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• 50 AD, ISLAMIC TERRORISM TIE EYED ORLANDO GAY BAR SHOOTG
• INSI AN ORLANDO GAY BAR, THE NIGHT AFTER THE SHOOTG
• A GUI TO THE LGBT SCENE ORLANDO ORLANDO UNED | © KELSEY GLENNON KELSEY GLENNON 26 MAY 2017 COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT ORLANDO HAS LONG BEEN A STATN KNOWN FOR S SUNSHE. BUT THE SUMMER OF 2016, THE CY BETIFUL EXPERIENCED S DARKT DAY. JUNE 12TH MARKS THE ANNIVERSARY OF A TRAGIC EVENT THAT ALTERED ORLANDO’S INTY AND FOREVER CHANGED S HISTORY. ON THAT SUMMER NIGHT, A GUNMAN ENTERED A POPULAR GAY CLUB DOWNTOWN ORLANDO AND OPENED FIRE, KILLG 49 AND JURG 68 PEOPLE ENJOYG DANCE AND MIC. SOME VICTIMS WERE GAY, SOME STRAIGHT, SOME LATO—BUT ALL WERE PEOPLE LOVED AND EMBRACED BY THE ORLANDO MUNY. THE ATTACK ON PULSE NIGHTCLUB SHOOK ORLANDO AND WAS MOURNED ALL OVER THE WORLD. IN THE WAKE OF THE TRAGEDY, THE CY OF ORLANDO AND S NIZENS MA CLEAR THAT THE HATE THAT SPIRED THE CRIME WOULD NOT STA S INTY. SCE THAT SUMMER NIGHT, THE CY AND S BS HAVE EMPHASIZED THAT ALL ARE WELE HERE. TODAY, ORLANDO NTU TO WORK TO SUPPORT S LGBT MUNY AND PROVI A PLACE OF SAFETY, ACCEPTANCE, AND LOVE FOR ALL WHO LIVE AND VIS HERE. VIEW ALL TRIPS READ ON TO DISVER HOW TO EXPERIENCE THE MANY FACETS OF ORLANDO’S VIBRANT AND STRONG LGBT MUNY. TAKE A SP TO FD YOUR PERFECT SMALL-GROUP TRIP STATN PASSPORTS READY? YOUR NEXT STATN IS... VIEW TRIP SP ICELAND TURKEY GREECE THAILAND MEXI JAPAN ECUADOR MOROC SPA SOUTH AI CROATIA INDIA BALI EGYPT ORLANDO STRONG MILLS 50 | © KELSEY GLENNON WHAT TO READ FOR THE LATT CENTRAL FLORIDA LGBT NEWS, PICK UP A PY OF WATERMARK. THE NEWSPAPER CIRCULAT TWICE MONTHLY AND IS OFTEN FOUND ALONGSI ORLANDO WEEKLY, A LIBERAL, GAY-IENDLY PUBLITN. WATERMARK ONLE FEATUR A HANDY LENDAR OF EVENTS IF YOU’RE LOOKG FOR SHOWS, GALLERY OPENGS, TRIVIA NIGHTS, OR THE LIKE. WATERMARK ORLANDO ONLE SCREENSHOT WHERE TO EAT THE MILLS 50 AREA IS HOME TO A NUMBER OF RABOW-PATED EATERI WELG THE LGBT MUNY. IT’S ALSO A FOODIE HOT SPOT AND ATTRACTS CKTAIL NNOISSRS, SO ’S HARD TO GO WRONG EATG ON THIS STRIP. CARIBBEAN COLOMBIA DISVER COLOMBIA’S CARIBBEAN AST, OM CARTAGENA TO PALOMO VIA JUNGL, RIVERS AND ISLANDS. VIEW TRIP WILL’S PUB | © KELSEY GLENNON HAMBURGER MARY’S FOR A PARTICULARLY FLAMBOYANT DER EXPERIENCE, HEAD TO HAMBURGER MARY’S, ON DOWNTOWN ORLANDO’S HISTORIC CHURCH STREET. HERE YOU N ENJOY LIVE ENTERTAMENT THE FORM OF DRAG QUEENS PERFORMG BARETS AND EDY SHOWS. BEE A CULTURE TRIPPER! SIGN UP TO OUR NEWSLETTER TO SAVE UP TO 40% ON OUR UNIQUE TRIPS. SIGN UP SEE PRIVACY POLICY. HAMBURGER MARY’S, CHURCH STREET STATN, 110 W CHURCH ST, ORLANDO, FL, USA, +1 321 319 0600 WHERE TO DRK AND DANCE EMBER GAY BARS AND EDGY NEW CKTAIL TABLISHMENTS ABOUND ORLANDO. THE DOWNTOWN OUTDOOR EATERY AND BAR EMBER TURNS TO AN LGBT FAVORE ON SUNDAY WH SUNDAY SURRENR. EMBER ALSO HOSTED THE “BIG GAY BAR CRAWL” 2016, WHICH CLUD STOPS AT DOWNTOWN ORLANDO’S MOST POPULAR BARS.EMBER, 42 W CENTRAL BLVD, ORLANDO, FL, USA, +1 407 849 5200 STONEWALL BAR STONEWALL BAR SS NOT FAR OM THE AMWAY ARENA AND OFFERS AN “DTRIAL CHIC” AMBIANCE WH A NEIGHBORHOOD BAR FEEL. HERE YOU N GRAB BAR EATS AND CKTAILS THEIR MA DANCE HALL, ON THEIR PAT, OR WH A VIEW OF THE ORLANDO SKYLE AT THEIR SKY BAR. STONEWALL HOSTS AN ASSORTMENT OF THEME NIGHTS, CLUDG BGO NIGHTS, RUPL VIEWGS, KARAOKE, AND T-DANC. CHECK OUT THEIR LENDAR OF EVENTS.STONEWALL BAR, 741 W CHURCH ST, ORLANDO, FL, USA, +1 407 373 OTHER NOTABLE GAY BARS AND NIGHTCLUBS CLU SAVOY ORLANDO, SOUTHERN NIGHTS, AND THE FULL MOON LOUNGE AT WOODSTOCK.SAVOY, 1913 N ORANGE AVE, ORLANDO, FL, USA, +1 407 270 4685SOUTHERN NIGHTS, 375 S BUMBY AVE, ORLANDO, FL, USA, +1 407 412 5039FULL MOON LOUNGE AT WOODSTOCK, 500 N ORANGE BLOSSOM TRAIL, ORLANDO, FL, USA, +1 407 613 5018 WHERE TO PLAY ORLANDO’S GAY DAYS JUNE IS A WEEK-LONG CELEBRATN FOR THE LGBT MUNY. BS ALL OVER THE CY PARTICIPATE BY HOSTG SPECIAL ALS, PARTI, AND SHOWS FOR THE G LGBT VISORS WHO TRAVEL TO ORLANDO SPECIFILLY FOR THIS WEEK. PARTICIPANTS THE CELEBRATN ATTEND THE AREA THEME PARKS WEARG RED SHIRTS, A WAY TO SHOW THE SPE OF THE LGBT MUNY. VISORS N ALSO ATTEND AN ENTERTAMENT AND BS EXPO WH HUNDREDS OF LGBT VENDORS OFFERG SERVIC AND PRODUCTS TERED TO THE MUNY. IN OCTOBER, DON’T MISS ORLANDO’S GAY PRI FTIVAL AND PARA HOSTED BY COME OUT WH PRI, INC. CRELLA CASTLE GAY DAYS 2007 | © JERICL T / FLICKR IF YOU’RE A SPORTS FAN, YOU WILL WANT TO TCH AN ORLANDO CY SOCCER GAME, WATCHG THE LNS OR THE PRI (FEMALE TEAM), BUT KEEP MD THAT THE GAM, LOVED BY LOLS AND VISORS ALIKE, OFTEN SELL OUT. THE NEWLY BUILT ORLANDO CY STADIUM PROUDLY SPORTS 49 RABOW LORED SEATS REMEMBRANCE OF THE LIV LOST TO THE PULSE SHOOTG. THE SEATS SIGNIFY THE POWER OF SPORTS TO UNE AND UPLIFT A WHAT TO SEE THE PARLIAMENT HOE IF YOU’RE LOOKG FOR ORLANDO’S QUEENS, THEY’RE PERFORMG AT THE PARLIAMENT HOE, A GAY BAR, CLUB, AND HOTEL. “P-HOE,” AS ORLANDOANS REFER TO , IS HOME TO THE FOOTLIGHT THEATRE, WHICH BRGS LOL AND TERNATNAL DRAG ENTERTAMENT. YOU N FD THE FOOTLIGHT PLAYERS PERFORMG THERE REGULARLY, AND FOR RUPL FANS, THIS IS WHERE GGER MJ GOT HER START, HELPG HER EARN THE MONIKER OF “COMEDY QUEEN OF THE SOUTH.”THE PARLIAMENT HOE,410 N ORANGE BLOSSOM TRAIL, ORLANDO, FL, USA, +1 407 425 ORLANDO FRGEMAY 16-29, 2017 FOR MORE EDGY ENTERTAMENT AND DRAG PERFORMANC, HEAD TO ORLANDO FRGE, A SEASONAL FTIVAL THAT TAK PLACE ORLANDO’S LOCH HAVEN PARK. THEIR PHILOSOPHY IS “100% UNCENSORED, 100% UNJURIED…100% INCLUSIVE.” GET UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL WH THE DIVERSE ORLANDO THEATRE ARTS MUNY AT THIS FUN SUMMER FTIVAL.LOCH HAVEN PARK, 777 E PRCETON ST, ORLANDO, FL, LAKE EOLA PARK ORLANDO’S LOVE FOR S LGBT MUNY IS EVINT BY S RABOW-PATED AMPHHEATER AND S RABOW-ILLUMATED FOUNTA CENTRAL LAKE EOLA. THE PERMANENT MONUMENTS SERVE TO WELE DIVERSY TO THE CY OF ORLANDO, WHETHER THEY ARE VISORS OR RINTS.LAKE EOLA PARK, ORLANDO, FL, PULSE FOR THOSE LOOKG TO PAY RPECTS TO THE VICTIMS OF THE PULSE ATTACK, THE NIGHTCLUB WILL SOON BE AN OFFICIAL MEMORIAL. IF YOU WISH TO NTRIBUTE TO THE NSTCTN OF THE MEMORIAL AND MM AND PROVI ASSISTANCE TO THOSE DIRECTLY AFFECTED BY THE ATTACK, YOU N DONATE TO THE ONEPULSE FOUNDATN.PULSE, 1912 S ORANGE AVE, ORLANDO, FL, FOR MORE RMATN THE LGBT CENTER OF CENTRAL FLORIDA FOR MORE RMATN ON THE LGBT MUNY ORLANDO, VIS THE LGBT CENTER OF CENTRAL FLORIDA. THE CENTER HAS BEEN OPERATN FOR OVER 38 YEARS, MAKG ONE OF THE OLST THE NATN. IT PROVIS A SAFE PLACE FOR LGBTQ PEOPLE, AS WELL AS PROGRAMS AND SERVIC TO HELP STRENGTHEN PERSONAL WELL-BEG.THE LGBT CENTER OF CENTRAL FLORIDA, 946 N MILLS AVE, ORLANDO, FL, USA, +1 407 228 8272THE ZEBRA COALNTHE ZEBRA COALN IS AN ANIZATN THAT PROVIS A HAVEN FOR GAY YOUTH BETWEEN THE AG OF 13–24. THEIR SERVIC PALIZE ON A WORK OF GROUPS, ALLOWG THEM TO OFFER ASSISTANCE RANGG OM HEALTH TO HOG AND EVEN TN FUNDG FOR LGBTQ YOUTH.THE ZEBRA COALN, 911 N MILLS AVE, ORLANDO, FL, USA, +1 407 228 1446 ORLANDO, THE CENTER LGBT | © KELSEY GLENNON VOLNIC ICELAND EPIC TRIP MEET OUR LOL INSIR HANNA HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN A GUIDE? 2 YEARS. WHAT DO YOU LOVE ABOUT YOUR JOB? IT'S THE PERSONAL NTACT, THE PERSONAL EXPERIENC. I LOVE MEETG PEOPLE OM ALL OVER THE WORLD... I REALLY LIKE GETTG TO KNOW EVERYONE AND FEELG LIKE I'M TRAVELG WH A GROUP OF IENDS. WHAT DESTINATION IS ON YOUR TRAVEL BUCKET-LIST? I HAVE SO MANY PLAC ON MY LIST, BUT I WOULD REALLY LOBE TO GO TO AI. I NSIR MYSELF AN “ADVENTURE GIRL” AND AI FEELS LIKE THE ULTIMATE ADVENTURE! EVERY CULTURE TRIP SMALL-GROUP ADVENTURE IS LED BY A LOL INSIR JT LIKE HANNA. SEE OUR CULTURE TRIPS KEEN TO EXPLORE THE WORLD?
• ORLANDO NIGHTCLUB SHOOTG: MASS CASUALTI AFTER GUNMAN OPENS FIRE GAY CLUB
• TWO MAR UNR VTIGATN FOR ALLEGED THREAT AGAST GAY BARS
• BEFORE ORLANDO SHOOTG, AN ANTI-GAY MASSACRE NEW ORLEANS WAS LARGELY FOTTEN
• OPN WHAT HAPPENED WHEN AN ORTHODOX JEWISH NGREGATN WENT TO A GAY BAR TO MOURN ORLANDO
• ORLANDO GAY NIGHTCLUB MASSACRE A HATE CRIME AND ACT OF TERROR, FBI SAYS
• 25 VLENT ATTACKS AT GAY BARS THAT PRECED ORLANDO’S HORRIFIC NIGHTCLUB MASSACRE

50 AD, ISLAMIC TERRORISM TIE EYED ORLANDO GAY BAR SHOOTG

An Amerin-born man who’d pledged allegiance to ISIS gunned down 49 people early Sunday at a gay nightclub Orlando, the adlit mass shootg the Uned Stat and the natn’s worst terror attack sce 9/11, thori said. While the vlence uld have h any Amerin muny, “This is an pecially heartbreakg day for our iends who are lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr, ” he said. A msage posted Arabic on a dark web se associated wh the ISIS news agency Amaq said “the armed attack that targeted a gay night club the cy of Orlando the Amerin state of Florida and that bore more than a 100 killed and wound was rried out by an Islamic state fighter.

She said the language is nsistent wh prev ISIS announcements and that the Arabic word for gay was ed rather than an ephet normally ed by ISIS. ORLANDO — A gunman who pledged allegiance to the Islamic State opened fire si a crowd gay bar and dance club here early Sunday, leavg 49 people ad and 53 jured the adlit mass shootg U. But also igned fears of a broar mpaign agast the Amerin gay, lbian and transgenr muny as the first anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court cisn legalizg same-sex marriage after the Orlando attack, police Southern California reported arrtg a heavily armed man who said he was head to a gay pri para the Los Angel area — though thori later said they were mistaken about the man’s target.

INSI AN ORLANDO GAY BAR, THE NIGHT AFTER THE SHOOTG

Meanwhile, Washgton, police stepped up patrols ahead of the Capal Pri Ftival, one of dozens of gay pri events schled this month across the natn and around the world. (Vio: Moni Akhtar/The Washgton Post, Photo: STEVE NESIUS/The Washgton Post)The Islamic State has repeatedly executed gay people and released vios showg their gome executns.

“We’re proud of our gay muny Orlando, ” Mary Zika early Sunday eveng, a Florida LGBT advocy group had raised nearly half a ln dollars for the victims. A gunman wieldg an asslt-type rifle and a handgun opened fire si a crowd gay nightclub early Sunday, killg at least 50 people before dyg a gunfight wh SWAT officers, police said.

Orlando, Florida's gay muny is "utter shock" after fallg victim to the worst mass shootg U. Related: Mass Casualti After Gunman Opens Fire Gay Club"We are sayg we are apologizg for the whole cint. Related: Gay Blood Ban Still Effect Orlando"Gay clubs hold a signifint place LGBTQ history.

A GUI TO THE LGBT SCENE ORLANDO ORLANDO UNED | © KELSEY GLENNON KELSEY GLENNON 26 MAY 2017 COPY LK FACEBOOK EMAIL TWTER PTERT ORLANDO HAS LONG BEEN A STATN KNOWN FOR S SUNSHE. BUT THE SUMMER OF 2016, THE CY BETIFUL EXPERIENCED S DARKT DAY. JUNE 12TH MARKS THE ANNIVERSARY OF A TRAGIC EVENT THAT ALTERED ORLANDO’S INTY AND FOREVER CHANGED S HISTORY. ON THAT SUMMER NIGHT, A GUNMAN ENTERED A POPULAR GAY CLUB DOWNTOWN ORLANDO AND OPENED FIRE, KILLG 49 AND JURG 68 PEOPLE ENJOYG DANCE AND MIC. SOME VICTIMS WERE GAY, SOME STRAIGHT, SOME LATO—BUT ALL WERE PEOPLE LOVED AND EMBRACED BY THE ORLANDO MUNY. THE ATTACK ON PULSE NIGHTCLUB SHOOK ORLANDO AND WAS MOURNED ALL OVER THE WORLD. IN THE WAKE OF THE TRAGEDY, THE CY OF ORLANDO AND S NIZENS MA CLEAR THAT THE HATE THAT SPIRED THE CRIME WOULD NOT STA S INTY. SCE THAT SUMMER NIGHT, THE CY AND S BS HAVE EMPHASIZED THAT ALL ARE WELE HERE. TODAY, ORLANDO NTU TO WORK TO SUPPORT S LGBT MUNY AND PROVI A PLACE OF SAFETY, ACCEPTANCE, AND LOVE FOR ALL WHO LIVE AND VIS HERE. VIEW ALL TRIPS READ ON TO DISVER HOW TO EXPERIENCE THE MANY FACETS OF ORLANDO’S VIBRANT AND STRONG LGBT MUNY. TAKE A SP TO FD YOUR PERFECT SMALL-GROUP TRIP STATN PASSPORTS READY? YOUR NEXT STATN IS... VIEW TRIP SP ICELAND TURKEY GREECE THAILAND MEXI JAPAN ECUADOR MOROC SPA SOUTH AI CROATIA INDIA BALI EGYPT ORLANDO STRONG MILLS 50 | © KELSEY GLENNON WHAT TO READ FOR THE LATT CENTRAL FLORIDA LGBT NEWS, PICK UP A PY OF WATERMARK. THE NEWSPAPER CIRCULAT TWICE MONTHLY AND IS OFTEN FOUND ALONGSI ORLANDO WEEKLY, A LIBERAL, GAY-IENDLY PUBLITN. WATERMARK ONLE FEATUR A HANDY LENDAR OF EVENTS IF YOU’RE LOOKG FOR SHOWS, GALLERY OPENGS, TRIVIA NIGHTS, OR THE LIKE. WATERMARK ORLANDO ONLE SCREENSHOT WHERE TO EAT THE MILLS 50 AREA IS HOME TO A NUMBER OF RABOW-PATED EATERI WELG THE LGBT MUNY. IT’S ALSO A FOODIE HOT SPOT AND ATTRACTS CKTAIL NNOISSRS, SO ’S HARD TO GO WRONG EATG ON THIS STRIP. CARIBBEAN COLOMBIA DISVER COLOMBIA’S CARIBBEAN AST, OM CARTAGENA TO PALOMO VIA JUNGL, RIVERS AND ISLANDS. VIEW TRIP WILL’S PUB | © KELSEY GLENNON HAMBURGER MARY’S FOR A PARTICULARLY FLAMBOYANT DER EXPERIENCE, HEAD TO HAMBURGER MARY’S, ON DOWNTOWN ORLANDO’S HISTORIC CHURCH STREET. HERE YOU N ENJOY LIVE ENTERTAMENT THE FORM OF DRAG QUEENS PERFORMG BARETS AND EDY SHOWS. BEE A CULTURE TRIPPER! SIGN UP TO OUR NEWSLETTER TO SAVE UP TO 40% ON OUR UNIQUE TRIPS. SIGN UP SEE PRIVACY POLICY. HAMBURGER MARY’S, CHURCH STREET STATN, 110 W CHURCH ST, ORLANDO, FL, USA, +1 321 319 0600 WHERE TO DRK AND DANCE EMBER GAY BARS AND EDGY NEW CKTAIL TABLISHMENTS ABOUND ORLANDO. THE DOWNTOWN OUTDOOR EATERY AND BAR EMBER TURNS TO AN LGBT FAVORE ON SUNDAY WH SUNDAY SURRENR. EMBER ALSO HOSTED THE “BIG GAY BAR CRAWL” 2016, WHICH CLUD STOPS AT DOWNTOWN ORLANDO’S MOST POPULAR BARS.EMBER, 42 W CENTRAL BLVD, ORLANDO, FL, USA, +1 407 849 5200 STONEWALL BAR STONEWALL BAR SS NOT FAR OM THE AMWAY ARENA AND OFFERS AN “DTRIAL CHIC” AMBIANCE WH A NEIGHBORHOOD BAR FEEL. HERE YOU N GRAB BAR EATS AND CKTAILS THEIR MA DANCE HALL, ON THEIR PAT, OR WH A VIEW OF THE ORLANDO SKYLE AT THEIR SKY BAR. STONEWALL HOSTS AN ASSORTMENT OF THEME NIGHTS, CLUDG BGO NIGHTS, RUPL VIEWGS, KARAOKE, AND T-DANC. CHECK OUT THEIR LENDAR OF EVENTS.STONEWALL BAR, 741 W CHURCH ST, ORLANDO, FL, USA, +1 407 373 OTHER NOTABLE GAY BARS AND NIGHTCLUBS CLU SAVOY ORLANDO, SOUTHERN NIGHTS, AND THE FULL MOON LOUNGE AT WOODSTOCK.SAVOY, 1913 N ORANGE AVE, ORLANDO, FL, USA, +1 407 270 4685SOUTHERN NIGHTS, 375 S BUMBY AVE, ORLANDO, FL, USA, +1 407 412 5039FULL MOON LOUNGE AT WOODSTOCK, 500 N ORANGE BLOSSOM TRAIL, ORLANDO, FL, USA, +1 407 613 5018 WHERE TO PLAY ORLANDO’S GAY DAYS JUNE IS A WEEK-LONG CELEBRATN FOR THE LGBT MUNY. BS ALL OVER THE CY PARTICIPATE BY HOSTG SPECIAL ALS, PARTI, AND SHOWS FOR THE G LGBT VISORS WHO TRAVEL TO ORLANDO SPECIFILLY FOR THIS WEEK. PARTICIPANTS THE CELEBRATN ATTEND THE AREA THEME PARKS WEARG RED SHIRTS, A WAY TO SHOW THE SPE OF THE LGBT MUNY. VISORS N ALSO ATTEND AN ENTERTAMENT AND BS EXPO WH HUNDREDS OF LGBT VENDORS OFFERG SERVIC AND PRODUCTS TERED TO THE MUNY. IN OCTOBER, DON’T MISS ORLANDO’S GAY PRI FTIVAL AND PARA HOSTED BY COME OUT WH PRI, INC. CRELLA CASTLE GAY DAYS 2007 | © JERICL T / FLICKR IF YOU’RE A SPORTS FAN, YOU WILL WANT TO TCH AN ORLANDO CY SOCCER GAME, WATCHG THE LNS OR THE PRI (FEMALE TEAM), BUT KEEP MD THAT THE GAM, LOVED BY LOLS AND VISORS ALIKE, OFTEN SELL OUT. THE NEWLY BUILT ORLANDO CY STADIUM PROUDLY SPORTS 49 RABOW LORED SEATS REMEMBRANCE OF THE LIV LOST TO THE PULSE SHOOTG. THE SEATS SIGNIFY THE POWER OF SPORTS TO UNE AND UPLIFT A WHAT TO SEE THE PARLIAMENT HOE IF YOU’RE LOOKG FOR ORLANDO’S QUEENS, THEY’RE PERFORMG AT THE PARLIAMENT HOE, A GAY BAR, CLUB, AND HOTEL. “P-HOE,” AS ORLANDOANS REFER TO , IS HOME TO THE FOOTLIGHT THEATRE, WHICH BRGS LOL AND TERNATNAL DRAG ENTERTAMENT. YOU N FD THE FOOTLIGHT PLAYERS PERFORMG THERE REGULARLY, AND FOR RUPL FANS, THIS IS WHERE GGER MJ GOT HER START, HELPG HER EARN THE MONIKER OF “COMEDY QUEEN OF THE SOUTH.”THE PARLIAMENT HOE,410 N ORANGE BLOSSOM TRAIL, ORLANDO, FL, USA, +1 407 425 ORLANDO FRGEMAY 16-29, 2017 FOR MORE EDGY ENTERTAMENT AND DRAG PERFORMANC, HEAD TO ORLANDO FRGE, A SEASONAL FTIVAL THAT TAK PLACE ORLANDO’S LOCH HAVEN PARK. THEIR PHILOSOPHY IS “100% UNCENSORED, 100% UNJURIED…100% INCLUSIVE.” GET UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL WH THE DIVERSE ORLANDO THEATRE ARTS MUNY AT THIS FUN SUMMER FTIVAL.LOCH HAVEN PARK, 777 E PRCETON ST, ORLANDO, FL, LAKE EOLA PARK ORLANDO’S LOVE FOR S LGBT MUNY IS EVINT BY S RABOW-PATED AMPHHEATER AND S RABOW-ILLUMATED FOUNTA CENTRAL LAKE EOLA. THE PERMANENT MONUMENTS SERVE TO WELE DIVERSY TO THE CY OF ORLANDO, WHETHER THEY ARE VISORS OR RINTS.LAKE EOLA PARK, ORLANDO, FL, PULSE FOR THOSE LOOKG TO PAY RPECTS TO THE VICTIMS OF THE PULSE ATTACK, THE NIGHTCLUB WILL SOON BE AN OFFICIAL MEMORIAL. IF YOU WISH TO NTRIBUTE TO THE NSTCTN OF THE MEMORIAL AND MM AND PROVI ASSISTANCE TO THOSE DIRECTLY AFFECTED BY THE ATTACK, YOU N DONATE TO THE ONEPULSE FOUNDATN.PULSE, 1912 S ORANGE AVE, ORLANDO, FL, FOR MORE RMATN THE LGBT CENTER OF CENTRAL FLORIDA FOR MORE RMATN ON THE LGBT MUNY ORLANDO, VIS THE LGBT CENTER OF CENTRAL FLORIDA. THE CENTER HAS BEEN OPERATN FOR OVER 38 YEARS, MAKG ONE OF THE OLST THE NATN. IT PROVIS A SAFE PLACE FOR LGBTQ PEOPLE, AS WELL AS PROGRAMS AND SERVIC TO HELP STRENGTHEN PERSONAL WELL-BEG.THE LGBT CENTER OF CENTRAL FLORIDA, 946 N MILLS AVE, ORLANDO, FL, USA, +1 407 228 8272THE ZEBRA COALNTHE ZEBRA COALN IS AN ANIZATN THAT PROVIS A HAVEN FOR GAY YOUTH BETWEEN THE AG OF 13–24. THEIR SERVIC PALIZE ON A WORK OF GROUPS, ALLOWG THEM TO OFFER ASSISTANCE RANGG OM HEALTH TO HOG AND EVEN TN FUNDG FOR LGBTQ YOUTH.THE ZEBRA COALN, 911 N MILLS AVE, ORLANDO, FL, USA, +1 407 228 1446 ORLANDO, THE CENTER LGBT | © KELSEY GLENNON VOLNIC ICELAND EPIC TRIP MEET OUR LOL INSIR HANNA HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN A GUIDE? 2 YEARS. WHAT DO YOU LOVE ABOUT YOUR JOB? IT'S THE PERSONAL NTACT, THE PERSONAL EXPERIENC. I LOVE MEETG PEOPLE OM ALL OVER THE WORLD... I REALLY LIKE GETTG TO KNOW EVERYONE AND FEELG LIKE I'M TRAVELG WH A GROUP OF IENDS. WHAT DESTINATION IS ON YOUR TRAVEL BUCKET-LIST? I HAVE SO MANY PLAC ON MY LIST, BUT I WOULD REALLY LOBE TO GO TO AI. I NSIR MYSELF AN “ADVENTURE GIRL” AND AI FEELS LIKE THE ULTIMATE ADVENTURE! EVERY CULTURE TRIP SMALL-GROUP ADVENTURE IS LED BY A LOL INSIR JT LIKE HANNA. SEE OUR CULTURE TRIPS KEEN TO EXPLORE THE WORLD?

We stand solidary wh the LGBTQ muny #Orlando, " the Gay & Lbian Alliance Agast Defamatn (GLAAD) said a Griff, print of the Human Rights Campaign, the natn's largt LGBTQ civil rights group, said he was "vastated. Print Barack Obama said Sunday: "This is an pecially heartbreakg day for all our iends — our fellow Amerins — who are lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr. Police say a mass shootg at a gay nightclub Orlando, Florida, has rulted at least 20 people ad, wh dozens more wound.

- A shootg and hostage suatn early Sunday at a Florida nightclub -- which scrib self as "Orlando's hottt gay bar" -- left an timated 50 people ad, cludg the gunman, and more than 50 jured, officials say.

The shootg Sce s openg 2004, Orlando’s Pulse dance club had tablished self as one of central Florida’s most vibrant centr for lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer (LGBTQ) social life. The drag queen stood before the crowd at a gay bar Orlando on Sunday night – ls than 24 hours after 50 people were shot and killed at a siar bar only a few away – whout her drs, heels or wig. “I don’t really know what to say, ” Darcel Stevens, the 55-year-old performer a T-shirt, told the crowd of mostly gay men.

ORLANDO NIGHTCLUB SHOOTG: MASS CASUALTI AFTER GUNMAN OPENS FIRE GAY CLUB

Qutns like those were on the lips of many who gathered on Sunday night at Parliament Hoe, a gay hotel, bar and club near downtown Orlando.

Amerin attus about lbian, gay, bisexual and transgenr people have done an about-face recent years. And regardls of what the exact motive may be, a gay club — a place to get away, to dance and have fun, ee om discrimatn or judgment – was the target.

TWO MAR UNR VTIGATN FOR ALLEGED THREAT AGAST GAY BARS

Like the time Garstka, the lol activist, was attacked and feared and would be beaten to ath 20 years ago, as he scribed to me, while leavg a gay club.

Wh sorrow, anger and exprsns of uny, the LGBT muny across the world is mourng Sunday's adly attack on a gay nightclub Orlando. History, and jured 53 — stck durg Pri Month, which memorat the Stonewall Rts of 1969 and the gay rights movement more broadly. While thori have not nfirmed if the nightclub was targeted specifilly bee was a gay club, the attack has been keenly felt by the LGBT muny.

BEFORE ORLANDO SHOOTG, AN ANTI-GAY MASSACRE NEW ORLEANS WAS LARGELY FOTTEN

In Florida, the gay muny is "reelg, " Equaly Florida's policy and outreach ordator Hannah Willard told NPR. "In the midst of our grief we are more eply rolved than ever to uproot homophobia and animosy towards gay and transgenr people, wherever exists. Brann Joyce holds a sign support of the shootg victims Orlando durg the gay pri para Wt Hollywood, Calif.

OPN WHAT HAPPENED WHEN AN ORTHODOX JEWISH NGREGATN WENT TO A GAY BAR TO MOURN ORLANDO

(Left) A man cri durg a vigil New York reactn to the mass shootg at a gay nightclub Orlando, Fla.

ORLANDO GAY NIGHTCLUB MASSACRE A HATE CRIME AND ACT OF TERROR, FBI SAYS

(Right) People embrace durg a vigil New York reactn to the mass shootg at a gay nightclub Orlando, Fla. (Bottom) People wave flags durg a vigil New York reactn to the mass shootg at a gay nightclub Orlando, Fla. In New York, a massive vigil formed at the Stonewall Inn, the symbolic birthplace of the gay rights movement.

25 VLENT ATTACKS AT GAY BARS THAT PRECED ORLANDO’S HORRIFIC NIGHTCLUB MASSACRE

"The Manhattan bar beme a natnal symbol of gay rights after a 1969 police raid led to vlent street rts.

"Stonewall is 'where we go when thgs like this happen, ' said Andy Humm, host of the 'Gay USA' TV show.

" "Gay bars and clubs are supposed to be our safe haven, " 48-year-old Milack-Carras, jog at the vigil, told the New York Tim.