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The LGBTQ Community Fund has made more than 90 grants to 30 nonprofits totaling $1.2 million since it began in 2014.
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Celebrating Pride: How the LGBTQ Community Fund is making a lasting difference for local nonprofits

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Pride Month 2025: Celebrating the rich history of Jax River City Pride

Read full article: Pride Month 2025: Celebrating the rich history of Jax River City Pride
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Jacksonville kicks off Pride 2025 with events at Acosta, Main Street bridges

Read full article: Jacksonville kicks off Pride 2025 with events at Acosta, Main Street bridges
FILE - Participants hold a rainbow flag during the Pride Parade in Bangkok, Thailand, Saturday, June 1, 2024. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit, file)
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Pride Month starts this weekend. Here’s what to expect

Read full article: Pride Month starts this weekend. Here’s what to expect

Pride Month, a global celebration of LGBTQ+ people, is starting this weekend in many places.

Audrey Campos poses for The Associated Press while hosting a Loteria game night at Jackie O's Cocktail Club in Fort Worth, Texas, Tuesday, May 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Ronaldo Bolaos)
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Most LGBTQ+ adults feel Americans don’t accept transgender people, Pew poll finds

Read full article: Most LGBTQ+ adults feel Americans don’t accept transgender people, Pew poll finds

LGBTQ+ people in the U.S. see lower social acceptance for transgender people than those who are lesbian, gay or bisexual, a new Pew Research Center poll found.

River City Pride’s 2024 theme: Jax Bold, Jax Proud

Hundreds take to the streets for 2024 Jax River City Pride Parade

Read full article: Hundreds take to the streets for 2024 Jax River City Pride Parade

The parade and festival draw thousands of community members each year who line the roads to celebrate and experience love, acceptance and friendship.

Crosswalks adds vibrant, colorful element to local streets

Rainbow crosswalks make debut in lively 5 Points area

Read full article: Rainbow crosswalks make debut in lively 5 Points area

This crosswalk not only enhances the aesthetic appeal of the area but also sends a powerful message of acceptance and unity to all who pass through the 5 Points district.

River City Pride’s 2024 theme: Jax Bold, Jax Proud

River City Pride announces 2024 dates, theme & vendor applications

Read full article: River City Pride announces 2024 dates, theme & vendor applications

The parade and festival draw thousands of community members each year who line the roads to celebrate and experience love, acceptance and friendship.

A National Park Service sign marks the Stonewall National Monument outside the Stonewall Inn, Monday, June 17, 2024, in New York. The building will open as the new visitor center for the Stonewall National Monument on Friday, June 28, the anniversary of the 1969 rebellion that helped reshape LGBTQ+ life in the United States. (AP Photo/Pamela Smith)

Long-vacant storefront that once housed part of the Stonewall Inn reclaims place in LGBTQ+ history

Read full article: Long-vacant storefront that once housed part of the Stonewall Inn reclaims place in LGBTQ+ history

It was once half of the Stonewall Inn, the dive bar where a police raid exploded into a landmark moment for LGBTQ+ rights movement.

FILE - A flag supporting LGBTQ+ rights decorates a desk on the Democratic side of the Kansas House of Representatives during a debate, March 28, 2023, at the Statehouse in Topeka, Kan. The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Monday to consider whether a Tennessee ban on gender-affirming care for minors is constitutional. (AP Photo/John Hanna, File)

Things to know about the gender-affirming care case as the Supreme Court prepares to weigh in

Read full article: Things to know about the gender-affirming care case as the Supreme Court prepares to weigh in

The Supreme Court is planning to weigh in on whether states can ban gender-affirming care for transgender minors.

There are dozens of Pride events happening in the Jacksonville area in June

Your guide to pride with The Queen of Community—Karrissa Wade

Read full article: Your guide to pride with The Queen of Community—Karrissa Wade

June is LGBTQ+ Pride Month. The month is intended to celebrate hard-won equality and raise awareness about ongoing efforts.

FILE - Rainwater seeps down into the Christopher Street-Sheridan Square subway station, March 30, 2010, in New York. The New York City subway station would be renamed to commemorate the Stonewall Inn protests that galvanized the modern LGBTQ rights movement, under legislation approved by state lawmakers as they wrapped up their session in June 2024. (AP Photo/Stephen Chernin, File)

Bill would rename NYC subway stop after Stonewall, a landmark in LGBTQ+ rights movement

Read full article: Bill would rename NYC subway stop after Stonewall, a landmark in LGBTQ+ rights movement

Lawmakers have approved legislation that would rename a New York City subway station in honor of the Stonewall riots.

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Thousands of people will gather to celebrate Pride at the annual Fernandina Beach Pride Parade

Read full article: Thousands of people will gather to celebrate Pride at the annual Fernandina Beach Pride Parade

Thousands of people will gather to celebrate Pride at the annual Fernandina Beach Pride Parade and Festival Saturday morning.

Fernandina Beach Pride 2024.

Thousands celebrate diversity, inclusion at Fernandina Beach Pride

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Thousands of people gathered to celebrate Pride at the annual Fernandina Beach Pride Parade and Festival on Saturday morning.

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What to know before you go | Fernandina Beach Pride

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Fernandina Beach Pride Inc., a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization focused on supporting, connecting and enriching the Nassau County LGBTQ+ community, will hold its fourth annual Parade and Festival on Saturday, June 8, 2024, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Historic Fernandina Beach’s Central Park.

News4JAX’s Jana Angel and Katie Garner to emcee Fernandina Beach Pride

News4JAX’s Jana Angel and Katie Garner to emcee Fernandina Beach Pride

Read full article: News4JAX’s Jana Angel and Katie Garner to emcee Fernandina Beach Pride

WJXT The Local Station is proud to be named media sponsor of the 2024 Fernandina Beach Pride Parade and Festival.

12 scholarships will be awarded, surpassing the amounts in years prior

River City Plus: PFLAG provides up to $2,000 in unencumbered scholarships

Read full article: River City Plus: PFLAG provides up to $2,000 in unencumbered scholarships

PFLAG is the nation’s oldest and largest LGBTQ+ support, education, and advocacy group focused on the families and close loved ones of members of the LGBTQ+ community.

Photo: Duval Folx Pride & The Cummer Museum: Event is on Friday, June 28: All ages are welcome to attend Duval Folx Pride at The Cummer Museum. “Time to celebrate! Boogie over to the Cummer Gardens and get your groove on in celebration of Pride Month. GeeXella, a DJ, rapper, community organizer, and social justice champion, created Duval Folx to be an inclusive dance party for BIPOC and LGBTQAI+ communities.”

List: Here are the Pride events happening in Northeast Florida in June 2024

Read full article: List: Here are the Pride events happening in Northeast Florida in June 2024

Events, parades, and parties are taking place all over Northeast Florida. News4JAX has compiled a list of events below.

FILE - Pride month merchandise is displayed at a Target store, May 24, 2023, in Nashville, Tenn. Target confirmed that it won't be carrying its LGBTQ+ merchandise for Pride month in June, 2024, in some stores after the discount retailer received backlash last year for its assortment. (AP Photo/George Walker IV, File)

The art of drag is a target. With Pride Month near, performers are organizing to fight back

Read full article: The art of drag is a target. With Pride Month near, performers are organizing to fight back

About 10 drag artists from around the United States are banding together to protect and promote their art form.

FILE - Revelers fill Market St. while marching in San Francisco's Pride Parade on Sunday, June 25, 2023. Pride Month starts Saturday, June 1, 2024, across the U.S. and the globe, an annual celebration of LGBTQ+ people and culture. The main events are parades and festivals held in cities large and small. (AP Photo/Noah Berger, File)

LGBTQ+ Pride Month is starting to show its colors around the world. What to know

Read full article: LGBTQ+ Pride Month is starting to show its colors around the world. What to know

Pride Month is kicking off around the world with parades and festivals in cities large and small.

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Jax pride group walks Main Street Bridge as a response to Acosta Bridge’s patriotic lighting through Labor Day

Read full article: Jax pride group walks Main Street Bridge as a response to Acosta Bridge’s patriotic lighting through Labor Day

A Jacksonville group chose to celebrate its freedom at a rally on the Main Street Bridge despite a Florida initiative to light bridges in patriotic colors until Labor Day.

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FBI sends out a warning for people attending Pride events in June

Read full article: FBI sends out a warning for people attending Pride events in June

Foreign terrorists’ groups and their supporters may be planning an attack on LGBTQ related events during the month of June, which is Pride Month.

PFLAG of Jacksonville-Scholarship Opportunity

PFLAG of Jacksonville offering scholarships to LGBTQ+ students in Northeast Florida

Read full article: PFLAG of Jacksonville offering scholarships to LGBTQ+ students in Northeast Florida

PFLAG Jacksonville will host its annual celebration in August to award scholarships to local LGBTQ+ individuals who are pursuing post-secondary or trade school education.

News4JAX meteorologist shares personal story during Lesbian Visibility Week

Katie’s Story: A journey of authenticity and acceptance in the news industry

Read full article: Katie’s Story: A journey of authenticity and acceptance in the news industry

You see, it’s less about coming out, but about letting your people in and living authentically as exactly who God created you to be.

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LGBTQ+ Community Resources in Jacksonville, Florida

Read full article: LGBTQ+ Community Resources in Jacksonville, Florida

LGBT National Help Center offers national support, resources, and information directly. All calls and online services are provided by highly trained LGBTQ volunteers. Calls are never outsourced or answered by other affiliated organizations.

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Mayor Donna Deegan makes history after being first grand marshal at Jacksonville Pride Parade

Read full article: Mayor Donna Deegan makes history after being first grand marshal at Jacksonville Pride Parade

Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan was Grand Marshal of 2023 Pride parade

‘I understood everything that she was going through’: Couple shared highs, lows of journey together

Reciprocal IVF journey: Jacksonville couple gives birth 3 days apart after carrying each other’s babies

Read full article: Reciprocal IVF journey: Jacksonville couple gives birth 3 days apart after carrying each other’s babies

Faith and Cassandre decided to swap eggs and carry the other’s baby — at the same time.

River City Pride Parade in 2022

Pride month 2023: Here is your event guide across Northeast Florida

Read full article: Pride month 2023: Here is your event guide across Northeast Florida

Pride Month is about community, love and support. Florida residents are encouraged to stand against discrimination and reject violence toward LGBTQ+ individuals.

FILE - Jim Obergefell, the named plaintiff in the Obergefell v. Hodges Supreme Court case that legalized same sex marriage nationwide, arrives for a news conference on the steps of the Texas Capitol, June 29, 2015, in Austin, Texas. The start of June marks the beginning of Pride month around the U.S. and some parts of the world, celebrating the lives and experiences of LGBTQ+ communities as well as raising awareness about ongoing struggles and pushing back against efforts to roll back civil rights gains that have been made. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

LGBTQ+ Pride month kicks off with protests, parades, parties

Read full article: LGBTQ+ Pride month kicks off with protests, parades, parties

The start of June marks the beginning of Pride month around the United States and some parts of the world, a season intended to celebrate the lives and experiences of LGBTQ+ people and to protest against the rollback of hard-won civil rights gains.

FILE - A statue of Walt Disney and Micky Mouse stands in front of the Cinderella Castle at the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., Jan. 9, 2019. Tens of thousands of LGBTQ+ people are flocking to Florida's theme parks and hotels to go on thrill rides, dance at all-night parties and lounge poolside in a decades-long tradition known as Gay Days. Even though Gov. Ron DeSantis and Florida lawmakers have championed a slew of anti-LGBTQ laws, that's not stopping organizers from encouraging visitors from around the world to come and visit (AP Photo/John Raoux, File)

LGBTQ+ people flock to Florida for Gay Days festival

Read full article: LGBTQ+ people flock to Florida for Gay Days festival

Central Florida is about to become a hub of LGBTQ+ life.

A sign outside a Target store is seen Wednesday, May 24, 2023, in Nashville, Tenn. Target is removing certain items from its stores and making other changes to its LGBTQ+ merchandise nationwide ahead of Pride month after an intense backlash from some customers including violent confrontations with its workers. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

LGBTQ+ activists call for new strategies to promote equality after Target backlash

Read full article: LGBTQ+ activists call for new strategies to promote equality after Target backlash

Activists in the LGBTQ+ community are calling for new ways to mobilize against threats to their long fight for equality.

River City Pride | News4JAX | CW17

River City Pride makes list of ‘best Pride parades and festivals in the U.S. to celebrate LGBTQ rights’

Read full article: River City Pride makes list of ‘best Pride parades and festivals in the U.S. to celebrate LGBTQ rights’

River City Pride is known to host events throughout the year, including during Pride Month in June and when the organization hosts its parade and festival in October.

FILE - In this Monday, June 3, 2019, file photo, Pride flags and colors display on the Stonewall Inn bar, marking the site of 1969 riots that followed a police raid of the bar's gay patrons, in New York. A visitor center dedicated to telling the story of LGBTQ rights movement will open next door to the Stonewall Inn. Organizers say the groundbreaking for the Stonewall National Monument Visitor Center in New York City's Greenwich Village neighborhood will take place Friday, June 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews, File)

Stonewall visitor center will be dedicated to LGBTQ history

Read full article: Stonewall visitor center will be dedicated to LGBTQ history

A visitor center dedicated to telling the story of the LGBTQ rights movement will open next to the Stonewall Inn.

Being an ally is a lot easier than you may think.

How you can be an ally during Pride Month

Read full article: How you can be an ally during Pride Month

As we all know, June is Pride Month, and it’s a time for the LGBTQ+ community to come together and celebrate being out and proud.

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15 LGBTQ artists you should listen to this Pride Month

Read full article: 15 LGBTQ artists you should listen to this Pride Month

As we all know, June is Pride Month, and what better way to celebrate the rainbow flag than listening to some music made by those in the LGBTQ community?

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