The “Don’t Say Gay” bill that will most likely be signed into law by Gov. Ron DeSantis, would prohibit classroom topics covering sexual orientation or gender identity.

(WB) Under the cover of chaos the day after Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol, the Trump administration has officially nixed regulations barring federal grantees in the Department of Health & Human Services from discriminating against LGBT people, including in adoption services.

D. James Kennedy Ministries, created by the same pastor who founded Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church, addressed the fervor surrounding Fort Lauderdale giving the church a proclamation during its weekly Facebook Live.

D. James Kennedy Ministries responded to the outcry from the LGBT community after Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church was celebrated by the city of Fort Lauderdale, saying it was “deeply disappointed.”

Ugly words from the past are surfacing everywhere this week.

In a matter of one week, Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson signed two bills that remove rights for LGBT people — making it easier to discriminate against them in sports and health care. 

A private collection of artworks by Keith Haring is on display through March 5 at Island City Cultural Center, 600 N.E. 21st Ct. in Wilton Manors.

Negative campaigning thwarted LGBT candidates in pivotal districts, a reminder of the challenges faced by coming out of the closet.

TOPEKA, Kan. - A Kansas sperm donor's battle to avoid being declared the legal father of a same-sex couple's child has some similarities to the fight for gay marriage, the man's attorney argued in court filings.

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The lone Democrat on a list of endorsements from Florida’s leading anti-LGBT organization hails from Broward County.

Described as a gospel-centered approach to leading in 2020, a panel of church officials offered viewpoints on Florida’s family culture. 

Four months after being shot during a Republican congressional baseball practice in Alexandria, Virginia, Rep. Steve Scalise will give a speech to the Family Resource Center, a group against gay marriage rights. This comes despite the fact that a lesbian police officer tried to protect him after the shooting.

In the uproar over Fort Lauderdale’s celebration of Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church, much has been written about the church’s history of anti-LGBT positions.

When two California university students were expelled for being in same-sex marriages, they filed a lawsuit claiming the school violated anti-discrimination laws.

During its Tuesday night commission meeting, the Fort Lauderdale Commission presented a proclamation to Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church and Westminster Academy, two entities with a long anti-LGBT history.

Christiana Pushaw, press secretary to Gov. Ron DeSantis, has proven herself to be a lightning rod on Twitter.

Gov. Ron DeSantis and his GOP allies in the Florida Legislature are doubling down on the anti-LGBT rhetoric as bills to bully and silence students and teachers speed through committees.

(WM) Estonia’s anti-LGBT, far-right interior minister, Mart Helme, resigned Nov. 9, a day after he called President-elect Joe Biden and his son Hunter “corrupt characters” without providing further details or evidence.

(WB) The European Union has sanctioned two Chechnya officials over their role in an anti-LGBT crackdown.

(WB) The number of hate crime incidents targeting gays, lesbians, and bisexuals in the United States decreased slightly from 17% of the total number of hate crime incidents reported to the FBI in 2018 to 16.7% of the total number reported in 2019, according to the FBI’s annual Hate Crimes Statistics Report released Nov. 16.

After a news outlet reached out to the Florida Department of Education about its anti-bullying page, the department took it down and said it was “under review.”

(WB) The Republican majority Florida House Education and Employment Committee on Thursday passed House Bill 1557, the Parental Rights in Education bill, colloquially referred to as the “Don’t Say Gay” bill advancing the measure to the full House.

A pair of bills that viciously target and attack Florida’s LGBT community passed in the Florida House of Representatives, taking a big step towards becoming law.

(WM) Among transgender-rights activists, there’s a powerful mix of hope and fear heading toward the Nov. 3 election. They’re yearning for President Donald Trump’s defeat but dreading the possibility that his administration might win four more years and continue targeting them with hostile policies.

Tonight, the Fort Lauderdale City Commission will be presenting a proclamation declaring March 21, 2021 as Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church Day and Westminster Academy Day in the City of Fort Lauderdale.

This week read about Colorado Congresswoman Lauren Boebert making transphobic remarks on Twitter, and queer teens in Illinois having their own very prom.

What was supposed to be a fun family trip turned into a nightmare when a man walked up to a gay married couple, called them “pedophiles,” and accused them of stealing their two young children.  

(LA Blade) Since the passage of the measure known colloquially as the “gay propaganda law” by the Russian parliament and signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin in 2013, which ostensibly makes any act or event that authorities deem to promote homosexuality to minors illegal and punishable by a fine, it has had a broader scope of enforcement by Russian authorities.

When photos of a high school walkout to protest the “Don’t Say Gay” law appeared in a yearbook, the Seminole County School Board wanted to cover them up but scrapped the plan after a public backlash.