OutSFL and Food Not Bombs Fort Lauderdale recently got into an online spat. In an editorial last week, I blasted them for calling us “disgusting” and all police “pigs.”
Publisher's Corner
Jason Parsley is the owner and publisher of Out South Florida. Before OutSFL Parsley worked at South Florida Gay News from 2011 till 2023.
“You people are disgusting.”
That’s the message the Fort Lauderdale chapter of Food Not Bombs had for the OutSFL staff this weekend on Instagram when they repeatedly criticized us for allegedly supporting the police in a news article.
Thank you. When Norm Kent died in April, my business partner Justin Wyse and I had no idea what the future would hold for South Florida Gay News. It quickly became clear the business model was not sustainable, and we shut the company down.
Last week, I called on the student newspaper at Florida Atlantic University to retract a botched story about HIV. While they didn’t remove the story, they did apologize to their readers for spreading “medical misinformation” – among other things.
Curse. That’s the word the student newspaper at Florida Atlantic University used to describe the HIV status of a former student, who is positive.
Hanging up a Pride flag shouldn’t be an act of courage. But that’s where we are today in America.
Initial reports stating the alleged killer of O'Shae Sibley was Muslim, are false. One of our cover stories last week, from our media partner Washington Blade, implied that the suspect was Muslim. Many outlets implied, or reported, the same misinformation at the time.
We launched OutSFL on June 1, just over two months ago.
The first Pride was a riot. Many LGBT folks – especially BIPOC people of trans experience – were forced to defend themselves from the harassment and brutality of the police and partook in a days-long rebellion in the streets of New York City.
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