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Alecia Abel takes steps toward becoming comfortable in her own skin and away from hiding who she has always been.
Read More »Always Alecia: One Woman’s Journey To Define Her Identity
What It’s Like To Skateboard For 24 Consecutive Hours In Florida
Skaters compete in the Miami Ultraskate — an annual skateboard race in which riders skate around a 1.5-mile racetrack as many times as they can in 24 hours.
Read More »Practicing Conversion Therapy Would Bring $125 Fine Under Proposed Alachua County Ordinance
At its second public policy discussion on conversion therapy, the Alachua County Commission voted unanimously Tuesday morning to continue development of an ordinance that will ban the practice in the county.
Read More »2018 Transgender Day of Remembrance Held In Gainesville
Holding tealight candles set in palm-sized glass jars, about 100 people gazed silently upon the stage as 300 names resounded Tuesday night at Bo Diddley Plaza in Gainesville.
Read More »‘We Won’t Be Erased’: Gainesville Marks 2018 Transgender Day Of Remembrance
Every year on Nov. 20, transgender advocates and LGBTQ organizations across the country and world host vigils.
Read More »Before A Recount, Alachua County Elections Officials Had To First Get Through 826 Ballots
Before they began recounting votes for statewide elections, the Alachua County Supervisor of Elections office faced the challenge of processing more than 800 ballots still not counted.
Read More »The Transgender Man: Kane Barr Votes For the Voiceless
Kane Barr is a transgender man who prioritizes LGBTQ issues in politics. He uses his experiences to educate LGBTQ youth now.
Read More »Website Designed To Help Transgender People In Florida Change Name And Gender Marker
A new website that launched in March called Florida Name Change is designed to make the name and gender marker change process much easier for the thousands of transgender people living in the state of Florida.
Read More »Gainesville Bans Conversion Therapy For Minors
The Gainesville City Commission unanimously approved an ordinance Thursday to ban conversion therapy for minors within the city.
Read More »Florida Voices | Ellie Gaustria, Living at Life’s Deadly Intersection
This is Florida Voices, a series of ordinary Floridians with extraordinary stories. Find more in our weekly podcast, The Point.
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