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GAY UPL AT HOME THE VILLAG

"You n tell jt about anyone around here that you're gay, and you won't have a problem, '' said Villag rint Lda Bernat. Wily known as a cril votg bloc for right-wg ndidat, is also, ls nspicuoly, home to a thrivg gay Rabow club has no head unt — years of discrimatn have ma the gay muny leery of lists — but emails reach close to 2, leads to creasgly crlo qutns:1. What would posss so many gays to live a rabidly right-wg muny?

How did the gay muny feel fortable enough to throw weekly dance parti at a untry club? (It's also why lbians say they far outnumber gay men here.

LGBTQ+ AFFIRMG THERAPISTS THE VILLAG, FL

''It was the ncept of never havg to leave the neighborhood — the Villag has more than 100 rtrants, 45 golf urs, partment stor and almost every other necsy — that attracted Garv and O'Donnell om San Diego a social clubs for every nceivable persuasn already the Villag, the ia of gettg gay rints together seemed a is, until O'Donnell and Garv first tried 10 years ago.

*BEAR-MAGAZINE.COM* THE VILLAGES FLORIDA GAY COMMUNITY

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