
Florida's LGBTQ advocates are rallying to support young people in light of 'Don't Say Gay'
CNN
Many advocates have called Florida home for decades and have watched LGBTQ communities thrive in cities like Miami and Orlando. They want these communities to continue thriving for generations to come and are fighting for LGBTQ people of all ages to feel safe in the state.
He's nervous. He's ready.
In elementary school, classmates called him names for what they thought were feminine traits, like the pitch of his voice and his proclivity for hand gestures. His experiences are not unusual for a young LGBTQ person -- 52% of LGBTQ middle and high schoolers said they'd been bullied either in person or electronically in the past year, according to a 2021 report from the Trevor Project, a suicide prevention organization for queer and trans youth.

President Donald Trump’s suggestion Tuesday that his Board of Peace “might” replace the United Nations is likely to compound concerns that the body meant to oversee the reconstruction of Gaza – and that he will indefinitely chair – will instead become a vehicle for him to attempt to supersede the body established 80 years ago to maintain global peace.












