Biden will hammer Trump over abortion bans in Florida speech
President Joe Biden will speak in Tampa on Tuesday to lay out why Donald Trump and Republicans are a danger to Americans’ reproductive rights.
April 23 2024 5:00 AM
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News from within the borders of Florida and the fight for LGBT equality there. As of 2013, Florida legistlators have still not stuck down's the state's sodomy laws, though they remain unenforceable since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Lawrence v. Texas. The state also voted to ban same-sex marriage and civil unions in 2008. Florida is infamous as the home of the Save the Children campaign helmed by Anita Bryant, which led to the prohibition of same-sex couples from adopting children in 1977.
President Joe Biden will speak in Tampa on Tuesday to lay out why Donald Trump and Republicans are a danger to Americans’ reproductive rights.
House Speaker Mike Johnson provided details to conservative social media figures before the public announcement, raising concerns about transparency and the influence of digital creators in politics.
PEN America’s latest findings shed light on the targeted censorship of content related to race, sexuality, and violence, sparking advocacy and resistance across the nation.
Imagine needing to go to the bathroom and being confronted by a stranger about why you’re there. That’s how it is for trans people in Florida under the state’s bathroom law.
The Central Florida Tourism Oversight District approves a settlement over control of Walt Disney World’s governing district, signaling an end to the two-year-long clash between Ron DeSantis and Disney.
Averett University psychology professor David Hanbury, 37, was found deceased Saturday at the popular gay men's sauna Club Orlando.
Travis Akers, a veteran and social justice advocate, confronts Melody Bolduc’s far-right ties in a battle over educational policies and inclusivity in Duval County schools.
A legal settlement established that certain discussions of sexual orientation and gender identity are absolutely permitted in Florida schools.
Ziegler had been accused by a woman of raping her in a Sarasota apartment and filming the encounter without her consent.
The man claimed to be a member of an Southern Poverty Law Center-designated hate group
Florida's war on progress was rejected by an unlikely figure.
At a rally on the steps outside the building on Wednesday, LGBTQ leaders and progressive lawmakers slammed legislation threatening to erase trans identities.
The gay man told police he was only exercising his free-speech rights to let the former Congressman “know what a piece of shi*t he was.”
Nonbinary author Lindz Amer’s new children’s picture book champions diverse representation and free expression. The Advocate spoke to them about their motivation for writing it.
Maxx Fanning, the executive director for Prism, posted the incident on social media.
The alleged victim said the family was upset after discovering he was romantically involved with one of the sons.
Proposed legislation, if passed, would stop states from prohibiting the creation of a merchant code for guns. The Pulse shooter reportedly had almost $30,000 in credit charges on guns and ammunitions.
A reporter asked the governor about the hypocrisy of his stance against gender-identity and access to gender-affirming care when he chooses to present himself as taller than he is.
The Easterseals South Florida Culinary Arts High School provides vocational training to students with developmental disabilities.
Dubbed by critics as the “don’t display gay” bill, the legislation had advanced through a committee in the House.