The Long Crossing: Caribbean Queer Migration to South Florida
For decades, LGBTQ+ people across the Caribbean have made South Florida their refuge — a documented migration story of asylum, diaspora, and community building.
Guides
First-person essays from LGBTQ+ South Floridians on family, faith, work and migration.
After Obergefell: How Miami Became a Queer Wedding City
Since marriage equality in 2015, South Florida has built a destination wedding economy for LGBTQ+ couples — gardens, beaches, courthouses, and the businesses that serve them.
Growing Old in the Community: SunServe and South Florida's LGBTQ+ Elders
South Florida's LGBTQ+ seniors built the community's institutions — and now a Fort Lauderdale nonprofit exists to serve them in an aging-services world not built for them.
The World AIDS Museum: Wilton Manors' Small Institution With a Big Job
Founded in 2014 in the heart of Broward's LGBTQ+ district, the World AIDS Museum is among the only institutions anywhere dedicated entirely to the epidemic's history.
Twist's Quarter Century: The South Beach Club That Never Slept
Open daily from 1994 to 2020, Twist was South Beach's queer constant — a venue whose 'never a cover' run outlasted every trend on Collins Avenue.