As the sun rose over the intracoastal waters of Bryant Park, tents were being set up, gates put in place and police officers were getting situated with their coffees. Early Saturday morning is when the Annual PrideFest of Lake Worth and the Palm Beaches begins to take form. Our day starts at 6 a.m., and the finishing touches on the stage, vendor booths, tables, fences and signs all happen before the birds start chirping and the fish start jumping.

There will not be competing gay pride events in Wilton Manors this year during June.

The Israeli military said Tuesday it will begin enlisting soldiers who are HIV-positive, in a policy shift putting the country at the forefront of military inclusivity toward people with the virus that causes AIDS.

Some of the biggest names in music from the 1980’s will be in Fort Lauderdale to celebrate Pride. Headliners include Sheena Easton, Lisa Lisa and Tiffany. The 37^th annual Pride South Florida event takes place noon to 7 p.m., March 1and 2 at Holiday Park, 1150 G. Harold Martin Drive?Fort Lauderdale. This year they’ve renamed the event Pride Fort Lauderdale.

Florida celebrates the largest Pride celebration of the year this weekend in St. Pete. The 12^th annual St Pete Pride Street Festival and Promenade will take place June 27-29.

Mark Hansen has no business being the director of Pride South Florida anymore, and almost everyone working there with him and around him knows it. He has compromised their efficacy and diminished their organization.

All is well that ends well. Perhaps.

This is the second time in a month Marc Hansen has quit

Bully. Unethical. Illegal.

These are just three of the words being used against Marc Hansen, the long time co-chair of Pride One of Broward County (better known as Pride South Florida and Pride Fort Lauderdale). Hansen, according to back and forth emails among board members, has in turn resigned.

The recent announcement by Pride South Florida that it will hold just one weekend of festivities this year is still being processed by much of South Florida’s LGBT community, but questions are beginning to bubble to the surface.

As Palm Beach County steadily approaches it's 21^st annual PrideFest weekend, local residents prepare for this year's decorative theme of “Fanta-Sea” to represent the city’s close proximity and relationship with the beach. The event be held at Bryant Park Saturday March 29 and 30 in Lake Worth from noon to 6 p.m.