How a gay bar ma downtown Duned’s bs culture bloom

Contents:

• BT GAY CLUBS TAMPA
• NEW T-SHIRTS CELEBRATE HISTORY OF BAY AREA'S GAY NIGHTLIFE SCENE
• TAMPA'S GAY BARS & CLUBS: INTRODUCG THE GAYBOR DISTRICT
• 2023 BOARD OF DIRECTORSTOMMY WHEHEADPRINTTOMMY (HE/HIM/HIS) IS THE OWNER OF ONE OF 50 LGBT CERTIFIED NSTCTN PANI NATNWI. PROFSNALLY HE IS A FLORIDA LICENSED RINTIAL CONTRACTOR WH EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE RINTIAL CONSTCTN. PERSONALLY, TOMMY IS VERY PROUD OF HIS FAY, NATHAN (HBAND) AND MATTHEW (13 YEAR OLD SON). WHEN NOT VOLUNTEERG AT HIS SON’S SCHOOL OR LBGT ANIZATNS, TOMMY LOV SPENDG TIME WH HIS FAY AT LOL THEME PARKS, MMS AND THE POOL. TOMMY IS A 3RD YEAR BOARD MEMBER AND THE 2023 PRINT. HE LOOKS FORWARD TO THROWG SOME GREAT PARTI, MEETG NEW PEOPLE AND HELPG THE TBB MIX SOCIAL EVENTS WH CHARY .DANNY MCAFEESECRETARYDANNY (HE/HIM/HIS) IS ORIGALLY OM OH AND SPENT A LOT OF HIS LIFE THE WDY CY OF CHIGO, HIS FAVORE CY. HE LLECTS PARTMENT STORE MEMORABILIA AS A HOBBY. HE IS MARRIED TO HIS HBAND, JASON SCE 2008. BOTH ARE PARANORMAL VTIGATORS, THAT SHARE A PASSN AND LOVE TO TRAVEL. DANNY SPENT 8 YEARS WH ATLANTA PRI AND 4 YEARS WH ST. PETE PRI. HE IS AN ANIMAL LOVER AND ADVOTE.. HE LOOKS FORWARD TO BEG VERY ACTIVE WH THE TAMPA BAY BEARS.BEN BIRKNERBOARD MEMBER AT LARGEMY NAME IS BEN BIRKNER. I AM A 58 YEAR OLD SGLE GUY LIVG THE DREAM PALM HARBOR, FLORIDA.I WAS FARM RAISED SOUTHERN ILLOIS, ST LOUIS METRO AREA. I E OM A LARGE CATHOLIC FAY AND KNOW THE VALUE OF HARD WORK AND MUNY.I LIVE PALM HARBOR WH MY BORR COLLIE/STANDARD POODLE MIX DOG ""BOONE"". I WORK DUNED AS AN OFFICE MANAGER OF AN INSURANCE AGENCY.I AM A FATHER OF ONE DGHTER AND GRANDFATHER OF TWO. I'M ALWAYS READY AND WILLG TO SHOW PICTUR OF MY GRANDKIDS, Y, I’M A PROUD PAPA BEAR!I HAVE LIFE LONG PASSN OF VOLUNTEER WORK. I HAVE DONE VOLUNTEER WORK FOR MANY GREAT ANIZATNS. MONROE COUNTY 4-H FERATN SPONSOR AND THE ST. LOUIS GAY MAN’S ROO ARE JT A UPLE THAT I’M PROUD OF.I WAS ALSO A SOUTHERN ILLOIS YOUTH CAMP COUNSELOR AND PART OF THE SOUTHERN ILLOIS BIG BROTHER PROGRAM FOR TWO YOUNG MEN. I LOVE THE FEELG THAT I N MAKE A DIFFERENCE OTHER PEOPL LIV, ’S A GREAT FEELG FOR ME AND ONE THAT I’M PROUD OF!WHILE BEG A MEMBER OF THE GAY ROO OF ST LOUIS CHAPTER, I VOLUNTEERED AT SEVERAL DIFFERENT FUND RAISG EVENTS SPONSORED BY THE ROO. I LOVED VOLUNTEERG AS BARN MANAGER AT OUR ST LOUIS ROO'S. I ALWAYS ENJOYED MEETG NEW PEOPLE OM AROUND OUR GREAT USA. I ALSO PETED ROUGH STOCK EVENTS AT SEVERAL GAY ROO'S OVER THE YEARS AND ENJOYED THAT AS WELL.I HAD BEEN VOLVED MCC (METROPOLAN COMMUNY CHURCH'S) AND VOLUNTEERED ON MANY LEVELS. WTER HOMELS SHELTER AND ARTISAN CRAFT FAIRS AS WELL AS BEG A PASTORS SPOE FOR SEVERAL YEARS.I ATTEND AS MANY TBB SOCIAL EVENTS THAT I POSSIBLY N. I HAVE ENJOYED GETTG TO KNOW MANY MEMBERS, AND HOPE TO BE A NTRIBUTG BOARD MEMBER AT LARGE. I TREAT OTHERS THE WAY I LIKE TO BE TREATED. I’M VERY OUTGOG AND IENDLY AND KNOW I’D BE A GREAT BOARD MEMBER. DANIEL JOHNSONBOARD MEMBER AT LARGEI AM A SAVANT OPERATNS WH YEARS OF WORKG FOR PUBLIX AND AMAZON VAR ROL OM FLOOR LAYOUTS TO ROBOTICS MANAGEMENT, I HAVE EXPERIENCED ALL. ADDNALLY I HAVE WORKED WH PFLAG LAKELAND BEFORE RELOTG TO THE TAMPA BAY AREA AND WORKG WH PFLAG RIVERVIEW FOR THE PAST 10 YEARS. I HAVE HELPED PUT ON FUNDRAISG EVENTS, PARTICIPATED ANIZG AND OPERATG THE PRI BOOTH AND FLOATS. I AM REALLY PASSNATE ABOUT TBB MISSN OF "FOSTER RELATNSHIPS WH OTHER GAY MEMBERS THE MUNY AND TO PROVI SUPPORT TO LGBT+ CHARI AND OTHER CHARABLE ANIZATNS THROUGH SOCIAL ACTIVI, FUND RAISG, AND VOLUNTEER WORK". I AM BEYOND EXCED FOR THE OPPORTUNY TO JO THE BOARD AND HELP NTUE THIS MISSN OVER THE URSE OF THE 2 YEAR TERM.MARK MONROEBOARD MEMBER AT LARGEMARK (HE/HIM/HIS) MOVED TO THE TAMPA BAY AREA EARLY 2020 AND IS ORIGALLY OM LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY. HE HAS BEEN ACTIVELY VOLVED THE LGBT & BEAR MUNY OVER THE PAST 5 YEARS AND PREVLY HELD A POSN ON THE DERBY CY BEARS BOARD. MARK WORKS IT AS AN INTY AND ACCS MANAGEMENT ANALYST FOR THE WORLD’S LARGT TRANSACTN PROCSG PANY. HE IS AN AVID THEME PARK AND ROLLER ASTER ENTHIAST. HIS OTHER TERTS CLU LIVE MIC, MPG, RS / TOMOTIVE, LATT TECHNOLOGY, AND MARGARAS.JIM WILSONBOARD MEMBER AT LARGEJIM WAS BORN EAST TENNSEE AND HAS LIVED NUMERO AREAS OF THE UNTRY OM NC, GA, TX AND FL. JIM HAS LIVED THE TAMPA BAY AREA SCE 2015. PROFSNALLY, JIM IS A SENR MANAGER FOR A LARGE RETAIL ANIZATN AND HAS EXTENSIVE MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE OM OPERATNS, LOSS PREVENTN AND HUMAN ROURC. JIM IS A FIRST YEAR MEMBER OF THE TAMPA BAY BEARS BUT HAS NUMERO PAST VOLUNTEER POSTS OM RABOW HOME ATLANTA, GASPARILLA ANNUAL GAM MIXED EVENT (GAGME), ST JU’S, TN YOUTH BOWLG TOURNAMENTS. IN JIM’S EE TIME HE ENJOYS SPENDG TIME WH HIS HBAND MAR, BOWLG, NCERTS, SPORTG EVENTS, THEME PARKS AND THE BEACH WH IENDS. MATTHEW LTERVICE PRINTMATTHEW (HE/HIS/HIM) WAS BORN FORT CAMPBELL KENTUCKY AND RAISED THE TAMPA BAY AREA AND ALSO TENNSEE. HE N NAVIGATE THE BY CY LIFE WHILE STILL GIVG YOU ANY ADVICE ON THE FARM LIFE. MATT JT RECENTLY DISVERED THE TAMPA BAY BEARS AND LOV THE SENSE OF MUNY HAS BROUGHT TO MY LIFE. I’M A REALTOR THAT WORKS THE TAMPA BAY AREA AND SURROUNDG UNTI. HIS GOALS ARE TO BRG NEW IAS TO THE TAMPA BAY BEARS. “NO GREATER REWARD IS GIVEN THEN SERVG YOUR MUNY” SAYS MATT. HE LOV TO TRAVEL AND IS ALWAYS DOWN FOR A NEW ADVENTURE OM A DAY AT THE BEACH TO A CISE DOWN TO THE BAHAMAS. JIMMY GARCIATREASURERJIMMY (HE/HIM/HIS) IS A NATIVE FLORIDIAN, ORIGALLY OM FORT LRDALE BUT HAS LIVED THE TAMPA BAY AREA FOR THE LAST 35 YEARS. PROFSNALLY HE IS A FLORIDA LICENSED REAL ESTATE PROFSNAL WH EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE RINTIAL SAL AND A SPECIALIZATN PROPERTY MANAGEMENT FOR VTORS. HE HAS BEEN A MEMBER OF THE TAMPA BAY BEARS FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS AND VOLUNTEERED TO JO THE BOARD TO OFFER HIS EXPERIENCE TO THE MUNY. JIMMY IS AN EAGLE SUT WH MANY YEARS OF VOLUNTEER SERVICE VERG MULTIPLE ANIZATNS. HE NTRIBUT BACK TO THE LGBT MUNY BY DONATG IS TIME TO ANIZATNS LIKE THE TAMPA BAY BEARS AND GASPARILLA ANNUAL GAM MIXED EVENT(GAGME) BOWLG ANIZATN. HE ENJOYS MOST EVERYTHG FLORIDA, OM THE BEACH, PARKS & MPG TO THE MOVI AND DG WH IENDS. NATE CROSBYBOARD MEMBER AT LARGEI HAVE TREMENDO PTH OF EXPERIENCE AS A BOARD MEMBER AT FREDIDANCE PROJECT A NON- PROF DANCE PANY. I HAVE BEEN THE BOARD PRINT AND CURRENTLY I'M THE BOARD TREASURER. IN MY FULL-TIME REER, I HANDLE MEDIL LIGATN, WHICH REQUIR ME TO BE VERY ATTENTIVE TO TAILS, AND ANALYTIL, ALLOWG ME TO SOLVE A WI RANGE OF PLEX ISSU A QUICK, AND DYNAMIC MANOR. ADDNALLY, I OWN AN EVENT PANY LLED NATE CROSBY EVENTS WHICH HAS ALLOWED ME TO GANE FIRST HAND EXPERIENC PRODUCG MANY DIFFERENT LGBT EVENTS. I'M ALSO THE OWNER AND PRODUCER OF THE POLK PRI PAGEANT SYSTEM.FRANK MAHONEYBOARD MEMBER AT LARGEFRANK (HE/HIS/HIM) WAS BORN BOSTON, MASSACHETTS WHERE HE SPENT MOST OF HIS LIFE UNTIL 2014 WHEN HE, HIS HBAND, ROGER, AND DOG BTER MOVED TO RIVERVIEW. HE HAS BEEN PART OF TEAM BEAR, PROVCETOWN SCE THE CLUB FORMED 21 YEARS AGO. HE IS ONE OF 8 MEMBERS THAT ANIZE BEAR WEEK EVERY YEAR. FRANK HAS WORKED AS A FERAL AGENT FOR THE DEPT. OF HOMELAND SECURY SCE 9-11. HE WAS ALSO A FIRST RPONR TO THE ORLANDO PULSE SHOOTG AND THE LAS VEGAS SHOOTG. FRANK ENJOYS SPENDG TIME WH THE BEAR BROTHERHOOD AS HE RELAT TO THIS MUNY MORE THAN ANY OTHER. HE LIK TO TRAVEL AND SPEND AS MUCH TIME OUTDOORS AS POSSIBLE HIKG AND KAYAKG. HIS PE IS HOPPG ON MY HARLEY FAT BOY AND CISG TO THE BEACH.KELV SARTA-KELLYBOARD MEMBER AT LARGEMY NAME IS KELV AND I HAVE LIVED THE TAMPA BAY AREA OFF AND ON SCE 2016. I'VE BEEN MARRIED SCE 2018 TO MY HBAND JARROD AND WE MOVED BACK TO THE AREA OM ATLANTA 2020. I LIVED MICHIGAN FOR 20 YEARS, AND I WAS ONE OF THE PRODUCERS OF THE MR. MICHIGAN LEATHER NTT SGATUCK, MI WHICH WAS A FILTER TO THE IML NTT CHIGO. I WAS ALSO THE PRINT OF THE GRAND RAPIDS RIVERMEN LEATHER CLUB GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. WE WERE A SOCIAL LEATHER CLUB THAT HELD VAR BAR NIGHTS ALL OVER THE STATE, AS WELL AS OH AND ILLOIS. WE WOULD HOLD AN ANNUAL EVENT EVERY YEAR, AND THE BAR NIGHTS WERE FUNDRAISERS TO SUPPORT THAT EVENT. WE ALSO WORKED SECURY FOR AN EVENT FOR THE HELLFIRE CLUB OUT OF CHIGO AT THE DUN RORT SGATUCK, MICHIGAN AND THAT WOULD HELP TO ASSIST SUBSIDIZG OUR ANNUAL LEATHER N. I AM HAPPY AND PROUD TO BE PART OF THE TAMPA BAY BEARS AND LOOK FORWARD TO MEETG NEW PEOPLE ACROSS THE AREA! SPACE
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• 2023 BOARD OF DIRECTORSMATTHEW LTERPRINTMATTHEW (HE/HIS/HIM) WAS BORN FORT CAMPBELL KENTUCKY AND RAISED THE TAMPA BAY AREA AND ALSO TENNSEE. HE N NAVIGATE THE BY CY LIFE WHILE STILL GIVG YOU ANY ADVICE ON THE FARM LIFE. MATT JT RECENTLY DISVERED THE TAMPA BAY BEARS AND LOV THE SENSE OF MUNY HAS BROUGHT TO MY LIFE. I’M A REALTOR THAT WORKS THE TAMPA BAY AREA AND SURROUNDG UNTI. HIS GOALS ARE TO BRG NEW IAS TO THE TAMPA BAY BEARS. “NO GREATER REWARD IS GIVEN THEN SERVG YOUR MUNY” SAYS MATT. HE LOV TO TRAVEL AND IS ALWAYS DOWN FOR A NEW ADVENTURE OM A DAY AT THE BEACH TO A CISE DOWN TO THE BAHAMAS. JIMMY GARCIATREASURERJIMMY (HE/HIM/HIS) IS A NATIVE FLORIDIAN, ORIGALLY OM FORT LRDALE BUT HAS LIVED THE TAMPA BAY AREA FOR THE LAST 35 YEARS. PROFSNALLY HE IS A FLORIDA LICENSED REAL ESTATE PROFSNAL WH EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE RINTIAL SAL AND A SPECIALIZATN PROPERTY MANAGEMENT FOR VTORS. HE HAS BEEN A MEMBER OF THE TAMPA BAY BEARS FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS AND VOLUNTEERED TO JO THE BOARD TO OFFER HIS EXPERIENCE TO THE MUNY. JIMMY IS AN EAGLE SUT WH MANY YEARS OF VOLUNTEER SERVICE VERG MULTIPLE ANIZATNS. HE NTRIBUT BACK TO THE LGBT MUNY BY DONATG IS TIME TO ANIZATNS LIKE THE TAMPA BAY BEARS AND GASPARILLA ANNUAL GAM MIXED EVENT(GAGME) BOWLG ANIZATN. HE ENJOYS MOST EVERYTHG FLORIDA, OM THE BEACH, PARKS & MPG TO THE MOVI AND DG WH IENDS. NATE CROSBYBOARD MEMBER AT LARGEI HAVE TREMENDO PTH OF EXPERIENCE AS A BOARD MEMBER AT FREDIDANCE PROJECT A NON- PROF DANCE PANY. I HAVE BEEN THE BOARD PRINT AND CURRENTLY I'M THE BOARD TREASURER. IN MY FULL-TIME REER, I HANDLE MEDIL LIGATN, WHICH REQUIR ME TO BE VERY ATTENTIVE TO TAILS, AND ANALYTIL, ALLOWG ME TO SOLVE A WI RANGE OF PLEX ISSU A QUICK, AND DYNAMIC MANOR. ADDNALLY, I OWN AN EVENT PANY LLED NATE CROSBY EVENTS WHICH HAS ALLOWED ME TO GANE FIRST HAND EXPERIENC PRODUCG MANY DIFFERENT LGBT EVENTS. I'M ALSO THE OWNER AND PRODUCER OF THE POLK PRI PAGEANT SYSTEM.MARK MONROEBOARD MEMBER AT LARGEMARK (HE/HIM/HIS) MOVED TO THE TAMPA BAY AREA EARLY 2020 AND IS ORIGALLY OM LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY. HE HAS BEEN ACTIVELY VOLVED THE LGBT & BEAR MUNY OVER THE PAST 5 YEARS AND PREVLY HELD A POSN ON THE DERBY CY BEARS BOARD. MARK WORKS IT AS AN INTY AND ACCS MANAGEMENT ANALYST FOR THE WORLD’S LARGT TRANSACTN PROCSG PANY. HE IS AN AVID THEME PARK AND ROLLER ASTER ENTHIAST. HIS OTHER TERTS CLU LIVE MIC, MPG, RS / TOMOTIVE, LATT TECHNOLOGY, AND MARGARAS.KELV SARTA-KELLYSECRETARYMY NAME IS KELV AND I HAVE LIVED THE TAMPA BAY AREA OFF AND ON SCE 2016. I'VE BEEN MARRIED SCE 2018 TO MY HBAND JARROD AND WE MOVED BACK TO THE AREA OM ATLANTA 2020. I LIVED MICHIGAN FOR 20 YEARS, AND I WAS ONE OF THE PRODUCERS OF THE MR. MICHIGAN LEATHER NTT SGATUCK, MI WHICH WAS A FILTER TO THE IML NTT CHIGO. I WAS ALSO THE PRINT OF THE GRAND RAPIDS RIVERMEN LEATHER CLUB GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. WE WERE A SOCIAL LEATHER CLUB THAT HELD VAR BAR NIGHTS ALL OVER THE STATE, AS WELL AS OH AND ILLOIS. WE WOULD HOLD AN ANNUAL EVENT EVERY YEAR, AND THE BAR NIGHTS WERE FUNDRAISERS TO SUPPORT THAT EVENT. WE ALSO WORKED SECURY FOR AN EVENT FOR THE HELLFIRE CLUB OUT OF CHIGO AT THE DUN RORT SGATUCK, MICHIGAN AND THAT WOULD HELP TO ASSIST SUBSIDIZG OUR ANNUAL LEATHER N. I AM HAPPY AND PROUD TO BE PART OF THE TAMPA BAY BEARS AND LOOK FORWARD TO MEETG NEW PEOPLE ACROSS THE AREA! BEN BIRKNERBOARD MEMBER AT LARGEMY NAME IS BEN BIRKNER. I AM A 58 YEAR OLD SGLE GUY LIVG THE DREAM PALM HARBOR, FLORIDA.I WAS FARM RAISED SOUTHERN ILLOIS, ST LOUIS METRO AREA. I E OM A LARGE CATHOLIC FAY AND KNOW THE VALUE OF HARD WORK AND MUNY.I LIVE PALM HARBOR WH MY BORR COLLIE/STANDARD POODLE MIX DOG ""BOONE"". I WORK DUNED AS AN OFFICE MANAGER OF AN INSURANCE AGENCY.I AM A FATHER OF ONE DGHTER AND GRANDFATHER OF TWO. I'M ALWAYS READY AND WILLG TO SHOW PICTUR OF MY GRANDKIDS, Y, I’M A PROUD PAPA BEAR!I HAVE LIFE LONG PASSN OF VOLUNTEER WORK. I HAVE DONE VOLUNTEER WORK FOR MANY GREAT ANIZATNS. MONROE COUNTY 4-H FERATN SPONSOR AND THE ST. LOUIS GAY MAN’S ROO ARE JT A UPLE THAT I’M PROUD OF.I WAS ALSO A SOUTHERN ILLOIS YOUTH CAMP COUNSELOR AND PART OF THE SOUTHERN ILLOIS BIG BROTHER PROGRAM FOR TWO YOUNG MEN. I LOVE THE FEELG THAT I N MAKE A DIFFERENCE OTHER PEOPL LIV, ’S A GREAT FEELG FOR ME AND ONE THAT I’M PROUD OF!WHILE BEG A MEMBER OF THE GAY ROO OF ST LOUIS CHAPTER, I VOLUNTEERED AT SEVERAL DIFFERENT FUND RAISG EVENTS SPONSORED BY THE ROO. I LOVED VOLUNTEERG AS BARN MANAGER AT OUR ST LOUIS ROO'S. I ALWAYS ENJOYED MEETG NEW PEOPLE OM AROUND OUR GREAT USA. I ALSO PETED ROUGH STOCK EVENTS AT SEVERAL GAY ROO'S OVER THE YEARS AND ENJOYED THAT AS WELL.I HAD BEEN VOLVED MCC (METROPOLAN COMMUNY CHURCH'S) AND VOLUNTEERED ON MANY LEVELS. WTER HOMELS SHELTER AND ARTISAN CRAFT FAIRS AS WELL AS BEG A PASTORS SPOE FOR SEVERAL YEARS.I ATTEND AS MANY TBB SOCIAL EVENTS THAT I POSSIBLY N. I HAVE ENJOYED GETTG TO KNOW MANY MEMBERS, AND HOPE TO BE A NTRIBUTG BOARD MEMBER AT LARGE. I TREAT OTHERS THE WAY I LIKE TO BE TREATED. I’M VERY OUTGOG AND IENDLY AND KNOW I’D BE A GREAT BOARD MEMBER. FRANK MAHONEYBOARD MEMBER AT LARGEFRANK (HE/HIS/HIM) WAS BORN BOSTON, MASSACHETTS WHERE HE SPENT MOST OF HIS LIFE UNTIL 2014 WHEN HE, HIS HBAND, ROGER, AND DOG BTER MOVED TO RIVERVIEW. HE HAS BEEN PART OF TEAM BEAR, PROVCETOWN SCE THE CLUB FORMED 21 YEARS AGO. HE IS ONE OF 8 MEMBERS THAT ANIZE BEAR WEEK EVERY YEAR. FRANK HAS WORKED AS A FERAL AGENT FOR THE DEPT. OF HOMELAND SECURY SCE 9-11. HE WAS ALSO A FIRST RPONR TO THE ORLANDO PULSE SHOOTG AND THE LAS VEGAS SHOOTG. FRANK ENJOYS SPENDG TIME WH THE BEAR BROTHERHOOD AS HE RELAT TO THIS MUNY MORE THAN ANY OTHER. HE LIK TO TRAVEL AND SPEND AS MUCH TIME OUTDOORS AS POSSIBLE HIKG AND KAYAKG. HIS PE IS HOPPG ON MY HARLEY FAT BOY AND CISG TO THE BEACH.JIM WILSONBOARD MEMBER AT LARGEJIM WAS BORN EAST TENNSEE AND HAS LIVED NUMERO AREAS OF THE UNTRY OM NC, GA, TX AND FL. JIM HAS LIVED THE TAMPA BAY AREA SCE 2015. PROFSNALLY, JIM IS A SENR MANAGER FOR A LARGE RETAIL ANIZATN AND HAS EXTENSIVE MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE OM OPERATNS, LOSS PREVENTN AND HUMAN ROURC. JIM IS A FIRST YEAR MEMBER OF THE TAMPA BAY BEARS BUT HAS NUMERO PAST VOLUNTEER POSTS OM RABOW HOME ATLANTA, GASPARILLA ANNUAL GAM MIXED EVENT (GAGME), ST JU’S, TN YOUTH BOWLG TOURNAMENTS. IN JIM’S EE TIME HE ENJOYS SPENDG TIME WH HIS HBAND MAR, BOWLG, NCERTS, SPORTG EVENTS, THEME PARKS AND THE BEACH WH IENDS. SPACE
• HOW A GAY BAR MA DOWNTOWN DUNED’S BS CULTURE BLOOM

BT GAY CLUBS TAMPA

Bt Gay Clubs Tampa. Party the night away at Tampa's top gay-iendly clubs and bars.

Succsfully fdg a gay club an unfaiar cy n be difficult. Many optns are loted Tampa's GaYBOR district, a sectn of historic Ybor Cy where many bs iendly to the LGBTQ muny are loted. One of the area's most popular gay-iendly clubs is the Honey Pot.

Photo urty of Bradley's on 7thLoted Ybor Cy, Bradley's on 7th is a popular gay bar that has somethg gog on every day of the week. Remend for Gay Clubs bee: Bradley's on 7th is a well-tablished gay bar that offers strong drks, hot dancers and iendly staff.

NEW T-SHIRTS CELEBRATE HISTORY OF BAY AREA'S GAY NIGHTLIFE SCENE

Photo urty of Southern NightsSouthern Nights, formerly G-Bar, is a popular gay club the heart of Tampa's Ybor Cy neighborhood.

Remend for Gay Clubs bee: Southern Nights is Tampa's newt entrant to the gay bar scene offerg popular themed events every night of the week.

Remend for Gay Clubs bee: Lucky Star Lounge is a iendly LGBTQ dive bar wh the stifft drks town, and a prime lotn on St. Photo urty of Quench LoungeQuench Lounge is a popular club loted across the Howard-Frankl Bridge Largo that bills self as an "all-welg" LGTBQ bar although serv a maly gay clientele. Remend for Gay Clubs bee: Loted nearby Largo, Quench Lounge is a iendly, neighborhood spot wh themed parti every night of the week.

TAMPA'S GAY BARS & CLUBS: INTRODUCG THE GAYBOR DISTRICT

Remend for Gay Clubs bee: Enigma is an LGBT iendly bar and lounge downtown St. Open to all, this fe dive bar serv both gay and straight clientele who are lookg to do some ser drkg.

2023 BOARD OF DIRECTORSTOMMY WHEHEADPRINTTOMMY (HE/HIM/HIS) IS THE OWNER OF ONE OF 50 LGBT CERTIFIED NSTCTN PANI NATNWI. PROFSNALLY HE IS A FLORIDA LICENSED RINTIAL CONTRACTOR WH EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE RINTIAL CONSTCTN. PERSONALLY, TOMMY IS VERY PROUD OF HIS FAY, NATHAN (HBAND) AND MATTHEW (13 YEAR OLD SON). WHEN NOT VOLUNTEERG AT HIS SON’S SCHOOL OR LBGT ANIZATNS, TOMMY LOV SPENDG TIME WH HIS FAY AT LOL THEME PARKS, MMS AND THE POOL. TOMMY IS A 3RD YEAR BOARD MEMBER AND THE 2023 PRINT. HE LOOKS FORWARD TO THROWG SOME GREAT PARTI, MEETG NEW PEOPLE AND HELPG THE TBB MIX SOCIAL EVENTS WH CHARY .DANNY MCAFEESECRETARYDANNY (HE/HIM/HIS) IS ORIGALLY OM OH AND SPENT A LOT OF HIS LIFE THE WDY CY OF CHIGO, HIS FAVORE CY. HE LLECTS PARTMENT STORE MEMORABILIA AS A HOBBY. HE IS MARRIED TO HIS HBAND, JASON SCE 2008. BOTH ARE PARANORMAL VTIGATORS, THAT SHARE A PASSN AND LOVE TO TRAVEL. DANNY SPENT 8 YEARS WH ATLANTA PRI AND 4 YEARS WH ST. PETE PRI. HE IS AN ANIMAL LOVER AND ADVOTE.. HE LOOKS FORWARD TO BEG VERY ACTIVE WH THE TAMPA BAY BEARS.BEN BIRKNERBOARD MEMBER AT LARGEMY NAME IS BEN BIRKNER. I AM A 58 YEAR OLD SGLE GUY LIVG THE DREAM PALM HARBOR, FLORIDA.I WAS FARM RAISED SOUTHERN ILLOIS, ST LOUIS METRO AREA. I E OM A LARGE CATHOLIC FAY AND KNOW THE VALUE OF HARD WORK AND MUNY.I LIVE PALM HARBOR WH MY BORR COLLIE/STANDARD POODLE MIX DOG ""BOONE"". I WORK DUNED AS AN OFFICE MANAGER OF AN INSURANCE AGENCY.I AM A FATHER OF ONE DGHTER AND GRANDFATHER OF TWO. I'M ALWAYS READY AND WILLG TO SHOW PICTUR OF MY GRANDKIDS, Y, I’M A PROUD PAPA BEAR!I HAVE LIFE LONG PASSN OF VOLUNTEER WORK. I HAVE DONE VOLUNTEER WORK FOR MANY GREAT ANIZATNS. MONROE COUNTY 4-H FERATN SPONSOR AND THE ST. LOUIS GAY MAN’S ROO ARE JT A UPLE THAT I’M PROUD OF.I WAS ALSO A SOUTHERN ILLOIS YOUTH CAMP COUNSELOR AND PART OF THE SOUTHERN ILLOIS BIG BROTHER PROGRAM FOR TWO YOUNG MEN. I LOVE THE FEELG THAT I N MAKE A DIFFERENCE OTHER PEOPL LIV, ’S A GREAT FEELG FOR ME AND ONE THAT I’M PROUD OF!WHILE BEG A MEMBER OF THE GAY ROO OF ST LOUIS CHAPTER, I VOLUNTEERED AT SEVERAL DIFFERENT FUND RAISG EVENTS SPONSORED BY THE ROO. I LOVED VOLUNTEERG AS BARN MANAGER AT OUR ST LOUIS ROO'S. I ALWAYS ENJOYED MEETG NEW PEOPLE OM AROUND OUR GREAT USA. I ALSO PETED ROUGH STOCK EVENTS AT SEVERAL GAY ROO'S OVER THE YEARS AND ENJOYED THAT AS WELL.I HAD BEEN VOLVED MCC (METROPOLAN COMMUNY CHURCH'S) AND VOLUNTEERED ON MANY LEVELS. WTER HOMELS SHELTER AND ARTISAN CRAFT FAIRS AS WELL AS BEG A PASTORS SPOE FOR SEVERAL YEARS.I ATTEND AS MANY TBB SOCIAL EVENTS THAT I POSSIBLY N. I HAVE ENJOYED GETTG TO KNOW MANY MEMBERS, AND HOPE TO BE A NTRIBUTG BOARD MEMBER AT LARGE. I TREAT OTHERS THE WAY I LIKE TO BE TREATED. I’M VERY OUTGOG AND IENDLY AND KNOW I’D BE A GREAT BOARD MEMBER. DANIEL JOHNSONBOARD MEMBER AT LARGEI AM A SAVANT OPERATNS WH YEARS OF WORKG FOR PUBLIX AND AMAZON VAR ROL OM FLOOR LAYOUTS TO ROBOTICS MANAGEMENT, I HAVE EXPERIENCED ALL. ADDNALLY I HAVE WORKED WH PFLAG LAKELAND BEFORE RELOTG TO THE TAMPA BAY AREA AND WORKG WH PFLAG RIVERVIEW FOR THE PAST 10 YEARS. I HAVE HELPED PUT ON FUNDRAISG EVENTS, PARTICIPATED ANIZG AND OPERATG THE PRI BOOTH AND FLOATS. I AM REALLY PASSNATE ABOUT TBB MISSN OF "FOSTER RELATNSHIPS WH OTHER GAY MEMBERS THE MUNY AND TO PROVI SUPPORT TO LGBT+ CHARI AND OTHER CHARABLE ANIZATNS THROUGH SOCIAL ACTIVI, FUND RAISG, AND VOLUNTEER WORK". I AM BEYOND EXCED FOR THE OPPORTUNY TO JO THE BOARD AND HELP NTUE THIS MISSN OVER THE URSE OF THE 2 YEAR TERM.MARK MONROEBOARD MEMBER AT LARGEMARK (HE/HIM/HIS) MOVED TO THE TAMPA BAY AREA EARLY 2020 AND IS ORIGALLY OM LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY. HE HAS BEEN ACTIVELY VOLVED THE LGBT & BEAR MUNY OVER THE PAST 5 YEARS AND PREVLY HELD A POSN ON THE DERBY CY BEARS BOARD. MARK WORKS IT AS AN INTY AND ACCS MANAGEMENT ANALYST FOR THE WORLD’S LARGT TRANSACTN PROCSG PANY. HE IS AN AVID THEME PARK AND ROLLER ASTER ENTHIAST. HIS OTHER TERTS CLU LIVE MIC, MPG, RS / TOMOTIVE, LATT TECHNOLOGY, AND MARGARAS.JIM WILSONBOARD MEMBER AT LARGEJIM WAS BORN EAST TENNSEE AND HAS LIVED NUMERO AREAS OF THE UNTRY OM NC, GA, TX AND FL. JIM HAS LIVED THE TAMPA BAY AREA SCE 2015. PROFSNALLY, JIM IS A SENR MANAGER FOR A LARGE RETAIL ANIZATN AND HAS EXTENSIVE MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE OM OPERATNS, LOSS PREVENTN AND HUMAN ROURC. JIM IS A FIRST YEAR MEMBER OF THE TAMPA BAY BEARS BUT HAS NUMERO PAST VOLUNTEER POSTS OM RABOW HOME ATLANTA, GASPARILLA ANNUAL GAM MIXED EVENT (GAGME), ST JU’S, TN YOUTH BOWLG TOURNAMENTS. IN JIM’S EE TIME HE ENJOYS SPENDG TIME WH HIS HBAND MAR, BOWLG, NCERTS, SPORTG EVENTS, THEME PARKS AND THE BEACH WH IENDS. MATTHEW LTERVICE PRINTMATTHEW (HE/HIS/HIM) WAS BORN FORT CAMPBELL KENTUCKY AND RAISED THE TAMPA BAY AREA AND ALSO TENNSEE. HE N NAVIGATE THE BY CY LIFE WHILE STILL GIVG YOU ANY ADVICE ON THE FARM LIFE. MATT JT RECENTLY DISVERED THE TAMPA BAY BEARS AND LOV THE SENSE OF MUNY HAS BROUGHT TO MY LIFE. I’M A REALTOR THAT WORKS THE TAMPA BAY AREA AND SURROUNDG UNTI. HIS GOALS ARE TO BRG NEW IAS TO THE TAMPA BAY BEARS. “NO GREATER REWARD IS GIVEN THEN SERVG YOUR MUNY” SAYS MATT. HE LOV TO TRAVEL AND IS ALWAYS DOWN FOR A NEW ADVENTURE OM A DAY AT THE BEACH TO A CISE DOWN TO THE BAHAMAS. JIMMY GARCIATREASURERJIMMY (HE/HIM/HIS) IS A NATIVE FLORIDIAN, ORIGALLY OM FORT LRDALE BUT HAS LIVED THE TAMPA BAY AREA FOR THE LAST 35 YEARS. PROFSNALLY HE IS A FLORIDA LICENSED REAL ESTATE PROFSNAL WH EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE RINTIAL SAL AND A SPECIALIZATN PROPERTY MANAGEMENT FOR VTORS. HE HAS BEEN A MEMBER OF THE TAMPA BAY BEARS FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS AND VOLUNTEERED TO JO THE BOARD TO OFFER HIS EXPERIENCE TO THE MUNY. JIMMY IS AN EAGLE SUT WH MANY YEARS OF VOLUNTEER SERVICE VERG MULTIPLE ANIZATNS. HE NTRIBUT BACK TO THE LGBT MUNY BY DONATG IS TIME TO ANIZATNS LIKE THE TAMPA BAY BEARS AND GASPARILLA ANNUAL GAM MIXED EVENT(GAGME) BOWLG ANIZATN. HE ENJOYS MOST EVERYTHG FLORIDA, OM THE BEACH, PARKS & MPG TO THE MOVI AND DG WH IENDS. NATE CROSBYBOARD MEMBER AT LARGEI HAVE TREMENDO PTH OF EXPERIENCE AS A BOARD MEMBER AT FREDIDANCE PROJECT A NON- PROF DANCE PANY. I HAVE BEEN THE BOARD PRINT AND CURRENTLY I'M THE BOARD TREASURER. IN MY FULL-TIME REER, I HANDLE MEDIL LIGATN, WHICH REQUIR ME TO BE VERY ATTENTIVE TO TAILS, AND ANALYTIL, ALLOWG ME TO SOLVE A WI RANGE OF PLEX ISSU A QUICK, AND DYNAMIC MANOR. ADDNALLY, I OWN AN EVENT PANY LLED NATE CROSBY EVENTS WHICH HAS ALLOWED ME TO GANE FIRST HAND EXPERIENC PRODUCG MANY DIFFERENT LGBT EVENTS. I'M ALSO THE OWNER AND PRODUCER OF THE POLK PRI PAGEANT SYSTEM.FRANK MAHONEYBOARD MEMBER AT LARGEFRANK (HE/HIS/HIM) WAS BORN BOSTON, MASSACHETTS WHERE HE SPENT MOST OF HIS LIFE UNTIL 2014 WHEN HE, HIS HBAND, ROGER, AND DOG BTER MOVED TO RIVERVIEW. HE HAS BEEN PART OF TEAM BEAR, PROVCETOWN SCE THE CLUB FORMED 21 YEARS AGO. HE IS ONE OF 8 MEMBERS THAT ANIZE BEAR WEEK EVERY YEAR. FRANK HAS WORKED AS A FERAL AGENT FOR THE DEPT. OF HOMELAND SECURY SCE 9-11. HE WAS ALSO A FIRST RPONR TO THE ORLANDO PULSE SHOOTG AND THE LAS VEGAS SHOOTG. FRANK ENJOYS SPENDG TIME WH THE BEAR BROTHERHOOD AS HE RELAT TO THIS MUNY MORE THAN ANY OTHER. HE LIK TO TRAVEL AND SPEND AS MUCH TIME OUTDOORS AS POSSIBLE HIKG AND KAYAKG. HIS PE IS HOPPG ON MY HARLEY FAT BOY AND CISG TO THE BEACH.KELV SARTA-KELLYBOARD MEMBER AT LARGEMY NAME IS KELV AND I HAVE LIVED THE TAMPA BAY AREA OFF AND ON SCE 2016. I'VE BEEN MARRIED SCE 2018 TO MY HBAND JARROD AND WE MOVED BACK TO THE AREA OM ATLANTA 2020. I LIVED MICHIGAN FOR 20 YEARS, AND I WAS ONE OF THE PRODUCERS OF THE MR. MICHIGAN LEATHER NTT SGATUCK, MI WHICH WAS A FILTER TO THE IML NTT CHIGO. I WAS ALSO THE PRINT OF THE GRAND RAPIDS RIVERMEN LEATHER CLUB GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. WE WERE A SOCIAL LEATHER CLUB THAT HELD VAR BAR NIGHTS ALL OVER THE STATE, AS WELL AS OH AND ILLOIS. WE WOULD HOLD AN ANNUAL EVENT EVERY YEAR, AND THE BAR NIGHTS WERE FUNDRAISERS TO SUPPORT THAT EVENT. WE ALSO WORKED SECURY FOR AN EVENT FOR THE HELLFIRE CLUB OUT OF CHIGO AT THE DUN RORT SGATUCK, MICHIGAN AND THAT WOULD HELP TO ASSIST SUBSIDIZG OUR ANNUAL LEATHER N. I AM HAPPY AND PROUD TO BE PART OF THE TAMPA BAY BEARS AND LOOK FORWARD TO MEETG NEW PEOPLE ACROSS THE AREA! SPACE

Remend for Gay Clubs bee: Tampa's Rervoir Bar is a popular gay iendly dive bar Ybor Cy.

Remend for Gay Clubs bee: Hamburger Mary's is a popular gay-themed and LGBTQ iendly bar and grille Clearwater, famo for s drag queen bgo nights. Photo urty of Honey PotAmong the most entertag gay bars Tampa, Florida, this high-energy club is a sweet spot to shimmy like you mean on an expansive dance floor bathed flashg lights.

Remend for Gay Clubs bee: The Honey Pot is a well tablished and very popular gay dance club Ybor Cy.

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Remend for Gay Clubs bee: The Castle is a popular alternative and gay-iendly nightclub loted Ybor Cy. Photo urty of Cy Si LoungeOne of the most welg, laid-back gay clubs Tampa has to offer, Cy Si is loted trendy South Tampa.

Remend for Gay Clubs bee: Cy Si Lounge is an upsle gay cktail lounge and sports bar loted South Tampa. My first gay bar and real "g out" right after llege. This was my first gay bar - and was for a lot of people.

This was a straight club that was gay on Sundays and then on Tudays. This was a batn Mexin Rtrant/gay bar. T-Shirt llectn featur logos, nam of popular gay bars the 70s, 80s.

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“When this bar opened as El Goya, put Tampa on the map of beg acceptg of gays as well, ” said Art Smh, founr and signer of The Wow Biz. “As you were g of age the gay world back the 70s and 80s, you didn’t have the social atmosphere that you have now, " Smh explaed. He says his bars were nstantly raid the 70s for the simple fact that they were homosexual tablishments.

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“Bee the gay muny served to be treated like everybody else, ” said Pope.

"People like to have thgs to remd them of their history, and the gay world there isn’t a lot of that. “To me, that’s a big part of how we got to have gay marriage, how we got to have more protectns unr the law, is bee there were 50 or 100 years of stggle step-by-step, and the bars play a part that stggle, ” said Smh. A aln of Tampa gay bars and clubs and other gay-iendly bs began about four years ago agast the backdrop of a popular nightclub and rtrant strip.

2023 BOARD OF DIRECTORSMATTHEW LTERPRINTMATTHEW (HE/HIS/HIM) WAS BORN FORT CAMPBELL KENTUCKY AND RAISED THE TAMPA BAY AREA AND ALSO TENNSEE. HE N NAVIGATE THE BY CY LIFE WHILE STILL GIVG YOU ANY ADVICE ON THE FARM LIFE. MATT JT RECENTLY DISVERED THE TAMPA BAY BEARS AND LOV THE SENSE OF MUNY HAS BROUGHT TO MY LIFE. I’M A REALTOR THAT WORKS THE TAMPA BAY AREA AND SURROUNDG UNTI. HIS GOALS ARE TO BRG NEW IAS TO THE TAMPA BAY BEARS. “NO GREATER REWARD IS GIVEN THEN SERVG YOUR MUNY” SAYS MATT. HE LOV TO TRAVEL AND IS ALWAYS DOWN FOR A NEW ADVENTURE OM A DAY AT THE BEACH TO A CISE DOWN TO THE BAHAMAS. JIMMY GARCIATREASURERJIMMY (HE/HIM/HIS) IS A NATIVE FLORIDIAN, ORIGALLY OM FORT LRDALE BUT HAS LIVED THE TAMPA BAY AREA FOR THE LAST 35 YEARS. PROFSNALLY HE IS A FLORIDA LICENSED REAL ESTATE PROFSNAL WH EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE RINTIAL SAL AND A SPECIALIZATN PROPERTY MANAGEMENT FOR VTORS. HE HAS BEEN A MEMBER OF THE TAMPA BAY BEARS FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS AND VOLUNTEERED TO JO THE BOARD TO OFFER HIS EXPERIENCE TO THE MUNY. JIMMY IS AN EAGLE SUT WH MANY YEARS OF VOLUNTEER SERVICE VERG MULTIPLE ANIZATNS. HE NTRIBUT BACK TO THE LGBT MUNY BY DONATG IS TIME TO ANIZATNS LIKE THE TAMPA BAY BEARS AND GASPARILLA ANNUAL GAM MIXED EVENT(GAGME) BOWLG ANIZATN. HE ENJOYS MOST EVERYTHG FLORIDA, OM THE BEACH, PARKS & MPG TO THE MOVI AND DG WH IENDS. NATE CROSBYBOARD MEMBER AT LARGEI HAVE TREMENDO PTH OF EXPERIENCE AS A BOARD MEMBER AT FREDIDANCE PROJECT A NON- PROF DANCE PANY. I HAVE BEEN THE BOARD PRINT AND CURRENTLY I'M THE BOARD TREASURER. IN MY FULL-TIME REER, I HANDLE MEDIL LIGATN, WHICH REQUIR ME TO BE VERY ATTENTIVE TO TAILS, AND ANALYTIL, ALLOWG ME TO SOLVE A WI RANGE OF PLEX ISSU A QUICK, AND DYNAMIC MANOR. ADDNALLY, I OWN AN EVENT PANY LLED NATE CROSBY EVENTS WHICH HAS ALLOWED ME TO GANE FIRST HAND EXPERIENC PRODUCG MANY DIFFERENT LGBT EVENTS. I'M ALSO THE OWNER AND PRODUCER OF THE POLK PRI PAGEANT SYSTEM.MARK MONROEBOARD MEMBER AT LARGEMARK (HE/HIM/HIS) MOVED TO THE TAMPA BAY AREA EARLY 2020 AND IS ORIGALLY OM LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY. HE HAS BEEN ACTIVELY VOLVED THE LGBT & BEAR MUNY OVER THE PAST 5 YEARS AND PREVLY HELD A POSN ON THE DERBY CY BEARS BOARD. MARK WORKS IT AS AN INTY AND ACCS MANAGEMENT ANALYST FOR THE WORLD’S LARGT TRANSACTN PROCSG PANY. HE IS AN AVID THEME PARK AND ROLLER ASTER ENTHIAST. HIS OTHER TERTS CLU LIVE MIC, MPG, RS / TOMOTIVE, LATT TECHNOLOGY, AND MARGARAS.KELV SARTA-KELLYSECRETARYMY NAME IS KELV AND I HAVE LIVED THE TAMPA BAY AREA OFF AND ON SCE 2016. I'VE BEEN MARRIED SCE 2018 TO MY HBAND JARROD AND WE MOVED BACK TO THE AREA OM ATLANTA 2020. I LIVED MICHIGAN FOR 20 YEARS, AND I WAS ONE OF THE PRODUCERS OF THE MR. MICHIGAN LEATHER NTT SGATUCK, MI WHICH WAS A FILTER TO THE IML NTT CHIGO. I WAS ALSO THE PRINT OF THE GRAND RAPIDS RIVERMEN LEATHER CLUB GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN. WE WERE A SOCIAL LEATHER CLUB THAT HELD VAR BAR NIGHTS ALL OVER THE STATE, AS WELL AS OH AND ILLOIS. WE WOULD HOLD AN ANNUAL EVENT EVERY YEAR, AND THE BAR NIGHTS WERE FUNDRAISERS TO SUPPORT THAT EVENT. WE ALSO WORKED SECURY FOR AN EVENT FOR THE HELLFIRE CLUB OUT OF CHIGO AT THE DUN RORT SGATUCK, MICHIGAN AND THAT WOULD HELP TO ASSIST SUBSIDIZG OUR ANNUAL LEATHER N. I AM HAPPY AND PROUD TO BE PART OF THE TAMPA BAY BEARS AND LOOK FORWARD TO MEETG NEW PEOPLE ACROSS THE AREA! BEN BIRKNERBOARD MEMBER AT LARGEMY NAME IS BEN BIRKNER. I AM A 58 YEAR OLD SGLE GUY LIVG THE DREAM PALM HARBOR, FLORIDA.I WAS FARM RAISED SOUTHERN ILLOIS, ST LOUIS METRO AREA. I E OM A LARGE CATHOLIC FAY AND KNOW THE VALUE OF HARD WORK AND MUNY.I LIVE PALM HARBOR WH MY BORR COLLIE/STANDARD POODLE MIX DOG ""BOONE"". I WORK DUNED AS AN OFFICE MANAGER OF AN INSURANCE AGENCY.I AM A FATHER OF ONE DGHTER AND GRANDFATHER OF TWO. I'M ALWAYS READY AND WILLG TO SHOW PICTUR OF MY GRANDKIDS, Y, I’M A PROUD PAPA BEAR!I HAVE LIFE LONG PASSN OF VOLUNTEER WORK. I HAVE DONE VOLUNTEER WORK FOR MANY GREAT ANIZATNS. MONROE COUNTY 4-H FERATN SPONSOR AND THE ST. LOUIS GAY MAN’S ROO ARE JT A UPLE THAT I’M PROUD OF.I WAS ALSO A SOUTHERN ILLOIS YOUTH CAMP COUNSELOR AND PART OF THE SOUTHERN ILLOIS BIG BROTHER PROGRAM FOR TWO YOUNG MEN. I LOVE THE FEELG THAT I N MAKE A DIFFERENCE OTHER PEOPL LIV, ’S A GREAT FEELG FOR ME AND ONE THAT I’M PROUD OF!WHILE BEG A MEMBER OF THE GAY ROO OF ST LOUIS CHAPTER, I VOLUNTEERED AT SEVERAL DIFFERENT FUND RAISG EVENTS SPONSORED BY THE ROO. I LOVED VOLUNTEERG AS BARN MANAGER AT OUR ST LOUIS ROO'S. I ALWAYS ENJOYED MEETG NEW PEOPLE OM AROUND OUR GREAT USA. I ALSO PETED ROUGH STOCK EVENTS AT SEVERAL GAY ROO'S OVER THE YEARS AND ENJOYED THAT AS WELL.I HAD BEEN VOLVED MCC (METROPOLAN COMMUNY CHURCH'S) AND VOLUNTEERED ON MANY LEVELS. WTER HOMELS SHELTER AND ARTISAN CRAFT FAIRS AS WELL AS BEG A PASTORS SPOE FOR SEVERAL YEARS.I ATTEND AS MANY TBB SOCIAL EVENTS THAT I POSSIBLY N. I HAVE ENJOYED GETTG TO KNOW MANY MEMBERS, AND HOPE TO BE A NTRIBUTG BOARD MEMBER AT LARGE. I TREAT OTHERS THE WAY I LIKE TO BE TREATED. I’M VERY OUTGOG AND IENDLY AND KNOW I’D BE A GREAT BOARD MEMBER. FRANK MAHONEYBOARD MEMBER AT LARGEFRANK (HE/HIS/HIM) WAS BORN BOSTON, MASSACHETTS WHERE HE SPENT MOST OF HIS LIFE UNTIL 2014 WHEN HE, HIS HBAND, ROGER, AND DOG BTER MOVED TO RIVERVIEW. HE HAS BEEN PART OF TEAM BEAR, PROVCETOWN SCE THE CLUB FORMED 21 YEARS AGO. HE IS ONE OF 8 MEMBERS THAT ANIZE BEAR WEEK EVERY YEAR. FRANK HAS WORKED AS A FERAL AGENT FOR THE DEPT. OF HOMELAND SECURY SCE 9-11. HE WAS ALSO A FIRST RPONR TO THE ORLANDO PULSE SHOOTG AND THE LAS VEGAS SHOOTG. FRANK ENJOYS SPENDG TIME WH THE BEAR BROTHERHOOD AS HE RELAT TO THIS MUNY MORE THAN ANY OTHER. HE LIK TO TRAVEL AND SPEND AS MUCH TIME OUTDOORS AS POSSIBLE HIKG AND KAYAKG. HIS PE IS HOPPG ON MY HARLEY FAT BOY AND CISG TO THE BEACH.JIM WILSONBOARD MEMBER AT LARGEJIM WAS BORN EAST TENNSEE AND HAS LIVED NUMERO AREAS OF THE UNTRY OM NC, GA, TX AND FL. JIM HAS LIVED THE TAMPA BAY AREA SCE 2015. PROFSNALLY, JIM IS A SENR MANAGER FOR A LARGE RETAIL ANIZATN AND HAS EXTENSIVE MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE OM OPERATNS, LOSS PREVENTN AND HUMAN ROURC. JIM IS A FIRST YEAR MEMBER OF THE TAMPA BAY BEARS BUT HAS NUMERO PAST VOLUNTEER POSTS OM RABOW HOME ATLANTA, GASPARILLA ANNUAL GAM MIXED EVENT (GAGME), ST JU’S, TN YOUTH BOWLG TOURNAMENTS. IN JIM’S EE TIME HE ENJOYS SPENDG TIME WH HIS HBAND MAR, BOWLG, NCERTS, SPORTG EVENTS, THEME PARKS AND THE BEACH WH IENDS. SPACE

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. "When you thk of gay districts, you tend to thk Miami or the Keys, " said Marchman, 32.

HOW A GAY BAR MA DOWNTOWN DUNED’S BS CULTURE BLOOM

A iend the Keys told about 'GaYbor' and we me here and were surprised. In fact, GaYbor – a aln of gay and gay-iendly bs that began on the wt end of a popular nightclub and rtrant strip – began takg shape only about four years ago. The GaYbor District Coaln began, unofficially, when longtime partners Carrie Wt and Mark Bias moved their gay-themed gift shop MC Film (1901 North 15th Street) om St.

At the time, there were about five gay bs operatg near the wt end of Seventh Avenue, the ma mercial drag, and more on the way. Wt and Bias created lorful ltle maps, lotg gay and gay-iendly bs for visors. As the GaYbor District began gag more regnn among cy officials and the Ybor Cy Chamber of Commerce, GaYbor members furthered their fluence.

Now, there are a number of Tampa gay bars, rtrants and hotels, cludg dozens marketed directly to gay visors.