I’m a Black, queer, Latino trans man living in Florida, where the political climate feels like it’s always set to hostile. Every headline reminds me that people like me aren’t just debated — we’re targeted. Still, my life is full. I’ve got love. I’ve got support. I’ve built a community that holds me up. That’s not because I’m trans — but often, in spite of it.

September 27 is not just a date on the calendar.

Robert Redford, who passed away September 16, 2025 at age 89, is widely remembered as a film legend — star of “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,” “The Sting,” “All the President’s Men,” and “Out of Africa,” and Oscar-winning director of “Ordinary People” (1980).

When it comes to being a trendsetter and a trailblazer, there are several queens that come to mind. In Palm Beach County, we celebrate the accomplishments of queen Velvet Lenore, who also reigns as Mizz OutSFL 2025.

A president who calls his opponents “scum” and “the enemy within,” who ordered the murder of 11 people in a boat headed for Trinidad then posted snuf photos of the hit, and has repeatedly encouraged political violence in his name, is trying to catapult Charlie Kirk’s murder into an expansion of his own powers.

From the moment I heard of Charlie Kirk’s murder, I knew what I wanted to write.