For the eighth year in a row, Wilton Manors lands on top of the Human Rights Campaign’s Municipal Equality Index annual report. 

For the seventh year in a row, Wilton Manors lands on top of the Human Rights Campaign’s Municipal Equality Index annual report. 

Women make major contributions to Wilton Manors and South Florida’s LGBT community.

Wilton Manors Commissioners appointed five members to the city’s Parks & Recreation Advisory Board on Tuesday night.

It’s the time of year when political yard signs dot the landscape. But the landscape in Wilton Manors has a lot fewer of them after the city ordered many of them removed.

In light of the Broward State Attorney’s decision to stop prosecuting misdemeanor marijuana cases, Wilton Manors commissioners are revisiting the city’s cannabis regulations. 

In the last meeting before elections, Wilton Manors commissioners did some fine-tuning to the city’s much-rehearsed vacation rentals ordinance.

Wilton Manors Commissioners put the finishing touches on a $48.5 million budget for the fiscal year, which began Oct. 1.

Height and density regulations in Wilton Manors attract a lot of interest.

An ordinance that would change land use regulations to make way for a potential train station was tabled at this week’s marathon Wilton Manors commission meeting.

Update: Commissioner Tom Green responded to SFGN’s interview request after the article was published online.

“I have no opposition to [the Transgender Flag] but I was under the impression that the Rainbow Flag was inclusive [of transgender individuals]. It bothers me that transgenders are not included in this [Pride] Flag, according to some people,” said Green. He added that he supports flying other flags for special occasions but not permanently, and that he hopes the city doesn’t reach a point where every group has a flag flying. “Are we going to have a bisexual flag?”

In response to the Trump administration’s recent actions regarding the transgender community, activist and transgender ally Michael Rajner asked commissioners to fly the Transgender Flag as a show of support.

On Valentine’s Day, the City of Wilton Manors will host “We Do,” a mass wedding ceremony of 50 couples.

The slow march to reign in vacation rentals has begun.

In a move called “a sign of the times” by both city officials and residents, a metal detector will be installed at the entrance of the city commission chambers.

Wilton Manors intends to keep its ban on conversion therapy.

While the debate over term limits captured the most attention, Wilton Manors commissioners began discussions on the politically charged topic of COVID-19 vaccination.

It may not be a surprise to hear that some of the city’s straight residents might not be completely happy with Wilton Manors becoming known as a city with one of the nation’s highest concentration of LGBT residents. What may be a surprise is that some of the city’s LGBT residents think too much emphasis has been put on Wilton Manors’ relatively-recent demographic shift.

Wilton Manors is once again on top – again.

On April 21 about 100 people gathered at the Pride Center to discuss access to health care. Town Hall panelists included US Congressman Ted Deutch (D-FL), Gary Resnick (Mayor of Wilton Manors), and Dr. Toni Lewis (Service Employees International Union). Deutch represents Wilton Manors as well as other parts of Broward and Palm Beach Counties.

America’s relationship with marijuana remains a muddled mess. Possession and use remain a crime at the federal level and in some states.

Ruthanne Stadnick says her husband, Alexander “Skip” Stadnik, looked “quite handsome” in his tux at the annual United Way of Broward County’s Mayor’s Gala.

Twenty twenty-two is an election year. While most political attention and money in Florida will be fixated on the race for governor and congressional seats, local elections can have the most immediate impact on day-to-day life in our neighborhoods. 

Wilton Manors will “acknowledge the T,” as Vice Mayor Justin Flippen has become fond of saying, by flying the transgender flag.

In its quest to diversify and build for the future, Wilton Manors has hired a new economic development manager.

Wells Fargo, one of the nation’s leading financial institutions, is paying tribute to the LGBT community with a new mural inside its Wilton Manors banking store.

Wilton Manors is a work in progress. The parks and businesses and neighborhoods thrive and seem to “just happen.”

Rabbit sightings in Jenada Isle are becoming more frequent by the day.

Four cities in South Florida received perfect scores in the 2020 Human Rights Campaign’s Municipal Equality Index report including Wilton Manors, Fort Lauderdale, West Palm Beach and Miami Beach.  

At a critical juncture in the growth of Wilton Manors, one of the people tasked with guiding the city into the future is leaving.

Wilton Manors’s definition of diversity needs some more work.