John Hayden South Florida LGBTQ+ Stunned as SMART Ride Announces End I was first to break the news Saturday on social media. In this week’s Out South Florida, on stands Thursday and online now, I have extensive coverage of how the sudden decision is reverberating throu... Sep 20, 2023
TriniDaddy Maryland Man Pleads Guilty To Sending Threatening Messages To LGBTQ+ Allies A Maryland man pleaded guilty to threatening an LGBTQ+ advocacy group in the days following a mass shooting at a school in Tennessee earlier this year. Adam Michael Nettina, pleaded guilty in a federa... Sep 20, 2023
Mark Pettitt Gay "Gainer" Documents Ingesting Water-Absorbing Beads To Gain A Stomach On His Social Media A popular "Gainer", or person who has a fetish for having a large body and wants to increase his size, has become very controversial on social media. Gainerbull on X, previously known as Twitter has b... Queer Up Gay Culture Sep 20, 2023
Scott Galvin Indeed Offers $10,000 Financial Aid For Trans Employees To Relocate To Friendlier States Job search platform Indeed has launched a new $10,000 payment program for their transgender employees to help them relocate to safer areas in the United States. As per the Bloomberg report, Indeed Inc... Queer Up Gay Culture Sep 20, 2023
Stonewall National Museum & Archives, Hunter O'Hanian Virginia Library Due To Lose Funding Over LGBTQ+ Children's Books A Virginia library that traces its roots to the 18th century could soon be shuttered over a dispute about children's books that expose readers to gay, lesbian, and transgender characters. Like many li... Queer Up Education Sep 19, 2023
Pridelines, Dr. Edward Summers Anti-LGBTQ Jesse Helms' Rhetoric Kept His Lesbian Granddaughter In The Closet Senator Jesse Helms, who passed away in 2008, served North Carolina from 1973 to 2003 and was known for taking extreme anti-LGBTQ+ stances, even for the time. Helms’ granddaughter, Jennifer Knox, spok... Queer Up Politics Sep 19, 2023
Evyn Almanzar Rugby World Cup Honors The Founder Of France's First Gay Rugby Club The founder of France’s first gay rugby team was honored before the first game of the Rugby World Cup on September 8 in Saint-Denis, a suburb of Paris. Leroy posted on Instagram that the French Rugby ... Queer Up Sports Sep 19, 2023
John Hayden Miami-Dade College Announces The 40th Anniversary Of The Miami Book Fair Miami Dade College’s (MDC) 40th Miami Book Fair (MBF) will take place November 12 to 19, 2023, in downtown Miami. In advance of this milestone anniversary, the Miami Book Fair unveiled its official po... Queer Up Gay Culture Sep 19, 2023
Francia Visit Lauderdale Wins Top Tourism Awards In Florida For Embracement Of Diversity And Inclusion Visit Lauderdale was honored with six coveted Flagler Awards during the 2023 Florida Governor’s Conference on Tourism hosted by VISIT FLORIDA on September 6, 2023, at the Rosen Shingle Creek in Orland... Sep 19, 2023
Pridelines, Dr. Edward Summers After Prominent Streamer Makes Anti-Trans Remarks, Gaming Community Comes Together For LGBTQ+ Halo players and developers have come together to show support to the LGBTQ+ community after a prominent live streamer refused to allow trans women to participate in practice matches. On September 13,... Sep 19, 2023
Stonewall National Museum & Archives, Hunter O'Hanian LGBTQ+ Policy Organization Releases Report About Effort To Erase LGBTQ+ Identities Nationwide Movement Advancement Project (MAP), an organization that tracks policies on LGBTQ+ issues and voting, reported that bans on gender-affirming care are just the tip of the iceberg that is a “coordinated... Queer Up Politics Sep 19, 2023
John Hayden Queer Eye's Antoni Porowski Only Invited One Co-Star To His Bachelor Party Gearing up to for a wedding with fiancé Kevin Harrington, Antoni Poroswki, the "Queer Eye" food guru, celebrated with a bachelor party, inviting friends and family to the event. But only one of his co... Queer Up Entertainment Sep 19, 2023