OutSFL would like to congratulate all of this year’s nominees for our annual Your Choice Awards contest.
From the Newsroom
At this year’s Sunshine State Awards ceremony, Carter Mudgett won Coverage of LGBTQ Issues for his submission: River City Lifts The Rainbow Flag Amid Florida’s Anti-LGBTQ+ Legislative Crackdown.
OutSFL won a first-place award in the annual Green Eyeshade Awards - a journalism contest covering 11 states across the Southern U.S.
Pride is something that has various meaning to each of us within the LGBTQ community, especially in the year of 2024. My first pride was in Fort Myers around 2002, when I was just a young gay boy living my life. Pride was a small event compared to the giant parties we have come to know and love in South Florida. With about 500 people from our community, we thrived to find family, friends, and our place in this world.
Drag superstar Erika Norell captured the inaugural Mz OutSFL Pageant on May 18 with a tour de force performance at Fort Lauderdale’s Sunshine Cathedral Center for the Performing Arts. The pageant, produced by J&J Media and Out South Florida Newspaper and Magazine, was created to raise funds for LGBTQ college student scholarships as well as pay tribute to the extraordinary talents and community service of individuals within the drag community.
While award-winning female illusionist Melissa St. John has spent more than 40 years advocating on behalf of the LGBTQ community through both her artistry and tenacity when it comes to supporting those in need, she is quick to point out that there is still much to do in the battle for equality.
More Articles …
- Mz OutSFL Pageant Takes Place May 18
- Mary Rasura Named First Recipient of Norm Kent LGBTQ Newsmaker Fund
- OutSFL Celebrates 40 Years of Melissa St. John’s Community Service
- OutFAU Launched - New Student Publication Gives a Peek into LGBTQ Life on Campus
- Our Success is Your Success - Consider Us for Your Advertising Dollars
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