Stonewall Sports league reports successful first year
Stonewall Sports league launched in April 2021 with kickball. In the year since then, the league has had more than 400 registered participants per kickball season and is now entering its fourth season of the sport. In January, the league hosted a one-day kickball tournament with 130 players. Bowling was introduced in Winter 2021, and […]
JASMYN breaks ground
More than $1.6 million raised for Safe Place Campaign Safe Place Project takes a giant leap forward, as funding will help to increase health services and programs for LGBTQ+ youth, to include outdoor recreation, as well as a an endowment for maintenance of the campus following the expansion. A celebratory groundbreaking to initiate several projects […]
Jacksonville has a new local league of Stonewall Sports
There’s a new league in the Greater Jacksonville area, Stonewall Sports Jax. This inaugural season’s registration brought in 290 players, divided into 15 teams. The season opener took place on Sunday, April 11 at Willowbranch Park. Stonewall Sports is an LGBTQ and Ally community-based, non-profit sports organization founded in 2010 that strives to raise funds […]
New grove dedicated in old park honors memory of AIDS victims
Two years after the Valentine’s Day vote was passed 12-6 by Jacksonville City Council to include sexual orientation and gender identity in the Human Rights Ordinance prohibiting discrimination for public accommodations, employment and housing, another significant event for the LGBTQ community occurred this Valentine’s Day. Several hundred people took time during the lunch hour to […]
