California voters to be asked to affirm gay marriage on 2024 ballot - Los Angel Tim

Contents:

• GAY OCHO FTIVAL RETURNS TO CALLE OCHO
• ANNUAL GAY8 FTIVAL RETURNS TO LTLE HAVANA SUNDAY
• GAY8 LTLE HAVANA CULARY AND WALKG TOUR OF CALLE OCHO
• JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU
• THE 8 TOP GAY CIS FOR 2023
• CALIFORNIA VOTERS WILL BE ASKED TO REAFFIRM GAY MARRIAGE PROTECTNS ON 2024 BALLOT
• SASHA CALLE BOYIEND: WHO IS SHE DATG? GAY AFFAIRS AND RELATNSHIP TIMELE
• CALIFORNIA STILL HAS AN ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE LAW ON THE BOOKS. VOTERS ULD REMOVE NEXT YEAR
• THE 5 BEST MOSW GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS MOSW
• WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE 2022 GAY8 FTIVAL MIAMI
• MOSW GAY BARS

GAY OCHO FTIVAL RETURNS TO CALLE OCHO

What is Gay8 (“Ocho”) Ftival?

ANNUAL GAY8 FTIVAL RETURNS TO LTLE HAVANA SUNDAY

Gay8 (“Gay Ocho”) is a Hispanic/Lato hosted art, live mic, fashn, dance, food and cultural street ftival Ltle Havana, Miami, FL. Miami’s famed hub of everythg Hispanic, Calle Ocho (8th Street) is the historic epicenter of Gay8. But if you thk Gay8 is a street ftival, you’re missg out!

Gay8 (“Ocho”) Ftival is a platform, an opportuny to nnect wh parts of South Florida you never knew were there… an amazg sticky ms of fun, diversy, history, culture, passn and South Florida realns meant to engage the muny ways no one knew were possible. Gay Ocho provis a venue that enurag to SHARE and as our hashtag emphasiz e  #LiveYourStoryHere.

GAY8 LTLE HAVANA CULARY AND WALKG TOUR OF CALLE OCHO

Gay8 is an vatn to all South Floridians and Internatnal Visors to e to Ltle Havana for the “Fita” of a lifetime.

South Florida’s richt flavors will fill the air wh ptivatg aromas as noted lol rtrants pete for Gay8’s bt miami sandwich curated by KIKO – QRICO!!! Gay8 also clus related activi like the 4Ward Gala at The Biltmore Hotel on 2/10 – see lk on landg page for more rmatn.

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The natn’s largt diversy and cln ftival Gay8 Ftival, is FREE and back on SUNDAY Febary 19th, 2023 at the famo CALLE OCHO om SW 12th AVE to SW 17th AVE (11AM-11PM).

The Gay Ocho Ftival is produced by 4Ward Miami whose missn is to promote diversy and cln and lower polil polarizatn.

THE 8 TOP GAY CIS FOR 2023

Several blocks of Calle Ocho will shut down Sunday for the sixth annual Gay8 Ftival, which is focg on eedom for Cuba for this year's ftivi. Gay8 benefs the nonprof 4ward Miami and is an opportuny to nnect diversy and engage the muny real nversatns. Gay8 is a ee and fay-iendly event.

Is Sasha Calle gay? On December 12, 2021, a social media er took to Twter and shared a picture of the actrs and wrote, “I CANNOT be the only one who gets gay vib om Sasha Calle. Sasha Calle’s fans believe she is gay.

CALIFORNIA VOTERS WILL BE ASKED TO REAFFIRM GAY MARRIAGE PROTECTNS ON 2024 BALLOT

Too much gay energy. While some dividuals agreed wh the sentiment, exprsg that they also perceived Calle as havg a gay orientatn, others held differg views.

Tour will meet at the BACARDI STAGE durg the Gay8 Ftival on 2/19 startg at 11AM until 12:30PM. A great addn to a day of fun at the Gay8 Ftival om 11AM to 11PM on Sunday 2/19.

SASHA CALLE BOYIEND: WHO IS SHE DATG? GAY AFFAIRS AND RELATNSHIP TIMELE

Michael Sam beme the first openly gay player to be drafted when the then-St. When to gay cisg, gone are the days of discreet "Friends of Dorothy" meetups.

The term – a phemism that dat back to the 1950s – was once ed to dite gay social events on daily cise le programs, whout explicly llg out members of the muny on board. As travel on the high seas ntu to bounce back om the COVID-19 panmic, gay and lbian travelers should nsir settg sail on a fun-filled cise vatn as their next planng a cise, vatners should first nsir what their ial sailg looks like. Some cise operators (thk: Atlantis Events and La Demence) are known for their electrifyg, all-night parti, which may be perfect for gay groups of iends.

Cisers should also thk about whether they'd like to travel aboard a gay-iendly mastream le, such as Celebry Cis or Virg Voyag, or opt for an all-gay, full-ship charter wh a third-party vatn pany. Of VACAYA's all-gay charters, he says, "For one magil week, our muny gets to be the majory and live life out loud the blissful utopia VACAYA creat on a gay cise.

CALIFORNIA STILL HAS AN ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE LAW ON THE BOOKS. VOTERS ULD REMOVE NEXT YEAR

"The all-gay cis were liberatg, empowerg, and fun, but limed to a small spectm of people. This le gets the stamp of approval om prev LGBTQ cisers, who praise the ships' genr-ntral bathrooms, onboard shows wh rint drag queens and diverse Voyag offers gay-specific sailgs through travel pani like Atlantis Events, but s more mastream erari still offer a welg, clive atmosphere that attracts LGBTQ cisers year-round. Atlantis EventsThe world's largt gay and lbian travel brand, Atlantis Events was found 1991 and wel more than 20, 000 travelers annually on LGBTQ vatns.

For s all-gay cis, Atlantis charters megaships om popular l like Royal Caribbean Internatnal and Norwegian Cise Le, so cisers will have a fully immersive board, travelers n enjoy all the perks the megaships have to offer (thk: pools, hot tubs, sports urts and plenty of dg choic), pl special events like drag performanc, motivatnal speakers, LGBTQ movi on mand each b and high-energy circu parti across the ship.

"As an LGBTQ ciser, you're lookg for a ship wh lots of entertament, cludg dance parti and events, " says Mars Martez, founr of Men Who Bnch, a Black gay liftyle blog. "One of the bt cise [l] for gay cisg is Atlantis, sce you'll be able to meet hundreds of attractive men and party all day and night on the ship. " Atlantis hosts primarily gay men; women make up about 5% to 10% of bookgs, acrdg to the Atlantis webse.

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Cisers will also enjoy performanc by drag queens, gay Broadway stars and more, pl more typil river cise perks like sightseeg and lavish meals. Celebry Cis(Courty of Celebry Cis)Celebry Cis sets the scene for an excellent vatn for gay travelers, om s extravagant annual Pri parti to s daily LGBTQ programmg throughout the year.

After night one, there are other social events for gay cisers to party and hang out together.

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THE 2022 GAY8 FTIVAL MIAMI

Although all erari are gay-iendly, nsir bookg a Pri Party at Sea sailg (which tak place each June) for an extra special experience. Private travel pani like VACAYA also charter Celebry ships for all-gay voyag throughout the (Getty Imag)Specifilly marketed toward lbians and LGBTQ women, Olivia has hosted more than 350, 000 travelers by land and sea over almost five s.

The popular cise le equently partners wh Atlantis Events to offer all-gay voyag throughout the year, but even the standard sailgs earn praise.

Iterari typilly feature LGBTQ meetups at the begng of each cise for gay travelers to meet likemd passengers. Outsi of the sailg experience, Royal Caribbean has also publicly mted to support the LGBTQ muny throughout the year, and was the first cise le to earn the tle "Gay Traveler Approved" om GayTravel 2023, nsir a Royal Caribbean voyage that sails to gay-iendly statns. "Puerto Vallarta, Mexi, [is] full of gay bars, clubs and gay beach, " says Martez.

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]The Cise Wh La Demence(Courty of The Cise wh La Demence)Acrdg to past cisers, if you're lookg for one of the bt party scen on the open seas, nsir an all-gay cise wh La Demence.

Powered by a popular gay nightclub Bssels wh the same name, La Demence – French for "the madns" – primarily ters to a European crowd.

Prev cisers had high praise for the erari – which exclively vis gay-iendly lotns – as well as the uy cktails, themed nights (stum strongly enuraged), glamouro entertament, and unique events like drag bgo and high heel Demence sails every summer to statns like Rome; Athens and Mykonos, Greece; Kotor, Montenegro; Dubrovnik, Croatia; and more. Californians will vote on a proposal to amend the state Constutn on the 2024 ballot to reaffirm gay marriage rights — a ut move that amid natnal anxiety after recent lgs by the nservative-leang U. Although there is no current threat to the legaly of gay marriage, and Print Bin signed a bill safeguardg last year, the Democratic-domant state Legislature is seekg to remove language om California’s Constutn that still f marriage as between a man and outdated state fn has been emed unenforceable and unnstutnal thanks to feral law, but LGBTQ advocy groups are askg voters to repeal and amend the California Constutn to stead explicly state that marriage is “a fundamental right.