June may be Pride month but some people can’t wait. A trio of events kicked off the celebration, honoring community leaders and celebrating fabulousness.
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The breakfast buffet at the Three Mayors Breakfast was delicious, but some attendees may have lost their appetites. The annual event, organized by Wilton Manors Business Association (WMBA) and presented by Grieco Ford, brought business owners to Pub On the Drive.
From June 8-21, Key West’s Mallory Square, the home to world-famous sunsets and many island artists, will host its Summer Solstice Celebration. The Key West Cultural Preservation Society, which oversees the daily sunset activities, came up with this itinerary as a way to draw tourists at the start of summer while qualifying for Tourist Development Council funding.
OutSFL has named May Diamond Rojas as the second recipient of the Melissa St. John College Student Scholarship, an annual award honoring the legacy of beloved South Florida drag entertainer and LGBTQ advocate Melissa St. John.
June is Adopt a Cat Month, and the Humane Society of Broward County has many adorable felines looking for families to love them.
A proposal with tenuous support completely collapsed after residents and city commissioners clashed during the May 26 commission meeting in Wilton Manors.
A barge, booze, and a bangin’ morning on the water. The largest Pride on the water is coming back. FLoatarama sets sail June 13 for the annual party to raise money for youth organizations.
Coral Gables was built on the aesthetics of restraint. Mediterranean facades. Banyan shadows. Quiet wealth behind manicured hedges. In this carefully ordered pocket south of Miami, life has long unfolded with an emphasis on discretion — things implied rather than announced, coded rather than spoken aloud.
Three surveys. Nearly identical results. OutSFL readers continue to overwhelmingly reject President Donald Trump, with 91% disapproving of his performance in the latest survey.
Key West Pride is theming its June 3–7 events around “Color the Island.” A choice that could be interpreted as a response by the Key West Business Guild, which organizes the official schedule, to recent directives at the state level, which resulted in last year’s removal of the city’s rainbow crosswalks.
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