Tampa Bay's gay and lesbian residents — along with friends and supporters — braved the weather and a smattering of protesters to celebrate Gay Pride Saturday in St. Petersburg. ...more

June 28, 2009

Frank Martin Gill of North Miami is gay and a foster parent. Gill and his partner want to adopt half brothers they've parented since 2004, but Florida law prohibits it. So the couple and the boys, ages 4 and 8, remain in legal limbo, waiting for a court or the Legislature to make them one family legally. ...more

March 18, 2009

President-elect Barack Obama on Thursday defended his choice of a popular evangelical minister to deliver the invocation at his inauguration, rejecting criticism that it slights gays. ...more

December 18, 2008

Pals and politicos, socialites and supporters braved a chilly breeze and surly protesters to attend the wedding of Gov. Charlie Crist and businesswoman Carole Rome on Friday night in St. Petersburg. ...more

December 13, 2008

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) -- Gov. Charlie Crist became the first sitting Florida governor to wed in nearly 42 years, exchanging vows Friday evening with New York socialite Carole Rome in a church ceremony. ...more

December 12, 2008

Florida has barred homosexuals from adopting children since 1977, yet gays and lesbians are allowed to be foster parents and raise wards of the state for years at a time. ...more

December 8, 2008

Chicago, Philadelphia. Tampa? Carrie West, who helped start the GaYbor District in Ybor City, wants to turn his community into one of the nation's top gay and lesbian destinations. ...more

November 30, 2008

including more than 100 in downtown Tampa - rallied at 1:30 p.m. Saturday to protest bans on marriage and adoption approved by voters in four states. ...more

November 16, 2008

Thousands of gays and lesbians and their supporters around the country – including more than 100 in downtown Tampa – rallied at 1:30 p.m. to protest bans to marriage and adoption approved by voters in four states. ...more

November 15, 2008

A proposal aimed at effectively banning gays and lesbians from becoming foster or adoptive parents was cleared Monday to appear on this fall's ballot in Arkansas. ...more

August 26, 2008