5+ hour, 12+ min ago   (981+ words) The first weekend of June again will feature red T-shirts and multiple festivities for the LGBTQ community despite the absence of the GayDays Orlando group, longtime event organizers say. GayDays recently announced that plans for its parties are "on pause…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (253+ words) Without warning, without a word to Orlando officials, the state Department of Transportation sent a work crew into the SODO neighborhood with a directive: Blacken out the rainbow-painted crosswalk that marked the place where emergency crews once carried the wounded…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago   (662+ words) Federal funding cuts and fear of persecution are shuttering Osceola County programs for minority groups, leaving one of the region's most diverse counties uncertain of the future. Following in Orange County and Orlando's footsteps, on Monday evening the Osceola County…...

8+ mon, 2+ day ago   (716+ words) Gov. Ron DeSantis" annual statement on the Pulse shooting anniversary released Thursday makes no mention of the LGBTQ and Hispanic communities " the two groups most devastated by the massacre that left 49 dead. DeSantis mentioned those communities last year and in…...