Kassandra Timothe won the run-off election for North Miami Council Seat 2.

Even within the LGBT community, we tend to take things for granted. Local YouTube star Annie Segarra hopes to not only show us what we’re taking for granted, but also how we can help those who are less fortunate.

Sometimes there is too much of a good thing, but not when it comes to equality. Charo Valero still sees great ways for our community to be better, even with the strides we’ve made.

Even though he’s Florida’s first openly gay state legislator, (D) Rep. David Richardson, Miami Beach, would rather be known as a legislator first.

Known to friends as Gaby, this queer latinx community organizer is a force to be reckoned with on the civil rights circuit.

Growing up gay in a small conservative Texas town where gay role models were non-existent, Johnnie Mejia says having someone to look up to, to tell him that there was nothing bad about being gay, is something he wishes he had.

For more than 10 years, Jonathan Welsh, a University of Miami alumnus, has been actively engaged internationally and locally. In addition to serving in South Africa with the United States Peace Corps, he has campaigned for various environmental and health initiatives in Portland Oregon, Washington D.C and in Tallahassee. Jonathan is in charge of Marketing and Development with Care Resource.

What is a problem for you may not be a problem for me, and May Sifuentes is hoping that one day soon, we can accept the problems of everyone no matter how different they are from our own.

Although Parker Phillips began as a teacher, they really found their calling as a femme professional dominatrix under the name Lady P.

For Tremaine Jones, a supportive family meant that he didn’t need Pridelines as a lifeline. Many youth, who aren’t as lucky as Jones, find themselves in need of the organization because they’re rejected by their parents after coming out as LGBT.

The MiFo LGBT Film Festivals in Miami and Fort Lauderdale have grown into two of the premiere gay and lesbian festivals in the country, largely due to the vision and leadership of Victor Gimenez. Two years ago, Gimenez, then the board chair, moved into the executive director’s chair, tasked with managing the rebranding of the twin festivals and growing the long-neglected Fort Lauderdale festival to match the success of its Miami counterpart.

OUTCon, Florida’s first LGBT targeted fandom convention, is a one-day event happening on Saturday, May 14 at the Miami Airport Convention Center.

The OUTshine LGBTQ+ Film Festival returns to Miami, April 22 – May 1, with a full schedule of more than 45 feature, documentary and shorts screenings, talkback sessions with filmmakers and actors, and glitzy parties.

The OUTshine Miami Film Festival, April 23 – May 2, will once again showcase the best in new LGBT-themed features, shorts and documentaries with a combination of mostly streaming and outdoor screenings.

There are four traits Nadine Jacquemin lists as parental musts – love, compassion, acceptance and support.

If you’re looking for an exotic pet, then Guinea pig sisters Lilly and Lucy could be perfect for you.

The Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County, Broward Center for the Performing Arts and Right Angle Entertainment are pleased to announce Art Heist Experience: an interactive, socially distanced theater experience that takes audiences in small groups on a quest in and around the Arsht Center’s Downtown Miami campus March 16 – 28 and the Broward Center’s Downtown Fort Lauderdale campus to gather clues to solve a real-life art heist March 16 – April 4.

Pridelines, an LGBT youth services organization in Miami, is looking to raise $100,000 in July to support their continuing programs.

After three decades as a ranger for the National Park Service, Gary Bremen retired in December.

They fight for your rights, now it’s time to party.

DJs will be spinning, drag artists will be performing, and dancers will be gyrating at the second Queer Fest.

On Broadway, timing can be everything and some shows are simply ahead of their time.

A hurricane and an election can sure change a speech.

A 26-year-old Black transgender woman from Pompano Beach was gunned down and killed late morning Saturday, Oct. 2, inside her Hummer on a residential Miami Gardens street.

Among upcoming LGBT events are SAGE and Friends Miami, and the AQUA Family BBQ. These events raise awareness with local leaders and promote community building in Miami. The Miami metro area ranks as the 17th most populous LGBT area with 4.2 percent of residents who identify as LGBT, according to a 2012-2014 Gallup poll.

With voting underway in Florida, political action groups are ramping up efforts to mobilize the vote. 

Are you a villain? A hero? Maybe a little of both? You’ll fit right in at SAVE’s Halloween MasQUEERade Ball.

Amid the seriousness of the global pandemic and the Delta variant driving new surges in Florida, SAVE’s Champions of Equality Gala was the latest event affected by COVID-19, as the event went virtual on Sept. 23.

Pro-equality candidates performed well in this week’s Miami municipal elections. 

(WB) The U.S. Senate voted 61-36 on Nov. 29 to officially pass the Respect for Marriage Act, a historic piece of legislation that is expected to soon become law after members in the U.S. House of Representatives sign off on a bipartisan amendment added by their Senate colleagues.