Florida Agenda

By Cliff Dunn On Friday, August 3, hundreds of LGBT rights activists and allies protested at South Florida locations of Chick-fil-A, drawing awareness to the company’s history of contributions to anti-gay causes. Registered Independents, Republicans, Democrats, parents, married couples, singles, and concerned citizens, gay and straight, gave voice with their presence to their support for [...]

 Investigators Suspect Dwayne Lebarr Jr. Is At-Large in South Florida By Cliff Dunn NORTH BAY VILLAGE – Investigators are searching for an 18-year-old Miami-Dade County high school senior, accused of the strangling death of his 63-year-old lover. Police also believe that Dwayne Lebarr Jr.— charged with second degree murder and grand theft in the death [...]

By CLIFF DUNN SAN DIEGO — In a parade that included two retired colonels and was led by a Marine sergeant wearing dress blues and bearing the Stars and Stripes, hundreds of active-duty and retired service members marched on Saturday in San Diego’s LGBT Pride, an historic event that marks the first time armed forces [...]

TALLAHASSEE—Florida’s conservative Republication lieutenant governor finds herself at the center of a political gay ménage a trois between her, a possibly-disgruntled former aide, and a media that eagerly wants to know “What Did the ‘Loo’ Do, and Where Did She Do It? Carletha Cole, a former aide to Lt. Gov. Jennifer Carroll—as part of the [...]

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, [...]

By Cliff Dunn In an email this week to journalist Andrew Sullivan, CNN host Anderson Cooper confirmed what many people already knew—or claimed to. “The fact is, I’m gay, always have been, always will be, and I couldn’t be any more happy, comfortable with myself, and proud,” Cooper, 45, wrote in his email, which was [...]

By CLIFF DUNN   NORTH MIAMI – The City of North Miami Council voted last evening on the fate of a proposed all-nude male strip club, to the backdrop of loud cries of homophobia and anti-LGBT hysteria against Public Broadcasting System (PBS) affiliate WPBTChannel 2. The furor concerns the proposed location for gay strip bar [...]

By Cliff Dunn   WASHINGTON, D.C. – President Barack Obama told LGBT supporters last week that they have a friend in him. During the annual White House “LGBT Pride Month” reception on Friday, the chief executive promised to continue to serve as an advocate for gay rights. “Americans may be still evolving when it comes [...]

PIERSON, FLORIDA – A Fun Coast teacher resigned effective this week after he mistakenly projected the title of an X-Rated, gay YouTube video in front of the eyes of his middle school class. Jose Rosario-Gonzalez, a history teacher at T. Dewitt Taylor Middle-High School in Volusia County, resigned rather than face the possibility of being [...]

 Prop 8 Decision Paves Way for High Court Ruling By Cliff Dunn On Tuesday, the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco ruled to deny an appeal of a February lower court decision against California’s Proposition 8. The appeals court’s ruling paves the way for the U.S. Supreme Court to decide the fate [...]