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• CO WORDS, HIDG PLA SIGHT HELPED GAY BARS TAMPA ENDURE HISTORY OF HARASSMENT
• TAMPA'S GAY BARS & CLUBS: INTRODUCG THE GAYBOR DISTRICT
• BT GAY CLUBS TAMPA
• TAMPA'S GAY BARS & CLUBS: INTRODUCG THE GAYBOR DISTRICT
• TAMPA GAY MAP

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TAMPA — Mark Bias and Carrie Wt pated the rails of their pool table the rabow lors of the LGBTQ lorful makeover honors the table's history as a feature of Tampa's first gay bar, the Knotty, the married Ybor Cy uple are puttg the table up for sale durg an onle ctn Friday as they liquidate belonggs they've accumulated durg their time as lears of the pri movement Tampa. Potential bidrs n enter "North A Street" to the search bar at "This thg has seen all the chang, " said Wt, 67, notg that the pool table passed through six gay bars before the uple bought 20 years ago om the KiKiKi 3 bar.

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The Tampa Bay Tim reported that a lol judge cised gay bars search of women to extort. They uld eher perform at a stag party or he would prosecute, by the 1970s, gay bars had grown more mon, said Manny Alvarez, 56, who the early-2000s owned the gay-themed Streetr Charlie's rtrant Ybor Cy.

"Kennedy Boulevard was the gay epicenter, " Alvarez said. "In Pellas County, the Lighted Tree and Marilyn's Closet were popular gay spots and Pass-a-Grille Beach was "very Key Wty gay, " he Sundays, the Old Plantatn Hoe — an upsle alternative to speakeasy-style gay bars — was the place to be, said Bobby Stoner, who was the DJ your days wh HaySubscribe to our ee Stephely newsletterColumnist Stephanie Hay will share thoughts, feelgs and funny bs wh you every ’re all signed up!

"In the late-1970s, arsonists targeted several Tampa gay bars.

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Gay bar patrons, they said, whispered the phrase, "Mrs. ' was a gay pickup le. The plex was herald as a gay and lbian nventn center until closed was wily believed that police stopped their harassment of gay bars the 1980s, Wt and Bias that's not te, they believe ntued to the late-90s — unr the guise of nartics raids.

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TAMPA – Alan Marchman and Shane McAndrews of North Carola have ma Ybor Cy their favore statn spot for the past three years, llg a "hidn gem" for gay sgl and upl, a place where they always feel at home.

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"When you thk of gay districts, you tend to thk Miami or the Keys, " said Marchman, 32. A iend the Keys told about 'GaYbor' and we me here and were surprised.