Florida Agenda

(And Other Halloween Things to Make You Go Bump in the Night)   By CLIFF DUNN, DALE MADISON & THE CHILDREN OF THE NIGHT   On Wednesday, October 31, Wilton Drive will transform into the Street of Dreams, as the Rainbow Business Coalition of Greater Fort Lauderdale (RBC), producers of June’s wildly-successful Stonewall Summer Pride, [...]

By JUSTIN JONES Hey there! I’m going to hollow out a piece of fruit, carve a face into it, shove some fire inside it, and name it after you. Gather ’round, kiddies, and let me tell you a story about a boy named Jack who had this very thing happen to him. Before we begin [...]

By ADAM STRONG   It’s time for the scariest day of the year (if you don’t count those Lindsay Lohan paparazzo shots from earlier in 2012—talk about a fright fest), and even if you plan on taking part in the October 31 Wicked Wilton or any of the other cool and creepy events going on [...]

Welcome to the Halloween Issue of the Florida Agenda. We are proud to welcome—and serve as an Official Media Sponsor for—Wicked Wilton 2012: Fairy Tales, which will take place on, in, and around Wilton Drive next Wednesday, October 31, and is presented in part by the Rainbow Business Coalition (RBC) of Greater Fort Lauderdale. Inside, [...]

WEST PALM BEACH – Last week, the Palm Beach County School Board unanimously proclaimed that the school district will commemorate LGBT History Month. The move follows the September decision of the School Board of Broward County to pass a similar resolution, making it the first major school board to do so. This month, the Los [...]

DAVIE – A thermal airship bearing a pro-Mitt Romney campaign message crashed in Broward County on Sunday night, landing in a Davie field. The craft, which was described as “blimp-like” on NBC 6, was carrying a photo of the Republican presidential nominee and bore the slogan “America Needs Romney,” when it crashed in the 3800 [...]

FORT LAUDERDALE – On Monday, while Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney campaigned in South Florida prior to his final debate with President Obama, he was followed by a mobile billboard that criticized his religion’s treatment of gays and blacks. The billboard, sponsored by the group American Atheists, attacked the Mormon Church (more accurately, the Church [...]

WILTON MANORS – The Broward Sheriff’s Office (BSO) and Sheriff Al Lamberti will host “Sheriff’s Community Day,” on Saturday, October 27, at The Pride Center at Equality Park (2040 N Dixie Hwy, Wilton Manors), from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The event will include food, a bounce house, a kid’s costume contest, free child fingerprinting, [...]

FORT LAUDERDALE – The Dolphin Democrats of Broward County released a statement this week “denounce[ing] as highly offensive the Broward Log Cabin Republicans for running a political ad featuring a photo of the half-naked body of murdered US Ambassador Chris Stevens being removed from the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya.” The statement, which was emailed [...]

FORT LAUDERDALE – The SunServe Noble A. McArtor Adult Day Care Center hosted a luncheon and open house on Thursday, October 18, to introduce health care agencies, service providers, community leaders, and other stakeholders to the LGBT adult day care center’s facilities, services, and programs. SunServe—South Florida’s oldest LGBT service agency—created the world’s first LGBT [...]