Florida Agenda

MENLO PARK, CA – More than thirty years into the HIV/AIDS epidemic, and at a time when infections among gay and bisexual men are on the rise in the U.S., a new national survey of gay and bisexual men by the Kaiser Family Foundation (KFF) finds that though HIV/AIDS is named as the number one […]

WILTON MANORS—Arguably the most famous LGBT nightclub in Wilton Manors, Alibi Bar and Grill (2266 Wilton Drive) has been sold by previous owners Jackson Padgett and Mark Negrete to business owner and investor Ronny Pack. The sale is effectively immediately. Mr. Pack is currently traveling out of the country and no immediate changes are planned […]

  WASHINGTON, DC–The new stamp commemorating late gay activist and San Francisco city supervisor Harvey Milk will stand in history as the time for reflection and forward movement in the LGBT quest for equal rights. In a two-hour ceremony at the White House, Milk was remembered as a man who refused to quit, even while […]

Florida Agenda Exclusive   After five years on the Board of Pride South Florida, Marc Hansen has resigned. Citing personal and family health issues, Hansen announced his resignation on Monday, April 28. The Florida Agenda received the following statement from Hansen himself just before print. “After over five years on the Board of Pride South […]

Orlando, FL – A University of Central Florida student has taken to social media to tell readers that a fraternity blocked him from joining due to his sexual orientation. George Dumont, 19, posted a video to YouTube where he and a friend discuss how Dumont was kicked from Beta Theta Pi during the pledging process […]

Wilton Manors, FL – John C. Anderson is a new apartment complex that was designed specifically for low-income LGBT seniors, reports CBS Philly. It opened just a few weeks ago, and is the first of its kind for Philadelphia. In the whole country, there are only two others like it. “Being an LGBT friendly community, […]

Washington, D.C. – U.S. Attorney general Eric Holder made history Saturday night when he announced at the Human Rights Campaign Greater New York Gala that the Obama administration was to extend a number of rights to married same-sex couples, as well as partnered same-sex couples. Holder sympathized with the LGBT community during his speech at […]

New York, NY – Defensive lineman Michael Sam publicly revealed that he’s gay on Sunday, and is now set to possibly be the first openly gay player drafted by the NFL. “I came to tell the world I’m an openly proud gay man,” Sam said in an interview with ESPN. Last season Sam was a […]

Fort Lauderdale, FL – The weeks leading up to the Sochi Winter Olympics have been uncomfortable for many members of the LGBT community, due to the newly implemented “gay propaganda” law. Last week, Pavel Lebedev bravely unfurled a rainbow flag at an Olympic torch relay before being tackled to the ground and detained (within seconds […]