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.”

More than 100 people attended the community prayer vigil at Sunshine Cathedral Sunday evening, hearing from community leaders and moving musical performances from singers and musicians.

(SS) After days in the center of a tornado-strength vortex of criticism for his initial, in-the-heat-of-the-moment description of a horrific car crash at the weekend LGBT Pride Parade, Fort Lauderdale Mayor Dean Trantalis says he regrets describing the incident as an act of terrorism, and said he’s apologized.

Commissioner Dean Trantalis announced this week that he is a candidate in Fort Lauderdale’s mayoral race, promising “a new voice and a new direction” for the city.

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.

(WB) Faced with the Trump campaign’s attempt at LGBT outreach — an unprecedented effort from a Republican presidential nominee, especially from an incumbent who has built an anti-LGBT record — LGBT advocacy groups say they’re staying the course in their efforts to expose the real President Trump.

This week read about the LGBT community winning rights in Bhutan, and a couple in Bolivia who fought for their rights and won.

Fort Lauderdale Commissioner Dean Trantalis said he will attend the Mayor’s Prayer Breakfast next week.

In Fort Lauderdale Mayor Dean Trantalis’ April newsletter, he addressed the city’s proclamation to Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church and Westminster Academy, saying “there is more that unites us than divides us.”

I moved to Fort Lauderdale in 1988 at the age of 18. It was the height of the AIDS crisis, with sickness and death ubiquitous and routine.

(WM) The commission that enforces Kansas’ nondiscrimination laws will begin hearing claims from people who allege they are being mistreated because of their sexual orientation or gender identity.

Dear Mayor Trantalis and Pastor Pacienza: I welcome the spirit of your recent joint statement regarding the controversy arising from the proclamation honoring Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church and Westminster Academy on the occasion of the church’s 60th anniversary.

South Florida’s LGBT community was sadly in the news last week after a 77-year-old man drove his truck into the crowd at Wilton Manors Stonewall parade, killing one and injuring another in a horrifying accident.

What a difference a dollar makes. In a knowledge-nailbiter that went down to the very last moment, South Florida’s Kevin Hirsh became a “Jeopardy” champion.

Fort Lauderdale residents Jason King and Dean Trantalis attended a LGBT Pride reception at the White House last week.

You’d be a little bit excused if you didn’t know there was a race for mayor happening in Fort Lauderdale this election cycle. That’s mostly because it’s been a somewhat under-the-radar affair thus far.  

Burnadette Norris-Weeks moderated a heated forum featuring Fort Lauderdale’s mayoral candidates, incumbent Mayor Dean Trantalis and his challenger Ken Cooper.  

By now, even your grandmother’s pet frog in Pennsylvania knows that Dean Trantalis had a monstrous meltdown during the tragedy at the Stonewall Festival last week.

There comes a time when we all have to stand naked before the cannon.

(SS) It’s an infinitesimally small percentage of our readers who can say they’ve seen someone run down by a vehicle just a few feet away, but Fort Lauderdale Mayor Dean Trantalis is now among them.

Sweet Star (ID 639687) was given up by her owner because he lost his home and had nowhere to live with his beloved kitty.

Fort Lauderdale Commissioner Dean Trantalis posed a serious question to a theater full of concerned citizens on Friday afternoon.

A new year has been met with renewed optimism and a fresh lineup of activity and momentum for the onePULSE Foundation.

It’s not the best of times to be celebrating, but some cultures know how to lift spirits.

People are voting, the president was recently hospitalized and the prospects of a vastly changed Supreme Court are likely issues for tomorrow’s vice presidential debate.

A woman was found dead early Monday morning in an Oakland Park roadway after being killed in a hit and run, police say.