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Pride parade kicks off in Wilton Manors amid new Florida laws
Read full article: Pride parade kicks off in Wilton Manors amid new Florida lawsThe city of Wilton Manors is celebrating LGBTQ Pride on Saturday, despite recent legislation passed this year in Florida that has taken a toll on the community.
Biden condemns wave of state legislation restricting LGBTQ+ rights, says 'these are our kids'
Read full article: Biden condemns wave of state legislation restricting LGBTQ+ rights, says 'these are our kids'President Joe Biden is condemning a wave of state legislation curbing the rights, visibility and access to health care for LGBTQ+ people, especially children.
Surfside hosts flag-raising ceremony in honor of Pride Month despite mayor’s objection
Read full article: Surfside hosts flag-raising ceremony in honor of Pride Month despite mayor’s objectionThe Town of Surfside held a flag-raising ceremony on Friday in honor of Pride Month and its LGBTQ+ community despite opposition from Surfside Mayor Shlomo Danzinger.
Some trans people turn to crowdfunding to leave Florida after anti-LGBTQ+ laws
Read full article: Some trans people turn to crowdfunding to leave Florida after anti-LGBTQ+ lawsDozens of transgender people in Florida who can't afford to move are turning to crowdfunding to help them leave after the passage of new legislation that targets the LGBTQ community.
LGBTQ+ Pride month kicks off with protests, parades, parties
Read full article: LGBTQ+ Pride month kicks off with protests, parades, partiesThe start of June marks the beginning of Pride month around the United States and some parts of the world, a season intended to celebrate the lives and experiences of LGBTQ+ people and to protest against the rollback of hard-won civil rights gains.
Why is Target pulling some Pride merch? The retailer’s response to hostile backlash, explained
Read full article: Why is Target pulling some Pride merch? The retailer’s response to hostile backlash, explainedTarget is removing some items and making other changes to its LGBTQ+ merchandise nationwide after intense backlash from some shoppers ahead of Pride month.
Target becomes latest company to suffer backlash for LGBTQ+ support, pulls some Pride month clothing
Read full article: Target becomes latest company to suffer backlash for LGBTQ+ support, pulls some Pride month clothingTarget is removing certain items from its stores and making other changes to its LGBTQ+ merchandise nationwide ahead of Pride month, after an intense backlash from some customers including violent confrontations with its workers.
Celebrating Pride: After being fired, he went to work for equality in Miami-Dade
Read full article: Celebrating Pride: After being fired, he went to work for equality in Miami-DadeIn the last installment of Local 10 News’ Pride Month series, we highlight a man who led the charge to protect LGBT people from discrimination in housing and the workplace in Miami-Dade.
Celebrating Pride: Key West couple fought for the right to marry
Read full article: Celebrating Pride: Key West couple fought for the right to marryIn the latest installment of Local 10 News’ Pride Month series, we look back at a Key West couple that met and fell in love back when getting married was illegal for them. But it was their fight that helped them and so many just like them.
Celebrating Pride: Unsung hero was there for HIV and AIDS patients when others weren’t
Read full article: Celebrating Pride: Unsung hero was there for HIV and AIDS patients when others weren’tSome of the darkest days for the LGBT community also became a wake-up call in the battle against HIV, AIDS and equal rights, Joan Schaeffe recalls.
Celebrating Pride: Jazz Jennings and family put human face on trans children
Read full article: Celebrating Pride: Jazz Jennings and family put human face on trans childrenFrom age 3, Jazz Jennings, born a boy, identified as a girl. She and her family helped millions see a trans child growing up on TV.
Celebrating Pride: Couple helped change Florida adoption laws
Read full article: Celebrating Pride: Couple helped change Florida adoption lawsMelanie and Vanessa Alenier say it was like fate intervened when they had an opportunity to adopt, but the cruel reality came when the same-sex couple found out it wasn't legal in Florida at the time.
4.9K Community Rainbow Run held in Miami Beach honors lives lost in Orlando nightclub massacre
Read full article: 4.9K Community Rainbow Run held in Miami Beach honors lives lost in Orlando nightclub massacreThe reason for the 4.9K instead of the traditional 5K is to honor the 49 people killed in the mass shooting at Pulse Nightclub.
Celebrating Pride: Ruth Shack laid groundwork for anti-discrimination laws
Read full article: Celebrating Pride: Ruth Shack laid groundwork for anti-discrimination lawsIt was way back in 1977 when Ruth Shack, then a Metro-Dade Commissioner, introduced and helped pass a measure to protect homosexuals from discrimination.
Progress Pride flag flies high in front of Hollywood City Hall
Read full article: Progress Pride flag flies high in front of Hollywood City HallTo mark the beginning of LGBTQ+ Pride Month, the city of Hollywood raised a modern version of the inclusive six-stripe rainbow flag that first flew at a parade in 1978 in San Francisco.
Celebrating Pride: Stories about South Florida’s fight for equality
Read full article: Celebrating Pride: Stories about South Florida’s fight for equalityJune is Pride Month, and Local 10 News reporter Christian De La Rosa will be presenting a series of stories that recognize the contributions of South Floridians to the fight for LGBTQ equality.
Celebrating Pride: Pedro Zamora fought stigma on our TV screens
Read full article: Celebrating Pride: Pedro Zamora fought stigma on our TV screensLocal 10 News visits with the sister of Pedro Zamora whose public battle with HIV as a cast member on MTV’s “The Real World” brought awareness to the disease in the 1990s.