Historic Mari Jean Hotel to be renovated to gay rort St. Pete's Grand Central District

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• MOVG TO LGBT ST. PETERSBURG, FLORIDA? HOW TO FD YOUR PERFECT GAY NEIGHBORHOOD!
• GAY ST. PETERSBURG, FL TRAVEL GUI
• ST. PETE PRI GAY FLORIDA TRAVEL GUI
• ST. PETE GAYBORHOOD? - ST. PETERSBURG FOM
• GAY BARS ST. PETERSBURG
• HISTORIC MARI JEAN HOTEL TO BE RENOVATED TO GAY RORT ST. PETE'S GRAND CENTRAL DISTRICT
• FLORIDA'S GAYT {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY LOANN HALNMARCH 26, 2009/4:54 PMBY LOANN HALNMARCH 26, 2009 / 4:54 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"FLORIDA'S GAYT PLAC","DATEPUBLISHED":"2009-03-26T20:54:25.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2009-03-26T20:54:25.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"LOANN HALN","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WH 663 OF BEACH LG WARM, SWIMMABLE SEAS, BALMY YEAR-ROUND TEMPERATUR, AND AN ECLECTIC MIX OF ATTRACTNS THAT RANG OM HIGH-END SHOPPG TO KSCH-FILLED THEME PARKS, 'S NO WONR THAT FLORIDA MAK VATN-MD HEARTS BEAT FASTER. BUT NOT EVERY STATN THE SUNSHE STATE IS CREATED EQUAL WHEN TO GAY TRAVELERS. IN THIS LIST YOU'LL FD THE MOST WELG ENCLAV – SOME OBV, BUT WH ANGL YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE NSIRED; OTHERS THAT MAY REQUIRE A MAP – TO APPEAL TO EVERY POSSIBLE TYPE OF LGBT TOURIST. FOR PLETE GAY TRIP PLANNG RMATN, GO TO ’S GAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FORT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE NUMBERS DON'T LIE. WH MORE THAN150 GAY-OWNED BS – CLUDG 28 GAY GUTHO – AND TWO ANNUAL LGBT PRI FTIVALS, THIS ONCE-SLEEPY RORT TOWN KNOWN FOR S HETERO-LAN SPRG BREAK ENZI IS OFFICIALLY THE QUEERT SPOT THE STATE. ADD A GAY-POPULAR STRETCH OF SAND AT SEBASTIAN STREET AND A1A; THE STONEWALL LIBRARY—THE LARGT LGBT LENDG LIBRARY AND ARCHIV THE SOUTHEAST; AND THE VILLAGE OF WILTON MANORS, WHERE THE NCENTRATN OF SAME-SEX HOEHOLDS RANKS AMONG THE TOP FIVE THE UNTRY AND 'S HARD TO IMAGE A PLACE MUCH MORE GAY ANYWHERE. WH THE RECENT BOOM OF GAY-IENDLY LUXURY ACMODATNS ON FORT LRDALE BEACH, CLUDG THE ST. REGIS AND SOON-TO-OPEN W HOTEL, THE PH IS ON TO ADD MORE UPMARKET GAY TRAVELERS TO THE MIX, ERASG MEMORI OF WET T-SHIRT NTTS ONCE AND FOR ALL. GET YOUR BEARGS BY ORRG A EE RABOW PLANNER AT AND MAKG YOUR FIRST STOP WILTON DRIVE, HOME OF THE BRIGHT-YELLOW SHOPP OF WILTON MANORS PLAZA, AKA GROUND ZERO FOR ALL THIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BT FOR: TRAVELERS WHO CRAVE TOTAL GAY IMMERSN, OM BAR TO BEACH, GUTHOE TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE PALM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SCE THE LATE 1800S WHEN OIL MAGNATE HENRY FLAGLER TURNED HIS ATTENTN TO PALM BEACH, THE 14-E-LONG ISLAND HAS BEEN EXTRIBLY LKED WH THE WEALTHY SNOWBIRDS WHO HAVE MA THEIR WTER RETREAT OF CHOICE. THE GAY MUNY HAS PLAYED A VISIBLE ROLE LOL POLICS SCE THE PALM BEACH COUNTY HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL FORMED 1988; TWO YEARS LATER, THE GROUP PAVED THE WAY FOR A FAIR HOG ORDANCE THAT PROTECTED LGB RINTS, THE OLST GAY RIGHTS LAW ON THE BOOKS FLORIDA. SLIP TO PALM BEACH'S TONY HISTORY AT THE 55-ROOM, BEX-ARTS-STYLE WHEHALL FLAGLER MM BEFORE STROLLG WORTH AVENUE, THE EAST AST VERSN OF ROO DRIVE, AND DG AT THE 140-ACRE OCEANONT RORT, THE BREAKERS, BUILT BY FLAGLER 1896. THEN, EXPLORE THE HEART OF THE LOL GAY MUNY WT PALM BEACH, SE OF A FEW GAY BARS AND COMPASS, THE GAY AND LBIAN COMMUNY CENTER OF THE PALM BEACH, WHICH PRENTS THE AREA'S ANNUAL PRIFT LAKE WORTH'S WATERSI BRYANT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BT FOR: THOSE WHO LOVE HIGH SOCIETY, ELEGANT SHOPPG, AND A SUBTLER GAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DON'T ASSUME YOU KNOW MIAMI BEE YOU'VE ATTEND THE PEC-PACKED GAY CIRCU EXTRAVAGANZAS THAT ARE WTER PARTY AND WHE PARTY. THERE IS MIAMI BEACH, THE ART-DE-DRENCHED ISLAND THAT ROSE TO GAY FAME AS A PLAYGROUND FOR THE WELL TONED, AND THEN THERE IS THE CY OF MIAMI, ACROSS THE EWAY, WHERE THE HEAT IS STEADILY RISG WH S ARTS SCENE. IN THE 18-BLOCK MIAMI DIGN DISTRICT, FURNURE SHOWROOMS, GALLERI AND BUZZWORTHY RTRANTS, LIKE MICHAEL'S GENUE FOOD AND DRK, LURE LOLS AWAY OM SOUTH BEACH. THE WYNWOOD ARTS DISTRICT, S GNGIER SOUTHERN NEIGHBOR, HAS 40-PL GALLERI THAT THROW OPEN THEIR DOORS FOR A FTIVE ARTS WALK EVERY SEND SATURDAY OF THE MONTH, PL 'S HOME TO A PAIR OF NTEMPORARY ART POWERHO: THE RUBELL FAY COLLECTN AND THE PHOTO-CENTRIC MARGULI COLLECTN AT THE WAREHOE. TO EXPERIENCE THE FN OF SOUTH BEACH AND THE DOWNTOWN ARTS SCENE, VIS DURG DECEMBER'S EVENT-JAMMED ART BASEL MIAMI BEACH, THE SEXY STATI SIBLG OF THE RENOWNED SWISS ART {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BT FOR: FANS OF BETIFUL PEOPLE, ARTS, AND ARCHECTURE AND AN TERNATNAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A STATN THE "REDNECK RIVIERA" MIGHT NOT SEEM LIKE THE FIRST CHOICE FOR QUEER TRAVELERS, BUT THIS LOW-KEY FLORIDA PANHANDLE CY OF ABOUT 53,000 HAS LONG ATTRACTED GAY SOUTHEASTERNERS SEARCH OF A BEACH GETAWAY. POSNED ABOUT 10 OM THE ALABAMA BORR, 'S HOME TO EMERALD CY, A -OLD GAY DANCE CLUB; A 20-BUILDG HISTORIC VILLAGE; AND SUGARY-WHE SANDS THAT CREATE A VIBRANT, ALMOST SURREAL LANDSPE AGAST THE GULF OF MEXI'S BLUE-GREEN WATERS. IF STRENGTH NUMBERS MATTERS, THEN SCHLE A VIS OVER MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND, WHEN A MASSIVE GAY PARTY SPEARHEAD BY NEW ORLEANS-BASED PROMOTER JOHNNY CHISHOLM TAK OVER THE BEACH AND DOWNTOWN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BT FOR: UNPRETENT BEACH BUMS SEARCH OF A GEO PATCH OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WALT DISNEY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THERE'S THIS LTLE EVENT THAT HAPPENS HERE JUNE LLED GAY DAYS, WHICH BRGS AN TIMATED 135,000 LGBT FUN SEEKERS TO CENTRAL FLORIDA'S THEME-PARK FILLED HEART, MOST OF THEM WEARG RED A SHOW OF SOLIDARY. ON THE FIRST SATURDAY OF THE MONTH, THE MAGIC KGDOM SERV AS GROUND ZERO FOR GAY VISIBILY – A ROLE 'S HELD SCE THE EVENT BEGAN WH AN RMAL GATHERG OF IENDS 1991 – BUT THE SPRAWLG FTIVI ENSURE THAT NEARBY UNIVERSAL STUDS, DOWNTOWN DISNEY'S PERMANENT CIRQUE DU SOLEIL SHOW LA NOUBA, AND WALT DISNEY WORLD'S OTHER PARKS ALSO BRIM OVER WH QUEER CHEER. IF STEAMY SUMMER TEMPERATUR AND THOANDS OF GROWN MEN PRCS HATS AREN'T YOUR CUP OF TEA, HAVE A OL, ADULT-ORIENTED EXPERIENCE BY VISG WDW'S EPT DURG S FALL INTERNATNAL FOOD AND WE FTIVAL. THE PARK'S GLOBAL VILLAGE IS ENHANCED WH BOOTHS SELLG SURPRISGLY LIC SAMPLE-SIZE PORTNS OF THENTIC CUISE OM IRELAND, CHA, SOUTH AI, MOROC, MEXI CY AND MORE, ACPANIED BY BEER AND/OR WE OM THE REGNS. PARTI, NCERTS, DNERS, AND WORKSHOPS (CHEE AND WE PAIRG LSONS, ANYONE?) ACPANY THE SIX-WEEK {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BT FOR: FAI, FANS OF KSCH, AND THOSE WHO LIKE THEIR HOLIDAYS NVENIENT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THERE'S MORE TO ORLANDO THAN MICKEY. SET UP BASE MP DOWNTOWN ORLANDO TO EXPLORE THE TERNNECTED NEIGHBORHOODS AND PARKS OF S URBAN RE: THE LAKE IVANHOE DISTRICT WH S PLENTIFUL ANTIQUE SHOPS; LOVELY 43-ACRE LAKE EOLA PARK; OAK-FILLED LOCH HAVEN PARK, WHICH HO THE ORLANDO MM OF ART, THE MENNELLO MUEM OF AMERIN FOLK ART, AND THE ORLANDO SCIENCE CENTER; AND LAID-BACK COLLEGE PARK, WHERE QUEER BEAT WRER JACK KEROUAC ONCE RENTED TY QUARTERS. THERE ARE A HANDFUL OF GAY BARS TO BE FOUND NEARBY IF YOU NEED A FIX, BUT FOR A LS OBV TAKE, HEAD TO BRICK-LED THORNTON PARK AND ENJOY THE NEIGHBORHOOD MIX OF GAYS AND ARTSY TYP OVER A MEAL AT CHIC HUE OR THE MORE SUAL AND FUNKY DEXTER'{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BT FOR: VATNERS WHO WANT TO DABBLE THEME-PARK FUN BUT HAVE AN ADULT-STYLE PE OM FAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THERE ARE NO RABOW SIGNPOSTS POTG THE WAY TO EVERGLAS NATNAL PARK. IN FACT, THE ROADS LEADG OM MIAMI TO S MARSHY HEART ARE LIBERALLY DOED WH HETEROSEXUAL TRAPPGS OF THE GOOD OL' BOY VARIETY: SWAMP BUGGY RIS, GRIZZLED FISHERMEN, AND SHOPS SELLG GATOR HEADS. BUT NATURE IS A GREAT EQUALIZER AND FOR GAY OUTDOOR ENTHIASTS, THIS 1.5 LN-ACRE WORLD HERAGE SE (THE LARGT SUBTROPIL WILRNS THE UNED STAT) IS A SWAMPY MEC. RENT A NOE/KAYAK AT THE FLAMGO VISOR CENTER, ACCSIBLE OM THE FLORIDA CY ENTRANCE, AND VANISH TO THE MANGROV AND ISLANDS OF FLORIDA BAY FOR A FEW HOURS OR DAYS. OVERNIGHT BACKUNTRY MPG IS AVAILABLE ON BEACH OR CHICKE, ELEVATED PLATFORMS BUILT TO THE SWAMP. SHARK VALLEY, 38 WT OF DOWNTOWN MIAMI, OFFERS SOME OF THE PARK'S BT WILDLIFE VIEWG. PEDAL S 15-E LOOP TRAIL FOR CLOSE ENUNTERS WH ALLIGATORS, WOOD STORKS, AND GREAT WHE HERONS. THE 65-FOOT OBSERVATN TOWER AT THE HALFWAY MARK PROVIS PANORAMIC VIEWS UP TO 18 ACROSS THE SAWGRASS PRAIRIE. A TWO-HOUR TRAM RI VERS THE SAME GROUND FOR THE LS ATHLETILLY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BT FOR: NATURE LOVERS WHO DON'T RE IF THERE'S ANOTHER GAY PERSON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KEY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FOLLOW THE FOOTSTEPS OF GAY PLAYWRIGHT TENNSEE WILLIAMS, WHO MA HIS WAY TO FLORIDA'S SOUTHERNMOST CY THE 1940S AND POLISHED A STREETR NAMED DIRE WHILE STAYG AT THE SEVEN-STORY CROWNE PLAZA LA CONCHA ON DUVAL STREET. ARGUMENTS MAY RAGE ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THE RORT TOWN IS AS OVERTLY GAY AS ONCE WAS, BUT THERE'S NO NYG 'S STILL A SPIRUAL HOME FOR ECLECTIC CREATIVE TYP WHO EMBRACE THE CY'S "ONE HUMAN FAY" MOTTO. THE ANNUAL KEY WT LERARY SEMAR DRAWS PASSNATE BOOK FANS AND OFTEN CLUS TOP GAY WRERS, WHILE THE OVER-THE-TOP, HISTORIC GAY TROLLEY TOUR LIVERS SIGHT TO THE CY'S MOST LORFUL CHARACTERS EVERY SATURDAY MORNG. DPE S TROPIL SETTG, KEY WT IS NOT A BEACH LOVER'S STATN, BUT 'S A GEM FOR SNORKELG, SCUBA DIVG, AND SAILG; H THE WATER ON A WOMEN'S-ONLY DOLPH-WATCHG CISE WH VEN CHARTERS OR TAKE ONE OF THE LEGENDARY SUNSETS ON A GAY SAIL WH BLU {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BT FOR: GAY UPL, BIBLPHIL, AND AQUATIC SPORTS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ST. {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SANDWICHED BETWEEN THE GULF OF MEXI AND TAMPA BAY ON FLORIDA'S WT AST, ST. PETE IS THE KD OF PRETENSN-EE PLACE WHERE ARTISTS THRIVE. THE CY IS HOME TO THE SALVADOR DALI MM, SAID TO NTA THE WORLD'S MOST PREHENSIVE LLECTN OF THE SURREALIST PATER'S WORKS; THE LARGT LGBT PRI FTIVAL THE STATE; AND THE SUBSTANTIAL (AND SEASONAL; FALL THROUGH SPRG) SATURDAY MORNG MARKET WHERE YOU'LL SPY PLENTY OF GAY LOLS BROWSG THROUGH THE GOURMET CHE, ANIC PRODUCE, AND CRAFTS. IN TE GAYS-PAVG-THE-WAY FORM, A RABOW PRENCE IS ALSO BOLSTERG THE REVALIZATN EFFORTS OF DOWNTOWN'S CENTRAL AVENUE BS DISTRICT. SUN WORSHIPPERS LOOKG FOR THEIR QUEER BRETHREN WILL FD THEM AT PASS-A-GRILLE AT THE SLEEPY SOUTHERN END OF ST. PETE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BT FOR: GAY TRAVELERS WHO WANT PLENTY OF ARTS AND CULTURE TO GO WH THEIR BETIFUL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}YBOR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THERE ARE GAY-APPEALG ATTRACTNS OTHER PARTS OF TAMPA, CLUDG A TOP-NOTCH LGBT FILM FTIVAL HELD DOWNTOWN EVERY OCTOBER, BUT YBOR CY SERV A SPECIAL SHOUT-OUT. THANKS TO THE 90-PL-MEMBER GAYBOR COALN FOUND 2007, THE NATNAL HISTORIC LANDMARK DISTRICT, ORIGALLY TABLISHED AS A CIGAR-MANUFACTURG CENTER THE LATE 1800S, IS UNRGOG A QUEER RENAISSANCE. HANG AT GAY HOTSPOTS LIKE G. BAR OR THE HONEY POT, GRAB A SUAL BE AT STREETR CHARLIE'S, OR CHECK OUT THE LGBT RINT ARTISTS AT GALLERY LIVE AMID THE LAT QUARTER'S BACKDROP OF BRICK BUILDGS AND WROUGHT-IRON BALNI. RABOW-DRAPED MC FILM FTIVAL ACTS AS THE AREA'S FACTO GAY RMATN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BT FOR: FANS OF HISTORIC ARCHECTURE WHO PREFER THEIR GAY URBAN FIX A LS OVERWHELMG AND ATTU-DRIVEN CY THAN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FOR MORE ON GREAT PLAC FOR LGBT TRAVEL FLORIDA, CHECK OUT 'S GAY AND LBIAN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
• MOVG TO LGBT FORT LRDALE, FLORIDA? HOW TO FD YOUR PERFECT GAY NEIGHBORHOOD!

MOVG TO LGBT ST. PETERSBURG, FLORIDA? HOW TO FD YOUR PERFECT GAY NEIGHBORHOOD!

While there is no “gay ghetto”, there are many neighborhoods that are Gay & Lbian iendly.

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GAY ST. PETERSBURG, FL TRAVEL GUI

Petersburg, Florida remas the sunnit place to be gay! Petrburg was named one of the “50 Fabulo Gay Friendly Plac to Live” by Gregory Komp.

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Petersburg, affectnately nicknamed as Gay St.

ST. PETE GAYBORHOOD? - ST. PETERSBURG FOM

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GAY BARS ST. PETERSBURG

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HISTORIC MARI JEAN HOTEL TO BE RENOVATED TO GAY RORT ST. PETE'S GRAND CENTRAL DISTRICT

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BUT NOT EVERY STATN THE SUNSHE STATE IS CREATED EQUAL WHEN TO GAY TRAVELERS. IN THIS LIST YOU'LL FD THE MOST WELG ENCLAV – SOME OBV, BUT WH ANGL YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE NSIRED; OTHERS THAT MAY REQUIRE A MAP – TO APPEAL TO EVERY POSSIBLE TYPE OF LGBT TOURIST. FOR PLETE GAY TRIP PLANNG RMATN, GO TO ’S GAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FORT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE NUMBERS DON'T LIE. WH MORE THAN150 GAY-OWNED BS – CLUDG 28 GAY GUTHO – AND TWO ANNUAL LGBT PRI FTIVALS, THIS ONCE-SLEEPY RORT TOWN KNOWN FOR S HETERO-LAN SPRG BREAK ENZI IS OFFICIALLY THE QUEERT SPOT THE STATE. ADD A GAY-POPULAR STRETCH OF SAND AT SEBASTIAN STREET AND A1A; THE STONEWALL LIBRARY—THE LARGT LGBT LENDG LIBRARY AND ARCHIV THE SOUTHEAST; AND THE VILLAGE OF WILTON MANORS, WHERE THE NCENTRATN OF SAME-SEX HOEHOLDS RANKS AMONG THE TOP FIVE THE UNTRY AND 'S HARD TO IMAGE A PLACE MUCH MORE GAY ANYWHERE. WH THE RECENT BOOM OF GAY-IENDLY LUXURY ACMODATNS ON FORT LRDALE BEACH, CLUDG THE ST. REGIS AND SOON-TO-OPEN W HOTEL, THE PH IS ON TO ADD MORE UPMARKET GAY TRAVELERS TO THE MIX, ERASG MEMORI OF WET T-SHIRT NTTS ONCE AND FOR ALL. GET YOUR BEARGS BY ORRG A EE RABOW PLANNER AT AND MAKG YOUR FIRST STOP WILTON DRIVE, HOME OF THE BRIGHT-YELLOW SHOPP OF WILTON MANORS PLAZA, AKA GROUND ZERO FOR ALL THIS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BT FOR: TRAVELERS WHO CRAVE TOTAL GAY IMMERSN, OM BAR TO BEACH, GUTHOE TO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE PALM {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SCE THE LATE 1800S WHEN OIL MAGNATE HENRY FLAGLER TURNED HIS ATTENTN TO PALM BEACH, THE 14-E-LONG ISLAND HAS BEEN EXTRIBLY LKED WH THE WEALTHY SNOWBIRDS WHO HAVE MA THEIR WTER RETREAT OF CHOICE. THE GAY MUNY HAS PLAYED A VISIBLE ROLE LOL POLICS SCE THE PALM BEACH COUNTY HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL FORMED 1988; TWO YEARS LATER, THE GROUP PAVED THE WAY FOR A FAIR HOG ORDANCE THAT PROTECTED LGB RINTS, THE OLST GAY RIGHTS LAW ON THE BOOKS FLORIDA. SLIP TO PALM BEACH'S TONY HISTORY AT THE 55-ROOM, BEX-ARTS-STYLE WHEHALL FLAGLER MM BEFORE STROLLG WORTH AVENUE, THE EAST AST VERSN OF ROO DRIVE, AND DG AT THE 140-ACRE OCEANONT RORT, THE BREAKERS, BUILT BY FLAGLER 1896. THEN, EXPLORE THE HEART OF THE LOL GAY MUNY WT PALM BEACH, SE OF A FEW GAY BARS AND COMPASS, THE GAY AND LBIAN COMMUNY CENTER OF THE PALM BEACH, WHICH PRENTS THE AREA'S ANNUAL PRIFT LAKE WORTH'S WATERSI BRYANT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BT FOR: THOSE WHO LOVE HIGH SOCIETY, ELEGANT SHOPPG, AND A SUBTLER GAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DON'T ASSUME YOU KNOW MIAMI BEE YOU'VE ATTEND THE PEC-PACKED GAY CIRCU EXTRAVAGANZAS THAT ARE WTER PARTY AND WHE PARTY. THERE IS MIAMI BEACH, THE ART-DE-DRENCHED ISLAND THAT ROSE TO GAY FAME AS A PLAYGROUND FOR THE WELL TONED, AND THEN THERE IS THE CY OF MIAMI, ACROSS THE EWAY, WHERE THE HEAT IS STEADILY RISG WH S ARTS SCENE. IN THE 18-BLOCK MIAMI DIGN DISTRICT, FURNURE SHOWROOMS, GALLERI AND BUZZWORTHY RTRANTS, LIKE MICHAEL'S GENUE FOOD AND DRK, LURE LOLS AWAY OM SOUTH BEACH. THE WYNWOOD ARTS DISTRICT, S GNGIER SOUTHERN NEIGHBOR, HAS 40-PL GALLERI THAT THROW OPEN THEIR DOORS FOR A FTIVE ARTS WALK EVERY SEND SATURDAY OF THE MONTH, PL 'S HOME TO A PAIR OF NTEMPORARY ART POWERHO: THE RUBELL FAY COLLECTN AND THE PHOTO-CENTRIC MARGULI COLLECTN AT THE WAREHOE. TO EXPERIENCE THE FN OF SOUTH BEACH AND THE DOWNTOWN ARTS SCENE, VIS DURG DECEMBER'S EVENT-JAMMED ART BASEL MIAMI BEACH, THE SEXY STATI SIBLG OF THE RENOWNED SWISS ART {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BT FOR: FANS OF BETIFUL PEOPLE, ARTS, AND ARCHECTURE AND AN TERNATNAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}A STATN THE "REDNECK RIVIERA" MIGHT NOT SEEM LIKE THE FIRST CHOICE FOR QUEER TRAVELERS, BUT THIS LOW-KEY FLORIDA PANHANDLE CY OF ABOUT 53,000 HAS LONG ATTRACTED GAY SOUTHEASTERNERS SEARCH OF A BEACH GETAWAY. POSNED ABOUT 10 OM THE ALABAMA BORR, 'S HOME TO EMERALD CY, A -OLD GAY DANCE CLUB; A 20-BUILDG HISTORIC VILLAGE; AND SUGARY-WHE SANDS THAT CREATE A VIBRANT, ALMOST SURREAL LANDSPE AGAST THE GULF OF MEXI'S BLUE-GREEN WATERS. IF STRENGTH NUMBERS MATTERS, THEN SCHLE A VIS OVER MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND, WHEN A MASSIVE GAY PARTY SPEARHEAD BY NEW ORLEANS-BASED PROMOTER JOHNNY CHISHOLM TAK OVER THE BEACH AND DOWNTOWN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BT FOR: UNPRETENT BEACH BUMS SEARCH OF A GEO PATCH OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WALT DISNEY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THERE'S THIS LTLE EVENT THAT HAPPENS HERE JUNE LLED GAY DAYS, WHICH BRGS AN TIMATED 135,000 LGBT FUN SEEKERS TO CENTRAL FLORIDA'S THEME-PARK FILLED HEART, MOST OF THEM WEARG RED A SHOW OF SOLIDARY. ON THE FIRST SATURDAY OF THE MONTH, THE MAGIC KGDOM SERV AS GROUND ZERO FOR GAY VISIBILY – A ROLE 'S HELD SCE THE EVENT BEGAN WH AN RMAL GATHERG OF IENDS 1991 – BUT THE SPRAWLG FTIVI ENSURE THAT NEARBY UNIVERSAL STUDS, DOWNTOWN DISNEY'S PERMANENT CIRQUE DU SOLEIL SHOW LA NOUBA, AND WALT DISNEY WORLD'S OTHER PARKS ALSO BRIM OVER WH QUEER CHEER. IF STEAMY SUMMER TEMPERATUR AND THOANDS OF GROWN MEN PRCS HATS AREN'T YOUR CUP OF TEA, HAVE A OL, ADULT-ORIENTED EXPERIENCE BY VISG WDW'S EPT DURG S FALL INTERNATNAL FOOD AND WE FTIVAL. THE PARK'S GLOBAL VILLAGE IS ENHANCED WH BOOTHS SELLG SURPRISGLY LIC SAMPLE-SIZE PORTNS OF THENTIC CUISE OM IRELAND, CHA, SOUTH AI, MOROC, MEXI CY AND MORE, ACPANIED BY BEER AND/OR WE OM THE REGNS. PARTI, NCERTS, DNERS, AND WORKSHOPS (CHEE AND WE PAIRG LSONS, ANYONE?) ACPANY THE SIX-WEEK {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BT FOR: FAI, FANS OF KSCH, AND THOSE WHO LIKE THEIR HOLIDAYS NVENIENT {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THERE'S MORE TO ORLANDO THAN MICKEY. SET UP BASE MP DOWNTOWN ORLANDO TO EXPLORE THE TERNNECTED NEIGHBORHOODS AND PARKS OF S URBAN RE: THE LAKE IVANHOE DISTRICT WH S PLENTIFUL ANTIQUE SHOPS; LOVELY 43-ACRE LAKE EOLA PARK; OAK-FILLED LOCH HAVEN PARK, WHICH HO THE ORLANDO MM OF ART, THE MENNELLO MUEM OF AMERIN FOLK ART, AND THE ORLANDO SCIENCE CENTER; AND LAID-BACK COLLEGE PARK, WHERE QUEER BEAT WRER JACK KEROUAC ONCE RENTED TY QUARTERS. THERE ARE A HANDFUL OF GAY BARS TO BE FOUND NEARBY IF YOU NEED A FIX, BUT FOR A LS OBV TAKE, HEAD TO BRICK-LED THORNTON PARK AND ENJOY THE NEIGHBORHOOD MIX OF GAYS AND ARTSY TYP OVER A MEAL AT CHIC HUE OR THE MORE SUAL AND FUNKY DEXTER'{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BT FOR: VATNERS WHO WANT TO DABBLE THEME-PARK FUN BUT HAVE AN ADULT-STYLE PE OM FAY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THERE ARE NO RABOW SIGNPOSTS POTG THE WAY TO EVERGLAS NATNAL PARK. IN FACT, THE ROADS LEADG OM MIAMI TO S MARSHY HEART ARE LIBERALLY DOED WH HETEROSEXUAL TRAPPGS OF THE GOOD OL' BOY VARIETY: SWAMP BUGGY RIS, GRIZZLED FISHERMEN, AND SHOPS SELLG GATOR HEADS. BUT NATURE IS A GREAT EQUALIZER AND FOR GAY OUTDOOR ENTHIASTS, THIS 1.5 LN-ACRE WORLD HERAGE SE (THE LARGT SUBTROPIL WILRNS THE UNED STAT) IS A SWAMPY MEC. RENT A NOE/KAYAK AT THE FLAMGO VISOR CENTER, ACCSIBLE OM THE FLORIDA CY ENTRANCE, AND VANISH TO THE MANGROV AND ISLANDS OF FLORIDA BAY FOR A FEW HOURS OR DAYS. OVERNIGHT BACKUNTRY MPG IS AVAILABLE ON BEACH OR CHICKE, ELEVATED PLATFORMS BUILT TO THE SWAMP. SHARK VALLEY, 38 WT OF DOWNTOWN MIAMI, OFFERS SOME OF THE PARK'S BT WILDLIFE VIEWG. PEDAL S 15-E LOOP TRAIL FOR CLOSE ENUNTERS WH ALLIGATORS, WOOD STORKS, AND GREAT WHE HERONS. THE 65-FOOT OBSERVATN TOWER AT THE HALFWAY MARK PROVIS PANORAMIC VIEWS UP TO 18 ACROSS THE SAWGRASS PRAIRIE. A TWO-HOUR TRAM RI VERS THE SAME GROUND FOR THE LS ATHLETILLY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BT FOR: NATURE LOVERS WHO DON'T RE IF THERE'S ANOTHER GAY PERSON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}KEY {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FOLLOW THE FOOTSTEPS OF GAY PLAYWRIGHT TENNSEE WILLIAMS, WHO MA HIS WAY TO FLORIDA'S SOUTHERNMOST CY THE 1940S AND POLISHED A STREETR NAMED DIRE WHILE STAYG AT THE SEVEN-STORY CROWNE PLAZA LA CONCHA ON DUVAL STREET. ARGUMENTS MAY RAGE ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT THE RORT TOWN IS AS OVERTLY GAY AS ONCE WAS, BUT THERE'S NO NYG 'S STILL A SPIRUAL HOME FOR ECLECTIC CREATIVE TYP WHO EMBRACE THE CY'S "ONE HUMAN FAY" MOTTO. THE ANNUAL KEY WT LERARY SEMAR DRAWS PASSNATE BOOK FANS AND OFTEN CLUS TOP GAY WRERS, WHILE THE OVER-THE-TOP, HISTORIC GAY TROLLEY TOUR LIVERS SIGHT TO THE CY'S MOST LORFUL CHARACTERS EVERY SATURDAY MORNG. DPE S TROPIL SETTG, KEY WT IS NOT A BEACH LOVER'S STATN, BUT 'S A GEM FOR SNORKELG, SCUBA DIVG, AND SAILG; H THE WATER ON A WOMEN'S-ONLY DOLPH-WATCHG CISE WH VEN CHARTERS OR TAKE ONE OF THE LEGENDARY SUNSETS ON A GAY SAIL WH BLU {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BT FOR: GAY UPL, BIBLPHIL, AND AQUATIC SPORTS {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ST. {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SANDWICHED BETWEEN THE GULF OF MEXI AND TAMPA BAY ON FLORIDA'S WT AST, ST. PETE IS THE KD OF PRETENSN-EE PLACE WHERE ARTISTS THRIVE. THE CY IS HOME TO THE SALVADOR DALI MM, SAID TO NTA THE WORLD'S MOST PREHENSIVE LLECTN OF THE SURREALIST PATER'S WORKS; THE LARGT LGBT PRI FTIVAL THE STATE; AND THE SUBSTANTIAL (AND SEASONAL; FALL THROUGH SPRG) SATURDAY MORNG MARKET WHERE YOU'LL SPY PLENTY OF GAY LOLS BROWSG THROUGH THE GOURMET CHE, ANIC PRODUCE, AND CRAFTS. IN TE GAYS-PAVG-THE-WAY FORM, A RABOW PRENCE IS ALSO BOLSTERG THE REVALIZATN EFFORTS OF DOWNTOWN'S CENTRAL AVENUE BS DISTRICT. SUN WORSHIPPERS LOOKG FOR THEIR QUEER BRETHREN WILL FD THEM AT PASS-A-GRILLE AT THE SLEEPY SOUTHERN END OF ST. PETE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BT FOR: GAY TRAVELERS WHO WANT PLENTY OF ARTS AND CULTURE TO GO WH THEIR BETIFUL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}YBOR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THERE ARE GAY-APPEALG ATTRACTNS OTHER PARTS OF TAMPA, CLUDG A TOP-NOTCH LGBT FILM FTIVAL HELD DOWNTOWN EVERY OCTOBER, BUT YBOR CY SERV A SPECIAL SHOUT-OUT. THANKS TO THE 90-PL-MEMBER GAYBOR COALN FOUND 2007, THE NATNAL HISTORIC LANDMARK DISTRICT, ORIGALLY TABLISHED AS A CIGAR-MANUFACTURG CENTER THE LATE 1800S, IS UNRGOG A QUEER RENAISSANCE. HANG AT GAY HOTSPOTS LIKE G. BAR OR THE HONEY POT, GRAB A SUAL BE AT STREETR CHARLIE'S, OR CHECK OUT THE LGBT RINT ARTISTS AT GALLERY LIVE AMID THE LAT QUARTER'S BACKDROP OF BRICK BUILDGS AND WROUGHT-IRON BALNI. RABOW-DRAPED MC FILM FTIVAL ACTS AS THE AREA'S FACTO GAY RMATN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BT FOR: FANS OF HISTORIC ARCHECTURE WHO PREFER THEIR GAY URBAN FIX A LS OVERWHELMG AND ATTU-DRIVEN CY THAN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}FOR MORE ON GREAT PLAC FOR LGBT TRAVEL FLORIDA, CHECK OUT 'S GAY AND LBIAN {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

Now let’s take a look at where the handful of marvelo gay areas St. Petersburg gayborhood where you might feel most at home! The Grand Central District is predomantly gay, and if you want to ri a hip, urban settg, this is the place to be.

Grand Central is rapidly beg a prevalently gay and gay-iendly bs district. Petersburg plays host to a variety of annual events for lbians, transgenr persons, gays, and anyone else who wants to have a good time.

Pete was tablished  2017 and held each year  October to memorate the 25th anniversary of the Lbian and Gay Rights March  Washgton 1987.

MOVG TO LGBT FORT LRDALE, FLORIDA? HOW TO FD YOUR PERFECT GAY NEIGHBORHOOD!

The annual LGBTQ awarens day on October 11th enurag lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr people to e out to their fai, iends, and workers and live their liv openly as they n.