As Pride Month continues, News4JAX is highlighting local organizations, like JASMYN, that provide resources and safe spaces for the Northeast Florida LGBTQ+ community.

Beginning next school year, Duval County Public Schools will cut free lunch provided through the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP). Families will need to complete a free or reduced-price meal application or be certified by the state to get assistance.

JASMYN hosted its 18th annual ‘Coming Out’ Day Breakfast to celebrate diversity in Northeast Florida’s workforce and support for LGBTQIA+ teens and young adults on Thursday.

A student was arrested Thursday after a “major” fight broke out toward the end of a high school football game.

The event will celebrate diversity in our Northeast Florida workforce and honor individual leaders, employee resource groups, corporations and non-profit partners, while focusing support for our LGBTQIA+ teens and young adults.

Cindy Watson, founding board member and inaugural CEO of JASMYN announced her retirement effective December 31, 2023. JASMYN stands for Jacksonville Area Sexual Minority Youth Network and it is the areas only LGBTQ+ youth center designed to empower young people.

Several local groups will hold their second “Together Against Hate” event at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the Friday Musicale on Oak Street in the Brooklyn neighborhood.

The Duval County School Board will meet on Monday to approve the proposed millage rate and finalize the school year’s budget.

Duval County Public Schools ranked below the state average in English language arts and math for the 2022-2023 school year, according to newly released results from the Florida Department of Education.

Local LGBTQA nonprofit JASMYN brings back their Strides for Pride 5k run this weekend!

The CEO of JASMYN, a group that provides resources for the LGBTQ community, addressed the Duval County School Board during Tuesday’s meeting — following DCPS’ decision to end its decades-long services agreement with the organization.

During a meeting of the Duval County School Board on Tuesday night, Superintendent Dr. Diana Greene spent approximately 10 minutes addressing the district’s decision to end its decades-long services agreement with JASMYN, an organization that provides resources for the LGBTQ community.

An organization of Duval County Public Schools teachers and staff plan to speak out against the district’s recent decision to cut ties with a local LGBTQ advocacy group, JASMYN.

Duval County Public Schools ended its decades-long services agreement with JASMYN, an organization that provides resources for the LGBTQ community, citing the perceived use of materials deemed to be inappropriate for children.

JASMYN, Northeast Florida’s only LGBTQIA+ youth center, hosted its annual Coming Out Day Breakfast on Tuesday, Oct. 18.

The Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra will host its first-ever Pride Night celebration to help LGBTQIA+ youth in our area.

JASMYN, Jacksonville’s LGBTQ+ Youth Center, broke ground Wednesday and announced its new construction project that will complete the organization’s campus.

The event will be held at the Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront with an in-person audience and will be streamed live for virtual ticket holders.

JASMYN, Jacksonville’s LGBTQ+ Youth Center, on Wednesday, announced it plans to use the $1.3 million it has raised so far to expand its health clinic and make other renovations to its Brooklyn campus.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – JASMYN, Jacksonville’s LGBTQ Youth Center, will host a week of events for the first time virtually to honor the lives of transgender people lost to violence. Trans folx are resilient! JASMYN serves trans people as well as the rest of the rainbow of LGBTQ youth in Northeast Florida. Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) is an annual national observance on November 20th that honors the memory of the transgender people whose lives were lost in acts of anti-transgender violence. JASMYN is leading a movement to rename the day Transgender Day of Resilience, honoring the trans community’s ability to find their way forward against tremendous odds especially from aggression based on appearance.