Residents gather for a (pre-COVID) game of chair volleyball.
The Community
Wilton Manors, Florida, a city located just north of Fort Lauderdale, is home to 12,756 residents — nearly 25 percent of whom are age 65 or older. In a review of 2010 Census data, researchers at the University of California Los Angeles noted that Wilton Manors has the second highest rate of same-sex couples in the United States: Wilton Manors has 125 gay couples per 1,000 households while San Francisco, by comparison, has 30.
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Community Representatives
Johnnie Goodnight, liaison to the LGBT+ community and the City of Wilton Manors Community Affairs Advisory Board