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LGBTQ+ scholarships join forces as a "show of solidarity
2+ hour, 36+ min ago (118+ words) Orlando Sentinel Health inspections shut down 2 Central Florida restaurants last week Maxwell: Florida bro-flakes. Theyre angry, loud, entitled and convinced theyre victims Disney building new ferryboat, naming it after former president Teachers union, parents sue Florida over vouchers, charter school…...
Party on: Orlando's LGBTQ gatherings still on tap for June
2+ mon, 2+ week 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 Gay Days Orlando group, longtime event organizers say. Gay Days recently announced that plans for its parties are…...
Editorial: We shouldn't have to fight for crosswalk records, but we will
4+ mon, 1+ 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…...
Federal cuts, threats shutter Osceola minority business program, LGBTQ center
8+ mon, 2+ 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…...
Gov. De Santis deletes "LGBTQ and Hispanic communities" from Pulse anniversary statement
10+ mon, 3+ week ago (716+ words) Gov. Ron De Santis" 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. De Santis mentioned those communities last year…...