Gay Orlando News Archives

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22 08, 2025

Outrage in Orlando: DeSantis Erases Pulse Nightclub Rainbow Crosswalk Overnight!

By JRL Charts|2025-08-22T03:47:00-07:00August 22nd, 2025|Categories: LGBT Politics, LGBT Politics USA|Tags: gay Florida news, Gay Orlando News, JRL CHARTS Exclusives, LGBT Politics USA, LGBT Rights News & Updates | JRL CHARTS LGBT Politics, Pulse Nightclub, Rainbow Crosswalks, Ron DeSantis|

By: Paul Goldberg, Senior Editor | JRL CHARTS – LGBT Politics ORLANDO, FL — (August 22, 2025) — Orlando officials and LGBTQ leaders are condemning what they call a cruel political act after state workers under Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration painted over the rainbow-colored crosswalk outside the Pulse nightclub, site of the 2016 massacre that [...]

31 08, 2024

Ex-teacher gets 5 years for threatening Judge in LGBT Case

By JRL Charts|2025-08-22T03:11:57-07:00August 31st, 2024|Categories: LGBT Politics, LGBT Politics USA|Tags: Ex-teacher threatens Judge, Gay Orlando News, LGBT Case, LGBT News – Breaking LGBTQ Headlines, lgbt politics, Politics & Culture | JRL CHARTS|

TAMPA, FL — (08-31-24) — A retired teacher was sentenced last Wednesday to five years in prison for threatening a Federal Judge who had rejected a challenge to the state’s “don’t say gay” law that restricts classroom discussion of sexual orientation and gender identity. On October 24, 2022, THORN read an article from an online [...]

12 02, 2024

LGBT Floridians Protest Statewide Over DMV Gender Restrictions

By JRL Charts|2025-08-22T03:12:18-07:00February 12th, 2024|Categories: LGBT Politics, LGBT Politics USA|Tags: Access & Advocacy, Florida DMV Gender Restrictions, Gay Orlando News, Gender‑Affirming Care: Latest Policies, LGBT News – Breaking LGBTQ Headlines, lgbt politics, Politics & Culture | JRL CHARTS, US State Department|

TALLAHASSEE, FL — (02-12-24) — Florida LGBT activists staged a statewide series of protests at Florida's Department of Motor Vehicle (DMV) locations last Friday. A huge number of individuals dressed in Pride flags and safety vests entered DMV properties statewide and laid down in mock death, a protest known as a "die-in", with signs reading [...]

26 06, 2023

U.S. Court Blocks DeSantis Drag Performance Ban Law

By JRL Charts|2025-08-22T03:12:29-07:00June 26th, 2023|Categories: LGBT Politics, LGBT Politics Europe|Tags: Florida Drag Performance Ban, Gay Orlando News, LGBT News – Breaking LGBTQ Headlines, lgbt politics, Politics & Culture | JRL CHARTS, Ron DeSantis, U.S. District Judge Gregory Presnell, U.S. District Judge Robert Hinkle|

ORLANDO, FL — (06-26-23) — A U.S. judge on Friday blocked governor DeSantis' new Florida law that banned drag performances. This marks the third time this month that federal courts have rejected laws backed by anti-LGBTQ Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who has made it his mission to target the LGBTQ in Florida. In all three [...]

19 01, 2023

Homophobe Shatters Windows at Orlando LGBTQ Bars

By JRL Charts|2025-08-22T03:11:35-07:00January 19th, 2023|Categories: LGBT Politics, LGBT Politics USA|Tags: Dive, Gay Orlando News, LGBT News – Breaking LGBTQ Headlines, lgbt politics, Orlando LGBTQ Bars Vandalized, Politics & Culture | JRL CHARTS, Southern Craft, Southern Nights|

ORLANDO, FL — (01-19-23) — A homophobic vandal shattered windows at a popular LGBTQ Bar on Wednesday morning. Later in the day, people were seen at the Southern Nights complex in Orlando’s Milk District replacing their windows after the hate monger with serious issues damaged the façade of the beloved gay bars. Orlando police are [...]

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