One by one, rainbow crosswalks in cities across the Sunshine State are turning black.

But Fort Lauderdale has not given up its legal fight to save pride street art and colorful crosswalks amid a statewide crackdown that’s made headlines nationwide.

“We are the last man standing,” Fort Lauderdale Commissioner Steve Glassman told the South Florida Sun Sentinel. “This is an issue where you have to stand up for yourself. If we don’t stand up now, when do we stand up?”

The crackdown that began in August under the watch of Gov. Ron DeSantis has led to the removal of street art from Key West to Jacksonville.

In late August, DeSantis criticized Key West and Delray Beach for vowing to fight the state order.

“It’s like they think that they should just be a law unto themselves,” DeSantis said at

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