Ajuan Mance is an artist and Professor of African American Literature at Mills College in Oakland, California, who completed a residency at The Studios of Key West last year. Mance was attracted to exploring the Florida Keys and the possibility of using art to honor specific communities in this region.

The anger was visible, with signs reading: “Nobody Elected the MUSKRAT” “F-ELON” and “Musk Must Go.”

When City of Miami Commissioner Damián Pardo and national award-winning documentalist Joe Cardona first conceived of the idea for the Gay8 Festival in 2015, the two were very committed to creating an inclusive family- and community-centered event that would be different from other Pride festivals.

In a time when diversity is being prosecuted and the struggles and successes of Black Americans is being willfully ignored, the Gay Men’s Chorus of South Florida (GMCSF) is singing out.

Our Sister’s Place Thrift Store & Client Services, a domestic violence service agency located in Tequesta, FL, has recognized drag superstar Melissa St. John with the organization’s highest honor, the Courage Award for 2025.

Any cancer diagnosis, no matter how “easily treatable,” is a gut punch. The key is to have your friends rally around you and keep fighting. For Mark Hunter, he’s one year into life with prostate cancer and fighting harder than ever.