Just in time for Pride and on the heels of signing the state’s discriminatory ban on trans girls and women who wish to play sports into law, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has once again shown how much he cares about LGBT people (spoiler alert: not a lot). On Wednesday, DeSantis vetoed almost a million dollars in funding for LGBT residents of his state from the state’s budget, including $150,000 earmarked for mental health services for survivors of the Pulse massacre.
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Happy Pride! The first weekend of June is upon us, and it features plenty of Pride Month events. So don’t wait to celebrate the LGBTQ+ community. Do it now. Do it every day.
The annual Capital Pride parade is June 12 from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Dyke March is TBD. But the group’s Instagram page says to “hold tight” because information is forthcoming.
Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday slashed $900,000 in funding for programs that serve LGBTQ people in Central Florida, including a program that provides mental-health services to survivors and family members of victims of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting.