Florida Agenda

MIAMI – Pridelines Youth Services will present a six-session discussion series, “Sharing Our History,” beginning this month. According to officials, the series will explore the history of LGBT equality advocacy in Miami-Dade County, with a long-term aim of instilling in local youth a desire to build upon the efforts of their predecessors to achieve equality [...]

WASHINGTON, DC – On Saturday night, Newark, N.J. Mayor Cory Booker told attendees at the 16th annual Human Rights Campaign (HRC) National Dinner that as Governor of New Jersey, he would sign marriage equality legislation into law. “I’m going to declare right now that the state of New Jersey—with all of the fiber of my [...]

ST PAUL, MINNESOTA – Jesse Ventura, the former professional wrestler, actor, and Governor of Minnesota, has added his voice to the campaign against a proposed state constitutional amendment that would define marriage in the North Star State as the union between one man and one woman. “The constitution should not be used to oppress people,” [...]

ST PAUL, MINNESOTA – On Friday, Minnesota Viking player Chris Kluwe sent an open letter to a Maryland state lawmaker accusing him of misusing the power of his office for attacking a Baltimore Ravens linebacker who supports gay marriage. Wrote punter Chris Klume to Maryland state delegate Emmett Burns, Jr.: “I find it inconceivable that [...]

SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH – The NBC affiliate in Salt Lake City is taking a pass on one of the network’s new series. An official with KSL-TV, which is owned by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, or Mormon Church, told the likewise church owned Deseret News that “The New Normal”—a comedy series [...]

OLYMPIA, WASHINGTON – State Rep. Maureen Walsh (R-Walla Walla) recorded a video ad this week supporting Washington State marriage equality. The three-term Republican lawmaker is one of two GOP House members who voted in favor of the state’s same-sex marriage bill, which passed in February and now faces a voter referendum to affirm or reject [...]

NEW YORK, NEW YORK – On Friday, Fox News host Geraldo Rivera invoked the possibility of a lesbian conspiracy running the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Appearing on Fox and Friends, during a discussion about a senior aide to Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano facing charges of sexual harassment and anti-male discrimination, the tabloid newscaster [...]

By ARNE BLACK “Nobody should be in office for 36 years,” Chris Mancini says, and he has a point. The former Federal prosecutor is speaking of the current Broward County State Attorney, Mike Satz, who Mancini intends to unseat in the upcoming August 14th Democratic Primary. Satz was first elected to the post in 1976, [...]

WILTON MANORS – On Monday, U.S. Marshals arrested former WPTV Channel 5 weatherman Robert J. Lopicola, on charges of sexual activity with minors, lewd and lascivious battery, computer pornography, and child exploitation. Lopicola, 42, was supposed to be arraigned on Tuesday morning in Palm Beach County court, but because he did not have legal representation, [...]

WILTON MANORS – Local filmmaker and photographer Scott Allan, creator of the popular 2011 Stonewall Pride Highlights video, premiered his video tribute to the 2012 Stonewall Summer Pride festival and parade last week, at Georgie’s Alibi and Bill’s Filling Station, both located in Wilton Manors. Last year, Allan used the gay anthem “Proud,” by Heather [...]