Tara Lee is a 67-year-old Gainesville resident and a transgender woman who transitioned from male to female 14 years ago. Lee is just one of the many individuals in the local transgender community struggling to find acceptance.
Read More »Community Rallies To End Sexual Violence
Students and the community joined together for Take Back The Night, an event to end sexual violence and abuse. The event included a march, speeches from survivors and candle lighting.
Read More »Fair Food Program Brings Labor Issues Awareness To Florida
The Fair Food Program works to give Florida farmworkers better working conditions. The program established a zero-tolerance rule for sexual harassment and doubled farmworker's wages with a raise of one cent per pound.
Read More »Gators Quarterback Harris Accused of Sexual Battery
Florida Quarterback Treon Harris has been accused of a sexual battery, and has been suspended from University Athletic Association activities pending the outcome of the University of Florida Police Department investigation into the allegations.
Read More »Students Rally To Pledge ‘Solidarity’ After Campus Assaults
UF graduate student Nikki Steinberger speaking to students about the safety of walking with others. A plea for solidarity and strength rang out at the No Gator Walks Alone rally held in the Plaza of Americas at the University of Florida on Monday night. The event, which was planned in …
Read More »UFPD, GPD to Increase Campus Police, Student Services Presence in Wake of Multiple Assaults
The University of Florida and Gainesville police departments will hold at press conference at 2 p.m. today to address multiple assaults reported on or near the UF campus in the past two weeks.
Read More »UF Police Investigating Early Morning Assault Near Library
The University of Florida Police Department is investigating an assault that was reported at about 2:30 a.m. Friday in the Library West area of the Florida campus.
Read More »What You Should Know About Human Trafficking in Florida
The National Human Trafficking Resource Center found that Florida is the third largest state for human trafficking with victims coming from all regions of Florida.
Read More »Alachua County Rape, Crisis Center Works To Battle Sexual Assault
Sixty percent of sexual assault cases for both males and females are unreported, according to the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network. Florida has been working to provide local communities with the resources to deal with these crimes.
Read More »Republican-Sponsored Bill Aims to Toughen Up on Crime Against Pregnant Women
Two Republican lawmakers, state Sen. Kelli Stargel and Rep. Larry Ahern, of Seminole, have sponsored an amendment to the Unborn Victims of Violence Act of 2004.
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