For $1 Million, Elton John Will Stop Acting So Gay and Sing Songs to Rush Limbaugh

Flickr: muri-L​Security was tight this weekend at Rush Limbaugh's Palm Beach nuptials, where only good (heterosexual conservative) hard-working (plutocrat) Americans like Sean Hannity and Karl Rove were on the guestlist. An exception was made, however, for a gay man named Elton John with the condi ... More >>

This Weekend, Pridefest of the Palm Beaches Has More to Celebrate

You could theoretically travel around the world for twelve months attending gay pride festivals, from Melbourne in January to Manila in December. Blackman: Getting wet at tomorrow's Pridefest​The big US celebrations, in New York and San Fransisco, are scheduled to coincide with the historic Stone ... More >>

Getting Back at the Orange Bitch

Retired Admiral Describes Dread of Spending Military Career in Closet

Steinman​For gays serving in the U.S. military the fear of exposure exists at every level of the chain of command. Just ask Dr. Alan Steinman. In the early Nineties, Steinman served the four final years of a 25-year career a rear admiral in the U.S. Coast Guard as its director of health and safety ... More >>

Broward County Replaces South Beach as America's Gay Playground

NARTH to "Pray Away the Gays" in West Palm Next Week

Besen: NARTH "Peddles shame and profits from pain"​WTF is it with the Marriott anyway? First the Delray Beach Marriott throws open its doors to CAIR and Geert Wilders, now West Palm's Marriott will offer a cozy welcome for this year's national NARTH conference. The National Association of Research ... More >>

Those Who Practice Bestiality Say They're Part of the Next Sexual Rights Movement

Letters From the Issue of August 13, 2009

Rep. Hastings Backs Off Helping Gays in Military, Digs at Obama

​Congressman Alcee L. Hastings (D-Miramar) tried to help gays in the military, but says he has been forced to back off "due to pressure from some of my Congressional colleagues and from the White House." Yesterday, he withdrew his proposed amendment to H.R. 3326, the Department of Defense Appropri ... More >>

1,000 Homosexuals Versus the OJ Queen

Or you could just call her the “Pie-d Piper.”

Fear of the Queer: Blacks in Florida vote to oppress gays

God, Save Me From Sodomy!

Switch Hitter

Before swinging a bat in a lesbian softball league, pick a side. Gay or straight? Or something else?

They Say You Can’t Fight City Hall…

We disagree.

Charlie Crist Is NOT Gay

And other things the Republican Party wants you to believe on Election Day.

Best Politician

Dean J. Trantalis Readers' Choice: US Rep. Clay Shaw

Best Self-Promoting Author

E. Robert Dunn

Letters to the Editor

Letters for January 18, 2001

Jungle Love

Out of the Closet and Into Battle

Broward's gay politicos face tough opposition in seeking office: each other

The Brat PAC

Broward gays have a new voice in the Political Advocacy Coalition, which has the old voice -- the Dolphin Democratic Club -- up in arms

If I Were a Gay Man...

The Ministry of Half-Truth

Broward's Coral Ridge Ministries says it's merely running an educational outreach. So why is it using politics to campaign against gay rights?