Many people have great tales about how they came into the world. For César Baquerizo, the story of his birth includes a near death experience, surgery in a foreign land, and the loss of most of his hearing due to a reaction to medication.

Imagine the sound and vibration of an old-fashioned electric heater going through your whole body. Imagine gasping for air with every step you take. Imagine rubbing Icy Hot all over your head to soothe a painful headache. Imagine your eyes in a bowl of water while you’re still seeing through them. Imagine collapsing and waking up in the ER only to find out COVID-19 attacked your central nervous system, and the doctor had just saved you from a stroke.

(SS) Broward voters made history Tuesday, both in how we vote, and in who will likely lead the criminal justice system in this Democratic-rich, majority-minority county. 

Eight years ago today I woke up feeling as though there was an electricity in the air.

Some have said it’s old school, that we all have to understand that the world is changing and how gender different people identify is changing as well. I can accept that, though I still manage to screw up non-binary gender identities on a regular basis.

Robert Boo at the Diversity Honors Dinner in the Hard Rock Hotel delivered the following remarks on May 13, 2016. The Harvey Milk Foundation and the Pride Center at Equality Park presented the event.

Last week I sat down and wrote my article for the Wilton Manors Gazette. However, I was a week early due to my miscalculation as to when the next edition would be published. The main topic had to do with our Art-less & Entertainment District along Wilton Drive. What a difference a week makes!

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.

As tax season approaches, you may be in need of past returns to do this year's taxes. Here is a practical guide on how to do just that. 

At the June 16 Commission meeting, the members made the correct decision: to approve a resolution supporting affordable housing opportunities in the city.

On April 2 I will retire from the Wilton Manors Police Department.

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has hit a stomach-churning new low. I say that as someone who is extremely proud of my faith, despite the struggle it has taken to remain a Catholic.

The biggest issues that the average taxpayer is having in today's economy are dealing with unfiled tax returns and back-tax debt.

Last year, my partner and I finally took the plunge and became foster parents. This was monumental for us.

It's no coincidence that American companies led the charge to develop COVID-19 vaccines.

Back in 2011, Democratic Congressman Alcee Hastings stood at the podium to deliver the keynote address for the Broward County observance of the International Transgender Day of Remembrance.

I am a Christian pastor and I support the Equality Act. And I am not alone. 

In 2016, I made my man cry. I’m white. He’s black. We were at a party of almost all-white, almost all-gay, almost all-men. 

During Pride month this year, several local LGBT nonprofit organizations like Aqua Foundation for Women, Pridelines, and Survivor’s Pathway, collaborated on an event centering on the City of Miami Police’s unveiling of their rainbow-wrapped cruiser.

Miami Beach traded out the rainbow pride flag for the progress/inclusion flag for this year’s pride month.

Pope Francis’ statement that the Catholic Church cannot bless “sinful same-sex unions” is a continuation of the long-held and misguided belief that same-sex unions are inherently sinful, the leader of an LGBT-affirming global denomination said.

Pride season is here. Tens of thousands of ATMs across the country will sport rainbow adornments, Target and H&M will devote sections of their stores to a panoply of rainbow trinkets and garments, companies from nearly every business segment in America will wish the LGBT community a “Happy Pride.”

May marked one year since Larry Kramer died. He was one of the most influential leaders in the LGBT community.

I met Chef Eddie when I was 10. At the time, my mom, who was battling Lyme Disease, had just been prescribed a strict diet of “nontoxic” foods — wheatgrass, plain quinoa, dark leafy greens — prepared in particular “nontoxic” ways — blended, pressed, heated but never boiled.  

The city commission in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, has ratified a proclamation declaring March 21, 2021, as Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church Day and Westminster Academy Day in the City of Fort Lauderdale.  

You ever wonder why families have rifts? Or new holiday traditions are started? As a gay married man I think about that a lot.  

For defenders of equity and human dignity, it’s been a good couple of weeks.  

Under the guise of parent’s rights, evangelicals are hijacking public schools, banning books and working to render LGBT students invisible.

Palm Beach County has made LGBT history in 2021.

The photo on Brian Thomas’ Instagram page was a typically sunny one for the social media personality, who has built a rising presence as a sex-positive gay nurse living with HIV.