Sofia Wangensteen spray paints one end of the Norman Tunnel during a Planned Parenthood Generation Action event at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Fla., Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025. (Reyhan Kepic/WUFT News)
A group of University of Florida students offered rainbows Thursday in response to a state mandate from earlier this year.
On June 30, the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) ordered non-traditionally painted sidewalks to be removed, claiming not doing so would result in losing transportation funding. This targets many rainbow painted crosswalks across the state, and the three in downtown Gainesville…