LGBT Issues

Charlie Crist Now Supports Gay Marriage

Well, that's a bit of a flip-flop. Charlie Crist, the former Republican-now-Democrat working overtime to make voters forget all about his past life, came out for marriage equality last night on his Facebook page. Right now it's political trendy for former gay marriage opponents ditch their old vie ... More >>

Jason Collins Comes Out as Gay, Becomes First Active American Pro Athlete in the Four Major Sports to Do So

"I'm a 34-year-old NBA center. I'm black. And I'm gay." Washington Wizard -- and ex-teammate of the Heat's Mike Miller -- Jason Collins has just become the first active openly gay player in the four major American sports (NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL). See also: - An Open Letter to LeBron James to Join the ... More >>

Coming OUT for Female Empowerment

Four Arrested in Protest at GEO Headquarters: Activists From Transgender and Womyn's Group Block Doors UPDATED

UPDATE 10:44 a.m. Boca Raton police spokesman Mark Economou said four people were arrested at GEO Group corporate headquarters this morning. "They chained themselves to the doors of the building," he said, but "the locking mechanism has been removed." Though activists Tweeted a photo showing at leas ... More >>

Palm Beach May Add Domestic Partnership Benefits

The City of Palm Beach has itself a new health insurance broker and a new consultant, which means the chance of having domestic partnership benefits added to its employee health plan is very close to happening. Town Manager Peter Elwell says that Willis of Florida Inc. will be taking a gander at he ... More >>

Rainbow House Now Painted; Westboro Baptist Church Responds

The timing couldn't have been better for the shenanigans local activist Aaron Jackson and his non-profit, Planting Peace, pulled off in Topeka, Kansas yesterday. If you managed to avoid social media or the internet in general over the last 24 hours, the Destin-based activist, along with friends and ... More >>

Prideful Giggles

Homocaust: Lake Worth's Compass Center Hosts Exhibit on Nazi Persecution of Gays

It's easy to look at the bizarre and terrible history of Nazi Germany and focus solely on the millions of victims. Or to make a fetish of the perpetrators and inadvertently honor their crimes. But what I found most compelling in the Compass Center exhibit "Nazi Persecution of Homosexuals 1933-1945" ... More >>

Marco Rubio Making Robocalls For Anti-Gay Group

Marco Rubio hates The Gays. He hates them so much, he voted against aLGBT-inclusive reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act. He hates them so much, he doesn't even agree with Mittington Romney, who hates The Gays too, but at least supports a Federal Marriage Amendment (allegedly!) And ... More >>

Majority of Floridians Support Gay Marriage, According to New Poll

Oh, Florida. You were off to such a terrible start today (as is the case most days). With this, and then this. But now... you go and do something like this...and totally redeem yourself! No, really. According to a Washington Post poll conducted in September, 54 percent of Florida voters think ... More >>

Broward County School District Recognizes LGBT History Month

Well now, this is rather big/historical/excellent news. On Wednesday, the Broward County School District unanimously passed a formal resolution recognizing October as LGBT History Month.The resolution is meant to honor lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) role models and their important s ... More >>

No Ordinary Grandma

National Same-Sex Kiss Day at Your Local Chick-fil-A

See also:Chick-fil-A Appreciation Day: Celebs Weigh InLocal Woman to Chick-fil-A: ApologizeBy now, it's no secret that Chick-fil-A and the LGBT community are having trouble in their relationship. While Chick-fil-A has never hidden the fact that it's a company with deep Christian ties, things have co ... More >>

Obama Endorses Same-Sex Marriage; It Doesn't Mean Diddly for Florida Gays

If you've got a TV or an internet connection, you've probably already heard about President Barack Obama's statement to ABC News that "I think same sex-couples should be able to get married."If you frequent Think Progress, you've seen the gigantic "THANK YOU OBAMA! PRESIDENT OBAMA ENDORSES MARRIAGE ... More >>

Fort Lauderdale's Pretty Gay -- According to Gays, One of the Gayest

​You probably didn't need the experts to figure this one out, but Fort Lauderdale is a pretty gay place.So gay, in fact, that the Advocate says it's the fourth-gayest place in the U.S. of A.Wilton Manors is technically the gayest place in the country if we're basing this off on concentration ... More >>

Westboro Baptist "Church" Coming to Fort Lauderdale to Scare Children

​Fred Phelps and the rest of the "God hates fags" crew from the Westboro Baptist Church in Nowhere, Kansas, say they're coming to Fort Lauderdale on December 8.Remember, Fred Phelps told the Pulp back in July that he was gathering up the gang to protest the funeral of 24-year-old U.S. Army Spc. Jo ... More >>

GOP Debate Audience Members Make Fools of Themselves by Booing Gay Soldier (Video)

​Another GOP presidential debate in Florida last night apparently presented the opportunity for audience members to make asses of themselves on national television again, this time by booing a gay soldier stationed in Iraq.During the Fox News/Google debate in Orlando, a question was given to Rick ... More >>

Allen West's Wife Claims the Congressman Likes Four Gay People

This guy's got gay friends.​Rep. Allen West's wife, Angela, gave a sermon titled "tolerance" on her Facebook page last night, in response to the Wilton Manors Business Association cancelling the congressman's appearance due to his controversial views of homosexuality.Mrs. West says if they ac ... More >>

Allen West on Gay Soldiers: "People Can Change Their Behavior, but I Can't Change My Color"

​Well, it didn't take too long for Rep. Allen West to make a statement that people are seeing as more outlandish than his last one.West was asked by an audience member at a speech Saturday night about openly gay people serving in the United States military, according to the Tampa Tribune.His respo ... More >>

Fort Lauderdale's Own Michael Irvin On the Cover of Out Magazine (No, He's Not Gay)

out.comMichael Irvin​Michael Irvin, the Fort Lauderdale-born NFL Hall-of-Famer, is on the cover of Out magazine this week, in a feature article on Irvin's advocacy to eradicate homophobia.Irvin, a three-time Super Bowl champion with the Dallas Cowboys, has a notoriously troubled past, riddled by a ... More >>

The Unfortunate Lesbians of Blanche Ely High School

​Last week, the principal of Blanche Ely High School, Mr. Karlton Johnson, hauled an interracial lesbian couple into his office and threatened to suspend them for holding hands in the hallway. He'd warned them about this hand-holding business before, he said -- he was just upholding the school's r ... More >>

Survivors of Ex-Gay Movement Uniting In Fort Lauderdale

"It was a disaster for me personally," said Kevin Schupp, speaking last week to South Florida Gay News about his time in an "ex-gay" group in Dania. "The man teaching the so-called 'ex-gay' ministry had no clinical or theological training."The program to which Schupp refers was the "Restoring Hope" ... More >>

Archbishop Wenski & The Pedophiles

On a high holy horse.​"In our nation's culture wars," wrote Thomas Wenski, the Archbishop of Miami, in an editorial in Saturday's Sun Sentinel:...the two sides are fighting about the understanding of man and his relationship with reality. One side -- and today, "gay marriage" is its poster child - ... More >>

Barbara Bush Supports Gay Marriage; Isn't It Time Charlie Crist Does Too?

When Dubya's daughter feels confident enough to support gay marriage, you know the political tides must be shifting. Barbara Bush is making headlines today for appearing in a Human Rights Campaign video advocating the legalization of same-sex marriage in New York. She joins celebs such as Mayor Mi ... More >>

Tea Party Leader Ran "Gay Bashing" Campaign In Connecticut

Note: This is the second part of a series about Gabriel Jose Carrera, a leader of the Tea Party. More than a decade before Gabe Carrera became a leader in the Fort Lauderdale Tea Party and began rubbing shoulders with the likes of Florida Gov. Rick Scott and U.S. Sen. Marco ... More >>

The Dirty Dozen: 2010's Most Despicable People

How The Grinch Stole Allen West's Christmas

Break ranks, soldier!​"What a week," wrote Congressman-elect Allen West to his supporters yesterday, "as we draw closer to a very Merry Christmas." On the evidence, Allen West defines "merry" a bit differently from the rest of us, for he spends the next fifteen paragraphs explaining Barack Obama's ... More >>

Cal Thomas: Gays Will Keep Chaplains From Collecting Your Soul

Cal Thomas.​Conservative columnist and over-syndicated radio blowhard Cal Thomas doesn't live around here, so he may not have seen our summary dismemberment of the suddenly-fashionable "chaplain's argument" against the repeal of don't ask, don't tell. But there he is, on the opinion page of our on ... More >>

The Killing of Calvin Williams: If You're Black and Gay in South Florida, Down-Low Sex Is a Deadly Gamble

Mike Verdugo Fired for Gay Porn Role? Or for Complaining About Harassment by Hollywood PD?

Photo from FacebookVerdugo speaking at a news conference yesterday.​The Mike Verdugo case isn't quite as simple as the Sun-Sentinel makes it sound. Nor is it as simple as the Miami Herald made it sound last January.Verdugo does not believe he was fired purely based on his having appeared in a gay ... More >>

Westboro Baptist: Bringing Bigotry to a Location Near You

​The Rev. Fred Phelps of Westboro Baptist Church may be a frothing looney, but he seems just as drawn to Florida's balmy winter days as any Jersey snowbird. Based in Kansas, Phelps has achieved fame for blaming just about all the world's ills on gay people (his website, godhatesfags.com, is a comp ... More >>

Tides Foundation Funds Florida Culture War

We'll be seeing a lot more of this in the next three years Ruh-roh. Just when you thought you'd finally stuffed all those pesky gay people back into the closet where they belong, along comes an organization like the Tides Foundation, which has just awarded a $150,000 grant to "educate and train ... More >>

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The members of Broward's backstabbing political club are at it again, and this time Democratic honcho Mitch Ceasar had to break it up

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Removing the Unity From the Gay Community

The gay-pride parade was supposed to be a show of solidarity, right? It actually sparked a war of words and possible legal action.