Rainbow crossings in Florida Last updated August 28, 2025 Delray Beach A rainbow crossing was painted in Delray Beach in 2021. [ 8]
Funders of the project included the Palm Beach County Human Rights Council via the AIDS Healthcare Foundation. [ 9]
The rainbow crossing has been vandalized more than once. [ 10] [ 11] [ 12] [ 9] There have been calls to remove the painting. [ 13]
Orlando A rainbow-colored crossing was installed in Orlando , [ 16] to honor the victims from the Pulse nightclub shooting that occurred on June 12, 2016. [ 17] An online petition [ 18] was signed by approximately 2,700 citizens requesting to have it painted nearby the nightclub museum . [ 19] Approved by the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT), [ 20] the project ended up costing about $2,900 with the installation beginning on October 10 and completed the next day on October 11, 2017. [ 21] The artwork was painted over by FDOT on August 21, 2025. [ 22] [ 23] Soon afterwards, people colored the sidewalk with chalk as law enforcement watch and warned them to stay out of the street. [ 24]
Tampa Tampa had to remove 47 street art locations in 2025 or lose transportation funding from the state. [ 27]
West Palm Beach A rainbow crossing was created in West Palm Beach in 2021. [ 28] Plans to remove the painting were announced in 2025 [ 29] [ 30] and the removal was done on Monday, August 25th. [ 31] There are also plans to 'relocate and reimagine' the crossing to the planned Serenity Park in Northwood Village. [ 32] [ 33]
References ↑ Abbott, Jim (August 27, 2025). "After Pulse, state tells Daytona Speedway checkered-flag crosswalks will be repainted" . Daytona Beach News-Journal Online . ↑ "Editorial: Could a little more paint save rainbow crosswalks? Only if Florida leaders play fair" . Orlando Sentinel . August 21, 2025. Retrieved August 22, 2025 . ↑ Rozsa, Lori (August 15, 2025). "Across the land, rainbow crosswalks face orders to erase 'asphalt art' " . The Washington Post . ISSN 0190-8286 . Retrieved August 22, 2025 . ↑ Whigham, Julius II (July 17, 2025). "Boynton Beach removes Pride-themed crosswalk, citing new federal, state safety mandates" . The Palm Beach Post . Retrieved August 21, 2025 . ↑ Hait, Ari (July 18, 2025). "City paints over pride intersection following Trump administration order" . wwnytv.com . Retrieved August 21, 2025 . ↑ Hait, Ari (July 18, 2025). "Boynton Beach paints over pride intersection" . WPBF . Retrieved August 21, 2025 . ↑ Schroeder, Audra (July 16, 2025). "Boynton Beach removes Pride intersection to comply with 'state and federal transportation mandates' " . WPTV News Channel 5 West Palm . Retrieved August 21, 2025 . ↑ Dorsainvil, Aja (July 24, 2025). "Delray Beach to join other cities in removing its Pride mural, city official says" . WPTV News Channel 5 West Palm . Retrieved August 21, 2025 . 1 2 Viviani, Nick; Gibson, Jamilka (August 14, 2025). "Delray Beach will not be removing its Pride crosswalk yet" . WPEC . Retrieved August 21, 2025 . ↑ "Man Charged With Doing 'Burnout' on LGBTQ Pride Crosswalk in Delray Beach" . NBC 6 South Florida . June 18, 2021. Retrieved August 21, 2025 . ↑ Harrell, Gershon; Ortiz, Luli (July 15, 2025). "Vandal targets Delray Beach Pride intersection with burnout marks" . WTVX . Retrieved August 21, 2025 . ↑ Shields, Malcolm (January 8, 2025). "Florida man sentenced for vandalizing Pride crosswalk" . WPBF . Retrieved August 21, 2025 . ↑ "State demanding Delray Beach to remove rainbow intersection" . WPBF . August 16, 2025. Retrieved August 21, 2025 . ↑ "Key West Installs New Permanent Rainbow Crosswalks" . NBC 6 South Florida . June 16, 2020. Retrieved August 22, 2025 . ↑ Rosa, Amanda (August 21, 2025). "Florida's rainbow crosswalks are being painted over. Miami Beach could be next" . Miami Herald . ↑ Morgan, Michaela (October 13, 2017). "A rainbow crossing has been installed outside the Pulse nightclub in Orlando" . SBS Voices . Retrieved August 22, 2025 . ↑ Rothaus, Steve (June 12, 2016). "Pulse Orlando shooting scene a popular LGBT club where employees, patrons 'like family' " . The Miami Herald . Archived from the original on June 15, 2016. Retrieved June 15, 2016 . ↑ Smith, Melodi (October 12, 2017). "Rainbow crosswalk to honor Pulse shooting victims" . wtsp.com . Retrieved August 22, 2025 . ↑ "Orlando installs rainbow crosswalk near Pulse Nightclub, where 49 died" . GoPride Chicago (ChicagoPride.com) . October 12, 2017. Retrieved August 21, 2025 . ↑ "Crews finish rainbow crosswalk near Orlando's Pulse nightclub, where 49 died" . Los Angeles Times . Associated Press. October 11, 2017. Retrieved August 21, 2025 . ↑ Cordeiro, Monivette (October 9, 2017). "Orlando mayor says rainbow crosswalk will be installed near Pulse" . Orlando Weekly . Retrieved August 22, 2025 . ↑ Wiggins, Christopher (August 21, 2025). "FL government paints over Orlando's Pulse memorial crosswalk" . www.advocate.com . Retrieved August 21, 2025 . ↑ Sopelsa, Brooke (August 22, 2025). "Pulse Memorial's rainbow crosswalk removed overnight in Orlando, Florida" . NBC News . ↑ Hogan, Brandon; McLeod, Emily (August 24, 2025). "Rainbow crosswalk repainted outside Pulse; Florida troopers seen standing by" . WKMG . ↑ Wright, Colleen; Muckle, Shauna (August 21, 2025). "St. Petersburg asks state to keep 5 colorful streets" . Tampa Bay Times . Retrieved August 22, 2025 . ↑ Varn, Kathryn (August 22, 2025). "St. Petersburg to comply with state order to remove Pride, Black history street art" . Axios . ↑ Rousseau, Beth (August 26, 2025). "Work begins to remove street murals in Tampa" . WFLA . ↑ Detman, Gary (June 3, 2021). "Mayor unveils rainbow-colored crosswalks for LGBTQ pride in West Palm Beach" . WPEC . Retrieved August 21, 2025 . ↑ Schroeder, Audra (July 18, 2025). "West Palm Beach plans to remove LGBTQ+ crosswalk, 'reimagine' it in public park" . WPTV News Channel 5 West Palm . Retrieved August 21, 2025 . ↑ Man, Anthony (July 18, 2025). "West Palm Beach removing LGBTQ+ rainbow crosswalk under orders from Trump, DeSantis administrations" . Sun Sentinel . Retrieved August 21, 2025 . ↑ Shepard, Skyler. "West Palm Beach reimagines LGBTQ+ tribute with park monument after crosswalk removal" . WPEC CBS 12 . CBS 12 News. Retrieved August 26, 2025 . ↑ Ogles, Jacob (July 21, 2025). "West Palm Beach, Florida, to erase rainbow crosswalk" . www.advocate.com . Retrieved August 21, 2025 . ↑ Joy, Kathleen. "City Unveils Vision for Reimagined LGBTQ+ Monument at Serenity Park" . West Palm Beach . City of West Palm Beach, FL . Retrieved August 26, 2025 . This page is based on this
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