Reanna Haase

Thousands of people, covered in rainbow, lined the streets surrounding Lake Eola in anticipation of Come Out With Pride Orlando’s annual The Most Colorful Parade, on Saturday.

Last year’s festival and parade gathered over 200,000 people, according to Come Out With Pride. This year people gathered for a new addition to the yearly tradition, the Trans Rally and the Trans March put on by Trans Pride, which is back for their second year.

“It’s so important just because that joy has just been taken away in so many different places and it’s been shunned honestly,” said Tyler Jones, member of the Come Out With Pride Trans and Non-binary Taskforce. “So, it’s important to have trans people lifted up, especially.”

Snaps and cheers filled the Pegasus Ballroom as guest speakers shared their stories, despite over half of the seats being open, at the College Democrats at UCF Drag Him Out event on Monday.

“I feel like I’m making a difference,” said Maxine Ramirez, Orlando for Gender Equality member and Drag Him Out guest speaker. “I feel like I’m taking the action that I’ve been wanting to take for such a long time. I’m getting my voice out there to important people.”

The Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show is back, but not in the way that you know it. VS has completely reimagined their iconic show, full of bombshell and fantasy bras, and has rebranded as the Victoria’s Secret World Tour 2023.

While the collective showcase took place on Sept. 6 for the celebrity industry to enjoy, the showcase and some behind-the-scenes features will debut on Sept. 26, on Prime Video, for the whole world to critique.

According to VS Pressroom, the showcase and film features the VS20– “a group of 20 innovative global creatives who will conceive four fashion curations from the vibrant cities of Bogota, Lagos, London and Tokyo.”

These creatives were given the opportunity to create something entirely their own– to celebrate their own individuality. Anything from film to design to music to visual fields were fair game to mesh with the custom Victoria’s Secret designs that were presented to them.

A normal summer surfing session at New Smyrna Beach turned into something right out of a nightmare just as Chris Pospisil was getting ready to leave.

While looking for a wave to ride back to shore, Pospisil locked eyes with a shark lunging out of the water, hungry for his foot. The shark latched onto Pospisil’s foot and pulled him off of his board and into the water, just before he was able to kick it in the nose, freeing his foot.

“When it happened, I was just like I knew right away. I was li

A hidden gem among the homes of Amelia Street, Eola General completes the neighborhood with a selection of over 150 beverages, bagels and sandwiches — and a door open to all.

Robin Aiello, owner of Eola General and resident of Lake Eola Heights, said a store like Eola General is what she felt was missing from the neighborhood.

The new Main Street administrator, Kyle Reynolds, is working to make processes easier for the 12 Orlando Main Street districts, so they can provide more for their communities.

“Our current system takes a little bit of time for each district to submit their reports, and it’s a little labor intensive. So, I’m trying to streamline those processes so that they can have extra time to focus on the fun stuff that they have to do in their districts and less time, you know, sitting there filling out rep