Florida meningitis outbreak hits home for Orlando Weekly’s publisher | Orlando Area News | Orlando
click to enlarge photo via Facebook, used with permission Raphael in the hospital As a gay man in my late 40s, I grew up closeted...
Trans Floridians will be denied Medicaid coverage of life-saving health care by DeSantis administration | Florida News | Orlando
click to enlarge Photo by Zackary Drucker / The Gender Spectrum Collection Alt: A transgender woman in a hospital gown being treated by a doctor,...
Disney delays plans to move 2,000 jobs to Lake Nona until 2026 | Orlando Area News | Orlando
Disney is pushing its plans to move employees to Lake Nona to 2026. The company announced the new date this week, citing delays in construction...
Trans advocacy groups prepare for legal fight as Florida moves to deny Medicaid coverage for gender-affirming healthcare | Florida News | Orlando
click to enlarge Photo by J.D. Casto Pulse survivor Brandon Wolf at Orlando’s Rally For Our Collective Rights (Feb. 26, 2022) National and state legal...
State officials seek name of Orange County Public Schools employee who approved ‘Gender Queer’ memoir for libraries | Orlando Area News | Orlando
click to enlarge Not content to merely ban books, Florida’s state officials are looking to punish employees who brought controversial books into Orange County’s school...
Vigil held at Pulse memorial for victims of Texas school shooting | Orlando Area News | Orlando
click to enlarge Photo by Monivette Cordeiro A vigil was held at the Pulse memorial site last night, put on by the nightclub’s owner Barbara...
OnePulse Foundation announces Pulse Memorial Week events in Orlando | Orlando Area News | Orlando
click to enlarge Photo by Gianna Aceto Pulse Memorial Event in 2021 Orlando’s OnePulse Foundation has announced a slate of Memorial Week remembrance events ahead...
Federal judge dismisses lawsuit against Florida’s dissolution of Disney’s Reedy Creek district | Orlando Area News | Orlando
click to enlarge A federal judge has tossed the first challenge to Florida’s law dissolving Disney’s Reedy Creek special district. The lawsuit filed on behalf...
Seminole County School Board opts out of censoring yearbook over ‘Don’t Say Gay’ protest | Orlando Area News | Orlando
click to enlarge Photo via Aileen Perilla for Orlando Weekly The Seminole County School Board reversed course on their decision to censor Lyman High School’s...
Seminole County high school’s yearbook censorship confirms some critics fears about Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill | Orlando Area News | Orlando
click to enlarge Lyman High School This page covering Lyman High School’s pro-LGBT protest was deemed inappropriate by administrators. The “Don’t Say Gay” era has...