Campus Pride Dumps Florida and Texas Universities from Best of Best List
Campus Pride ranks the most LGBTQ-friendly colleges and universities.
September 4, 2023
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Gay Florida Lawmaker Shares Own Story of Hate Crime
Carlos Guillermo Smith suffered a hate-fueled attack in 2003. Now he's encouraging survivors to share stories.
February 22, 2019
Did Your School Make The List of Top LGBT Colleges?
Campus Pride's annual index of LGBT-friendly colleges and universities has expanded this year to show the improvements of more schools across the country.
August 15, 2014
Pulse Needs to Become a Museum, Not Rubble
Some are calling for the nightclub -- site of one of our community's worst tragedies -- to be torn down. Sara Grossman, who lost her best friend there, says that's not the answer.
July 19, 2019
49 Victims' Names Released in Pulse Shooting
City officials have released the names of 49 people killed at the gay nightclub in Orlando Sunday.
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June 12, 2016
Pride in Orlando Will Take on New Meaning
The Pulse shooting happened just months ago, and now a hurricane is threatening festivities, but Pride is set to go on with a renewed spirit.
October 6, 2016
WATCH: Did Frat Boot Fla. Student for Being Gay?
George Dumont, a sophomore at the University of Central Florida, has posted a YouTube video claiming that antigay views were behind his sudden removal from a Beta Theta Pi pledge process last fall.
April 21, 2014
Gay Candidate in Florida Admits Lying About Saving Pulse Victims
Elizabeth McCarthy told investigators she made up a story about pulling bullets from victims' bodies.
July 18, 2019
Pulse: Hate Crime or Terrorist Attack?
A year later, activists, politicians, and scholars debate Omar Mateen's motives.
June 9, 2017
Courts Deliver Two Victories for Trans Americans
One court affirms trans students' right to use the restroom matching their gender identity; another strikes down Idaho's ban on gender changes on birth certificates.
August 7, 2020
How Making Love Changed Us
Screenwriter Barry Sandler discusses the 1982 gay-themed drama, actors who refused to star in it, and its lasting legacy.
July 14, 2012
NBA Could Move All-Star Game Back to N.C. If Anti-LGBT Bill Amended
The game could return to the Tar Heel State as early as 2019.
October 19, 2016
Democrat Nate Douglas says it's time Orlando voters kick a homophobe out of Florida's legislature
"Right now, we’re seeing a large push for authoritarianism, where we have the state government telling people how they can live their lives, who they can love, how they can express themselves," says out Florida House candidate Nate Douglas.
October 23, 2024
Court Ruling Paves Path for Release of Regnerus Records
A Florida judge ruled that documents related to a controversial 2012 study on LGBT parents should be released.
November 13, 2013
Florida's First Out Latino State Rep. Carlos Guillermo Smith Loses
Smith has been a vocal critic of Gov. Ron DeSantis and his anti-LGBTQ+ politics.
November 8, 2022
Why Does the FBI Refuse to Call the Pulse Massacre a Hate Crime?
Omar Mateen railed about the West's "filthy ways" even as he killed people at a gay nightclub, but the crime is not categorized as a homophobic attack.
June 11, 2018
Orlando Pride Is a Chance to Show We're Strong
The event is a chance to show how, after Pulse, LGBT people are "Orlando Strong."
November 11, 2016
Op-ed: The Scouts Made Me, Now They Have to Do Right by Me
This Eagle Scout loves the BSA organization, save for that insidious ban on adult gay leaders.
June 26, 2015
Trans man Tee Arnold shot to death in Florida
Arnold had posted on social media that his life was in danger.
April 17, 2024