In an effort to engage with our readers, and provide timely updates to the local LGBTQ community, OutSFL is thrilled to announce the launch of its official WhatsApp channel.
From the Newsroom
In response to the alarming rise of anti-LGBTQ+ rhetoric and actions across the political landscape, a groundbreaking coalition of 11 independent LGBTQ+ newsrooms has come together to form the Queer News Network (QNN). This initiative aims to provide in-depth and nuanced coverage of the 2024 General Election through an LGBTQ+ lens, ensuring that the voices and experiences of the community are at the forefront of political discourse.
At this year’s Sunshine State Awards ceremony, Carter Mudgett won Coverage of LGBTQ Issues for his submission: River City Lifts The Rainbow Flag Amid Florida’s Anti-LGBTQ+ Legislative Crackdown.
OutSFL won a first-place award in the annual Green Eyeshade Awards - a journalism contest covering 11 states across the Southern U.S.
Pride is something that has various meaning to each of us within the LGBTQ community, especially in the year of 2024. My first pride was in Fort Myers around 2002, when I was just a young gay boy living my life. Pride was a small event compared to the giant parties we have come to know and love in South Florida. With about 500 people from our community, we thrived to find family, friends, and our place in this world.
Drag superstar Erika Norell captured the inaugural Mz OutSFL Pageant on May 18 with a tour de force performance at Fort Lauderdale’s Sunshine Cathedral Center for the Performing Arts. The pageant, produced by J&J Media and Out South Florida Newspaper and Magazine, was created to raise funds for LGBTQ college student scholarships as well as pay tribute to the extraordinary talents and community service of individuals within the drag community.
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