Florida has already largely derailed the promotion of diversity by the state, and a new law now threatens Pride events across the state.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed legislation that prohibits any local government in Florida from making diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts. That’s part of a long battle against so-called DEI in the state, which has already banned the values in higher…

A sacred spot in Florida is edging toward recovery. Nearly a decade after a gunman opened fire inside Orlando’s Pulse nightclub, killing 49 people in what was then the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, the towering sign that once marked the entrance to the LGBTQ+ venue has been removed. It was the next step toward dismantling the building and replacing it with a permanent…

Fences have been raised around the memorial to the LGBTQ+ nightclub shooting that left 49 dead.

Demolition of the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, the site of a mass shooting in 2016, will take place in mid-March in preparation for the construction of a permanent memorial, local media report.

Forty-nine people were killed and 53 wounded by a gunman at the nightclub in the early hours of June 12, 2016. Most of them were LGBTQ+ and Latine. The gunman was killed by police. It was the deadliest…