Anne GeggisMay 19, 2023
5min0
Tampa canceled their Pride event in response to the new law, but a Wilton Manors Commissioner is doubling down with an appearance as 'Lady Vote.'
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Anne GeggisMay 19, 2023
Mitch PerryJune 12, 2017
9min262
In a statement proclaiming Monday as “Pulse Remembrance Day,” Gov. Rick Scott described the Pulse nightclub shooting that killed 49 people a year ago as “an attack on Orlando, our state, the Hispanic community and on the LGBTQ community.” Nadine Smith, executive director of Equality Florida, the leading advocacy group for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights in Florida, is “glad” Scott […]
Mitch PerryMarch 28, 2015
8min247
Members of the GLBT community and their allies flocked to Ybor City under idyllic conditions on Saturday, as Tampa held its first gay pride event in more than a decade. In his public remarks, Hillsborough County Commissioner Kevin Beckner referred to what he called one of the “darkest moments in this country’s history” — the June 15, […]
Mitch PerryMarch 26, 2015
5min200
The organizers behind Saturday’s Tampa Pride Festival and March received a commendation this morning from the Tampa City Council, 48 hours before the big event takes place in Ybor City. It’s the first of its kind in Tampa since 2002, but longtime community members acknowledge that event 13 years ago was somewhat disappointing. In the […]