The owner of the only lesbian bar in Florida called the Ladies Room. In the video, Vicki discusses her challenges in keeping the bar open and mentions that there are only about 23 lesbian bars left in the entire nation according to the Lesbian Bar Project.
One of America’s largest LGBTQ+ symphony orchestra musical groups held a concert at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts this week. South Florida Pride Wind Ensemble performed ‘A Night At The Pops’ as a nostalgic return to a summer concert theme like the Boston Pops esplanade concerts.
This week equality voices and fund raising was front and center in South Florida as SAVE, Miami-Dade County’s largest LGBTQ+ advocacy group held it’s annual Gala at the Miami Beach New World Symphony Hall.
Governor Ron DeSantis held a press conference in Destin last week. During the conference, the governor signed multiple pieces of legislation into law. One of the bills signed by the Governor was Senate Bill 1580, which is what DeSantis is calling the Physician’s Freedom of Speech.
Yasmin Flasterstein and Dandelion Hill, co-founders of the Orlando-based nonprofit Peer Support Space, stopped by a Publix location in the Florida city’s Colonialtown neighborhood to pick up a cake for the organization’s Spread Trans Joy event.
A Florida teacher is under investigation by the state Department of Education after what she believes is a targeted attack by a school board member who took issue with a Disney movie shown in her classroom.
In a bold and controversial move, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is planning to announce his presidential campaign during LGBTQ+ Pride Month, which has ignited a wave of reactions within the LGBTQ+ community and its allies. The breaking news was exclusively covered by Al Ferguson, the lead anchor at Queer News Tonight, a reputable news channel dedicated to LGBTQ+ news and stories.
A children’s book on the life of tennis and LGBTQ+ icon Billie Jean King is being reviewed for a possible ban in elementary school libraries by a school district in Tallahassee after a parent complained about one of its themes that supports same-sex love.
Hotspots! Magazine’s new issue is already on stands and it features exciting events scheduled for South Florida this week. Two of them are the visit of Margarate Cho on May 18 and the arrival of the Legally Blonde, The Musical at Kravis Center from May 16-21.
In a powerful speech, Reverend Dr. Robert Griffin of Sunshine Cathedral in Florida passionately addressed the congregation and the wider LGBTQ+ community about the urgent need to transform Stonewall Pride into a protest.
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