“Pride has always been in the heart of Impact Encounters,” says founder Duni Bauta. He created his company in 2016 to put in motion a concept of traveling with like-minded people around the globe in a more impactful way. Duni comes with a wealth of experience in the travel and hospitality arenas. He was part of the management team of the iconic Jackie'O beach club in Mykonos.

Everybody uses the phrase “the new normal.” But this year’s Stonewall Pride Parade & Street Festival took us back to the old normal.

Quin Lamar, originally from Detroit, MI, has been in the stand-up game for a decade, playing numerous cities and appearing on the late-night talk show “Full Frontal with Samantha Bee” and TV series “Flatbush Misdemeanors.” 

Before they hit the ice, the Florida Panthers hit the ice cream stand. A post on the NHL’s social media shows the team in front of the Dairy Queen in Wilton Manors, posing for pics with their Reese’s Pieces Cookie Dough Blizzards.

Founded in 1992, Compass LGBTQ+ Community Center has long been a cornerstone for Palm Beach County’s queer community. Every June, the organization caps off Pride Month with its most iconic event of the year: The Stonewall Ball, a glamorous fundraising gala honoring the legacy of the 1969 Stonewall Riots and fueling the fight for LGBTQ rights today.

Days in bomb shelters, seeing buildings reduced to rubble, and nights interrupted by air raids were a lot for Al Ferguson to live through and process. But the South Florida journalist’s final 14 hours in Israel would prove to be some of the most harrowing.