LGBT

The results of a nationwide blood study that is taking place in Orlando and seven other cities across the country could make it easier for gay and bisexual men to donate blood.

There are a lot of Pride Month reading lists out there — so we thought we'd get away from the classics everyone knows. We asked author Akwaeke Emezi to recommend some of their favorite reads.

Major sports organizations and corporations, like the NCAA have indicated they’d limit operations in states that pass laws seen as anti-trans and LGBTQ.

LGBTQ advocates are speaking out against proposals in the legislature they say could harm LGBTQ youth.

Coming out is scary no matter how old you are or how loving your friends and family may be. You're revealing a deeply vulnerable side of yourself, and fearing that the person you're sharing with could say something harmful in response.On the flip side, when someone comes out to you, it can be tricky to know what to say. How do you express uncertainty or fears without seeming insensitive? How do you show your support without being overbearing? Even the most well-intentioned listeners can accidentally say something wrong.

Derek Shay was 17 when he ran away from home. Stranded near Las Vegas and desperate for money, he was an easy victim for human trafficking in the area. He eventually escaped to central Florida after two years and turned to Homeless Services and later Zebra Coalition for help.

Orlando lost one of its strongest voices over the weekend. Billy Manes a journalist, activist, provocateur, died over the weekend shortly after parting ways with the LGBT publication Watermark. Before Watermark he wrote for Orlando Weekly it was in that capacity that for years WMFE listeners heard Manes on our air.

A petition for a rainbow crosswalk near Pulse has gained over 1,000 signatures on change.org. The mayor’s press secretary says that they are looking into the possibility of a rainbow crosswalk, and are researching regarding possible color and art treatments in crosswalks.

The county’s first openly-transgender sheriff’s deputy was hired almost five years ago as Peter John Storozuk. Today, she’s legally Rebecca Storozuk. When the Pulse tragedy happened, she was already transitioning to her new self-- but she was still in the closet.

Some 200 decals are marking safe places across Orlando. The Safe Place program is designed to give members of the LGBT community a safe place to turn for help.