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CELEBRATING PRIDE


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Pride parade kicks off in Wilton Manors amid new Florida laws

Read full article: Pride parade kicks off in Wilton Manors amid new Florida laws

The city of Wilton Manors is celebrating LGBTQ Pride on Saturday, despite recent legislation passed this year in Florida that has taken a toll on the community.

President Joe Biden listens during a news conference with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, June 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Biden condemns wave of state legislation restricting LGBTQ+ rights, says 'these are our kids'

Read full article: Biden condemns wave of state legislation restricting LGBTQ+ rights, says 'these are our kids'

President Joe Biden is condemning a wave of state legislation curbing the rights, visibility and access to health care for LGBTQ+ people, especially children.

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Surfside hosts flag-raising ceremony in honor of Pride Month despite mayor’s objection

Read full article: Surfside hosts flag-raising ceremony in honor of Pride Month despite mayor’s objection

The Town of Surfside held a flag-raising ceremony on Friday in honor of Pride Month and its LGBTQ+ community despite opposition from Surfside Mayor Shlomo Danzinger.

Sage Chelf poses for a photo at her home in Orlando, Fla., May 27, 2023. Recent Florida legislation has caused Chelf, a trans woman, to lose access to her hormone replacement therapy. She's hoping to move to Illinois in the coming weeks to stay with her girlfriend and regain access to care. (AP Photo/Laura Bargfeld)

Some trans people turn to crowdfunding to leave Florida after anti-LGBTQ+ laws

Read full article: Some trans people turn to crowdfunding to leave Florida after anti-LGBTQ+ laws

Dozens of transgender people in Florida who can't afford to move are turning to crowdfunding to help them leave after the passage of new legislation that targets the LGBTQ community.

FILE - Jim Obergefell, the named plaintiff in the Obergefell v. Hodges Supreme Court case that legalized same sex marriage nationwide, arrives for a news conference on the steps of the Texas Capitol, June 29, 2015, in Austin, Texas. The start of June marks the beginning of Pride month around the U.S. and some parts of the world, celebrating the lives and experiences of LGBTQ+ communities as well as raising awareness about ongoing struggles and pushing back against efforts to roll back civil rights gains that have been made. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

LGBTQ+ Pride month kicks off with protests, parades, parties

Read full article: LGBTQ+ Pride month kicks off with protests, parades, parties

The start of June marks the beginning of Pride month around the United States and some parts of the world, a season intended to celebrate the lives and experiences of LGBTQ+ people and to protest against the rollback of hard-won civil rights gains.

FILE - A statue of Walt Disney and Micky Mouse stands in front of the Cinderella Castle at the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., Jan. 9, 2019. Tens of thousands of LGBTQ+ people are flocking to Florida's theme parks and hotels to go on thrill rides, dance at all-night parties and lounge poolside in a decades-long tradition known as Gay Days. Even though Gov. Ron DeSantis and Florida lawmakers have championed a slew of anti-LGBTQ laws, that's not stopping organizers from encouraging visitors from around the world to come and visit (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)

LGBTQ+ people flock to Florida for Gay Days festival

Read full article: LGBTQ+ people flock to Florida for Gay Days festival

Central Florida is about to become a hub of LGBTQ+ life.

Pride month merchandise is displayed at the front of a Target store in Hackensack, N.J., Wednesday, May 24, 2023. Target is removing certain items from its stores and making other changes to its LGBTQ+ merchandise nationwide ahead of Pride month after an intense backlash from some customers including violent confrontations with its workers. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Why is Target pulling some Pride merch? The retailer’s response to hostile backlash, explained

Read full article: Why is Target pulling some Pride merch? The retailer’s response to hostile backlash, explained

Target is removing some items and making other changes to its LGBTQ+ merchandise nationwide after intense backlash from some shoppers ahead of Pride month.

Pride month merchandise is displayed at the front of a Target store in Hackensack, N.J., Wednesday, May 24, 2023. Target is removing certain items from its stores and making other changes to its LGBTQ+ merchandise nationwide ahead of Pride month, after an intense backlash from some customers including violent confrontations with its workers. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Target becomes latest company to suffer backlash for LGBTQ+ support, pulls some Pride month clothing

Read full article: Target becomes latest company to suffer backlash for LGBTQ+ support, pulls some Pride month clothing

Target is removing certain items from its stores and making other changes to its LGBTQ+ merchandise nationwide ahead of Pride month, after an intense backlash from some customers including violent confrontations with its workers.

Being an ally is a lot easier than you may think.

How you can be an ally during Pride Month

Read full article: How you can be an ally during Pride Month

As we all know, June is Pride Month, and it’s a time for the LGBTQ+ community to come together and celebrate being out and proud.

Celebrating Pride: After being fired, he went to work for equality in Miami-Dade

Celebrating Pride: After being fired, he went to work for equality in Miami-Dade

Read full article: Celebrating Pride: After being fired, he went to work for equality in Miami-Dade

In the last installment of Local 10 News’ Pride Month series, we highlight a man who led the charge to protect LGBT people from discrimination in housing and the workplace in Miami-Dade.

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Celebrating Pride: Key West couple fought for the right to marry

Read full article: Celebrating Pride: Key West couple fought for the right to marry

In the latest installment of Local 10 News’ Pride Month series, we look back at a Key West couple that met and fell in love back when getting married was illegal for them. But it was their fight that helped them and so many just like them.

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15 LGBTQ artists you should listen to this Pride Month

Read full article: 15 LGBTQ artists you should listen to this Pride Month

As we all know, June is Pride Month, and what better way to celebrate the rainbow flag than listening to some music made by those in the LGBTQ community?

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Carl Nassib’s jersey flies off the shelves

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Carl Nassib’s announcement on social media on Monday has sparked sales for his jersey.

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Celebrating Pride: Miami man led fight for equal rights at work

Read full article: Celebrating Pride: Miami man led fight for equal rights at work

Miami’s Damian Pardo help lead the charge in getting the LGBTQ community equal protections against discrimination in Miami-Dade County.

Joan Schaeffer worked at Jackson and also volunteered

Celebrating Pride: Unsung hero was there for HIV and AIDS patients when others weren’t

Read full article: Celebrating Pride: Unsung hero was there for HIV and AIDS patients when others weren’t

Some of the darkest days for the LGBT community also became a wake-up call in the battle against HIV, AIDS and equal rights, Joan Schaeffe recalls.

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Celebrating Pride: Jazz Jennings and family put human face on trans children

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From age 3, Jazz Jennings, born a boy, identified as a girl. She and her family helped millions see a trans child growing up on TV.

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Celebrating Pride: Miami attorney is a fierce warrior for equality

Read full article: Celebrating Pride: Miami attorney is a fierce warrior for equality

Elizabeth Schwartz is a Miami Beach native and attorney, and she’s been one of South Florida’s fiercest warriors for the LGBTQ community.

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Pulse nightclub in Orlando to become national memorial

Read full article: Pulse nightclub in Orlando to become national memorial

This week, Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla., introduced the bill, H.R. 49, where it was unanimously passed by the U.S. Senate, to establish the ‘National Pulse Memorial’.

FILE - In this Thursday, May 20, 2021 file photo, demonstrators gather on the steps to the State Capitol to speak against transgender-related legislation bills being considered in the Texas Senate and Texas House in Austin, Texas. Pride Month celebrations in the U.S. are taking place under unusual circumstances in June 2021, with pandemic-related concerns disrupting many of the usual festivities and political setbacks dampening the mood of LGBTQ-rights activists. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

In US, Pride Month festivities muted by political setbacks

Read full article: In US, Pride Month festivities muted by political setbacks

Pride Month celebrations in the U.S. are taking place under unusual circumstances this year.

In this photo provided by the Jacksonville Transportation Authority, the Acosta Bridge is illuminated with rainbow lighting in honor of Pride Month, Monday, June 7, 2021, in downtown Jacksonville, Fla. Florida has doused the rainbow lights temporarily decorating the bridge to celebrate gay rights, saying the decision was not motivated by animus but because the display violated regulations. The lights were turned back to blue Tuesday night, June 8. (Fred Ortyl/ Jacksonville Transportation Authority via AP)

Florida reverses itself, will allow rainbow bridge lighting

Read full article: Florida reverses itself, will allow rainbow bridge lighting

Florida has reversed itself and now says a downtown Jacksonville bridge can be decorated in rainbow lights to celebrate gay rights.

South Florida moms fought state for right to keep their adopted son

Celebrating Pride: Couple helped change Florida adoption laws

Read full article: Celebrating Pride: Couple helped change Florida adoption laws

Melanie and Vanessa Alenier say it was like fate intervened when they had an opportunity to adopt, but the cruel reality came when the same-sex couple found out it wasn't legal in Florida at the time.

Special 4.9K CommUnity Rainbow Run held on South Beach

4.9K Community Rainbow Run held in Miami Beach honors lives lost in Orlando nightclub massacre

Read full article: 4.9K Community Rainbow Run held in Miami Beach honors lives lost in Orlando nightclub massacre

The reason for the 4.9K instead of the traditional 5K is to honor the 49 people killed in the mass shooting at Pulse Nightclub.

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Celebrating Pride: Ruth Shack laid groundwork for anti-discrimination laws

Read full article: Celebrating Pride: Ruth Shack laid groundwork for anti-discrimination laws

It was way back in 1977 when Ruth Shack, then a Metro-Dade Commissioner, introduced and helped pass a measure to protect homosexuals from discrimination.

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Progress Pride flag flies high in front of Hollywood City Hall

Read full article: Progress Pride flag flies high in front of Hollywood City Hall

To mark the beginning of LGBTQ+ Pride Month, the city of Hollywood raised a modern version of the inclusive six-stripe rainbow flag that first flew at a parade in 1978 in San Francisco.

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Celebrating Pride: Stories about South Florida’s fight for equality

Read full article: Celebrating Pride: Stories about South Florida’s fight for equality

June is Pride Month, and Local 10 News reporter Christian De La Rosa will be presenting a series of stories that recognize the contributions of South Floridians to the fight for LGBTQ equality.

‘Real World’ cast member from South Florida helped many see what it meant to be gay and HIV positive

Celebrating Pride: Pedro Zamora fought stigma on our TV screens

Read full article: Celebrating Pride: Pedro Zamora fought stigma on our TV screens

Local 10 News visits with the sister of Pedro Zamora whose public battle with HIV as a cast member on MTV’s “The Real World” brought awareness to the disease in the 1990s.

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