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A tourist attraction has cut ties with Visit Florida over its LGTBQ Travel removal. It's only one but more could follow, putting pressure on the organization to change course.
Stonewall National Museum & Archives has ended its decade-old membership with Visit Florida after the organization removed its LGBTQ Travel page.
"As a community and as an organization, we're not represented at all," said Robert Kesten, executive director for the organization, which is based in Fort Lauderdale. "It seems futile to keep throwing good money after that."
Kesten posted on LinkedIn that he had asked for a refund of the membership fee, which he told Skift was $475. Visit Florida processed the refund on September 5.
Sometime this summer, Visit Florida took down a page on its website that had featured the Stonewall National Museum and provided information on other businesses, beaches, and destinations friendly to LGBTQ