Florida removes rainbow crosswalk honoring victims of Pulse nightclub shooting
Removal of crosswalk honoring 49 people killed in 2016 is latest anti-LGBTQ+ move by DeSantis administrationA rainbow crosswalk designed to honor victims of a mass shooting at a LGBTQ+ nightclub in Orlando was painted over by the Florida state government on Wednesday night.The abrupt erasure of the...
<p>Removal of crosswalk honoring 49 people killed in 2016 is latest anti-LGBTQ+ move by DeSantis administration</p><p>A rainbow crosswalk designed to honor victims of a mass shooting at a LGBTQ+ nightclub in Orlando was painted over by the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/florida">Florida</a> state government on Wednesday night.</p><p>The abrupt erasure of the memorial street crossing, which honored the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/jun/12/orlando-terror-attack-50-killed-nightclub-deadliest-mass-shooting">49 people killed at the Pulse nightclub</a> in 2016, was described as a “scandalous act of betrayal” by one Florida state senator.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/22/florida-pulse-rainbow-crosswalk-memorial-desantis">Continue reading...</a>
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