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PENSALA BEACH’S GAY MEMORIAL DAY CELEBRATN

For many, ’s a safe haven where gay, lbian and transgenr people n e together and outwardly exprs themselv whout fear of ostracism. One bill (SB 1438) that crics say will censor drag performanc and Pri events will head to DeSantis’ sk to be signed to bills pass:In one day, three bills targetg transgenr Floridians pass Hoe"Don't Say Gay" law expand:Florida's 'Don't Say Gay' (HB1557) expand to all gras. In the early 1960s, Pensala uple Ray and Henry Hillyer had a simple plan: Inve some out-of-town iends to spend a weekend at the 60 years later, the Hillyers are creded wh startg Pensala's annual Memorial Day weekend parti and wh helpg other gays stgglg wh their inti a time when many lived hidn liv fear of legal prosecutn and Hillyers were civil rights pneers who created an event where gay, lbian and transgenr people uld e together openly and celebrate their liv and culture, said Jay Watks, who teach U.

The dissertatn is tled "Hot Tim on the Gay Gulf Coast: Queer Networks and Cisg Through North Florida's Spac, 1945-1965. ""A lot of people might not look at beach parti as polil acts or civil rights acts but there was a lot of value providg a space where people uld be open and e together as gays and lbians, " Watks said.

"The Hillyers began workg wh other gays  the 1950s when they created a book club, the Emma Jon Society.

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