Editing Miami Beach, Florida (section)

=== LGBT community ===
{{main|LGBT culture in Miami}}
Miami Beach has been regarded as a [[gay mecca]] for decades as well as being one of the most LGBT friendly cities in the United States. Miami Beach is home to numerous gay bars and gay-specific events, and five service and resource organizations. After decades of economic and social decline, an influx of [[LGBT|gays and lesbians]] moving to South Beach in the late-1980s to mid-1990s contributed to Miami Beach's revitalization. The newcomers purchased and restored dilapidated Art Deco hotels and clubs, started numerous businesses and built political power in city and county government.<ref name="miamiherald.com">{{Cite web |url=http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/03/04/2102454/miami-beach-by-the-numbers.html |title=Miami Beach by the numbers |date=April 29, 2011 |website=[[Miami Herald]]|access-date=March 1, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110429104006/http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/03/04/2102454/miami-beach-by-the-numbers.html |archive-date=29 April 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

The passage of progressive civil rights laws,<ref name="miamiherald.com"/> election of outspokenly pro-gay Miami Beach Mayor [[Matti Bower]], and the introduction of Miami Beach's Gay Pride Celebration, have reinvigorated the local LGBT community in recent years, which some argued had experienced a decline in the late 2000s.<ref>{{cite news |first=Natalie |last=O'Neill |url=http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2010-01-14/news/gays-are-leaving-south-beach-for-fort-lauderdale/ |title=Gays leave unfriendly South Beach for Fort Lauderdale - Page 1 - News - Miami |newspaper=Miami New Times |date=January 14, 2010 |access-date=June 30, 2013 |archive-date=August 1, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130801043715/http://www.miaminewtimes.com/2010-01-14/news/gays-are-leaving-south-beach-for-fort-lauderdale/ |url-status=dead}}</ref> In January 2010, Miami Beach passed a revised Human Rights Ordinance that strengthens enforcement of already existing human rights laws and adds protections for transgender people,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.savedade.org/content/breaking-news-two-new-local-ordinances-support-equality-gay-residents-miami-beach-and-south- |title=Breaking News – Two New Local Ordinances Support Equality For Gay Residents Of Miami Beach And South Miami |date=January 15, 2010 |publisher=SAVE Dade|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121101123233/http://www.savedade.org/content/breaking-news-two-new-local-ordinances-support-equality-gay-residents-miami-beach-and-south-|archive-date=November 1, 2012}}</ref> making Miami Beach's human rights laws some of the most progressive in the state.<ref name="miamiherald.com"/>

Miami Beach Pride has gained prominence since it first started in 2009, there has been an increase in attendance every year. In 2013 there were more than 80,000 people who participated to now more than 130,000 people that participate in the festivities every year.<ref name="LGBT Creativity">{{cite web |last1=City of Miami |title=Miami Beach Gay Pride is an extraordinary two-day event |url=https://www.miamibeachgaypride.com |website=Miamibeachgaypride |publisher=LGBT Creativity|access-date=20 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150316065209/https://www.miamibeachgaypride.com/|archive-date=March 16, 2015|url-status=dead |df=mdy-all}}</ref> It has also attracted many celebrities such as [[Chaz Bono]],<ref>{{cite web |last1=Crandell |first1=Ben |last2=Sentinel |first2=Sun |title=Chaz Bono to lead Miami Beach Gay Pride parade |url=http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2012-04-04/entertainment/sfl-chaz-bono-to-lead-miami-beach-gay-pride-parade-20120404_1_grand-marshal-chaz-parade |website=articles.sun-sentinel |access-date=20 March 2015 |ref=April 4, 2012 |archive-date=April 2, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402122550/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2012-04-04/entertainment/sfl-chaz-bono-to-lead-miami-beach-gay-pride-parade-20120404_1_grand-marshal-chaz-parade |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Adam Lambert]],<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/15/miami-beach-gay-pride-2013_n_3084033.html |title=Miami Beach Gay Pride Parade 2013, High Heel Race In Pictures |date=2013-04-15 |work=The Huffington Post |access-date=2017-07-06 |archive-date=March 20, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150320040510/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/15/miami-beach-gay-pride-2013_n_3084033.html |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Gloria Estefan]], [[Mario Lopez]], and [[Elvis Duran]] who were Grand Marshals for Pride Weekend from 2012 through 2016<ref name="LGBT Creativity"/><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/gay-south-florida/article44890866.html |title=Radio star Elvis Duran named grand marshal of 2016 Miami Beach Gay Pride parade, festival |last=Rothaus |first=Steve |date=2015-11-14 |work=The Miami Herald |access-date=2017-07-06 |archive-date=August 6, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180806084837/https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/gay-south-florida/article44890866.html |url-status=live }}</ref> respectively.  There are over 125 businesses who are LGBT supportive that sponsor Miami Beach Pride.