Article on gay scene Orlando, Fla, which has emerged last few years as major statn for gay tourists; foc on Parliament Hoe club plex, which, after unrgog $2 ln makeover, is about to break ground on Garns, adjog 164-un time-share rort herald as first gay-iendly project of s kd world; thumbnail sketch of what Chigo, Philalphia and San Diego are dog to attract gay, lbian, bisexual and transgenr visors; photos; map (M)
Contents:
- GAY DAYS® AT THE PARLIAMENT HOE!
- GAY DAYS® AT THE PARLIAMENT HOE!
- GAY DAYS® AT THE PARLIAMENT HOE!
- P-HOE: THE RISE AND MISE OF A LEGENDARY GAY RORT
- COMBE A DAYS INN & GAY BATHHOE AND... - PARLIAMENT HOE RORT
- GAY ORLANDO STEPS OUT
- THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985
GAY DAYS® AT THE PARLIAMENT HOE!
A new lotn of the Inic Orlando gay bar Parliament Hoe will open downtown Orlando the near future, acrdg to a social media post om the nightclub. * gay days parliament house *
– A new lotn of the Inic Orlando gay bar Parliament Hoe will open downtown Orlando the near future, acrdg to a social media post om the new lotn will be at 29 S.
This is part one of a three-part blog seri which we’ll share experienc of a few popular Central Florida gay bars through the lens of oral histori the llectn of the Orange County Regnal History Center. Orlando has long played host to a vibrant gay muny.
Due to creased acceptance, the gay nightlife scene, as was once known, has begun to dimish. However, the impact of historic LGBTQ+ venu on both gay and Central Florida history should not be unrstated. In January 2021, a long-standg bastn of Orlando’s gay muny was torn down after shutterg November 2020.
GAY DAYS® AT THE PARLIAMENT HOE!
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Legendary performers such as Eartha Kt brought a few mastream listeners as well as the ual, exuberant gay crowds.
Orlando's BIG GAY WEEKEND returns June 1-June 4, 2017!
GAY DAYS® AT THE PARLIAMENT HOE!
Orlando's BIG GAY WEEKEND returns June 1-June 4, 2017! 4 Days of NON STOP Parti at Orlando's Premiere LGBT Entertament Dtatn!Thursday, June 1 - PI @ PH! The Official KICK OFF Party for the weekend. Featurg the PH EXPLOSION DANCERS, Mdblowg * gay days parliament house *
Orlando’s BIG GAY WEEKEND returns June 1-June 4, 2017!
Deborah, no longer Debbie, Gibson plays Parliament Hoe over the weekend durg Gay Days Orlando.
Yet, miraculoly, the hotel was purchased by Michael Hodge and Bill Miller 1975, wealthy queer vtors who saw potential transformg the sad hotel property to a fabulo new gay-geared venue. The property purchase occurred a few years after an uprisg at New York Cy’s Stonewall Inn, which is wily nsired to be the birth of the morn gay rights movement.
P-HOE: THE RISE AND MISE OF A LEGENDARY GAY RORT
Parliament Hoe Rort: Combe a Days Inn & Gay Bathhoe and You Have the P-Hoe! - See 148 traveler reviews, 32 ndid photos, and great als for Parliament Hoe Rort at Tripadvisor. * gay days parliament house *
Hodge and Miller, who had opened Orlando’s first gay bar, The Palace Club, the same year as the rt, had already tablished themselv as figureheads the lol gay muny, along wh three other lol bar operators: Jan Koren, Wally Wood, and Sue Hannah – who were affectnately (and probably unaffectnately pendg on what dner table you were at) referred to as “The Gay and Lbian Gang.
COMBE A DAYS INN & GAY BATHHOE AND... - PARLIAMENT HOE RORT
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” Their send venture was a bar lled Diamond Head, which opened 1972 on the send floor of the Opera Hoe on Court Avenue, and the succs of their ventur helped them move on to their largt project yet, turng the funct Parliament Hoe gay.
Unr their stewardship, Parliament Hoe went om a bankpt hotel to a thrivg gay rort and entertament hub, wh multiple bars onse and a dis room. There was nothg like the regn and you’d be forced to drive all the way to Miami to fd a gay-owned hotel wh live entertament and multiple entertament venu on se. It was like a Gay Narnia, ma all the more entertag due to s proximy to the Happit Place the World only 30 mut away.
Which, as you n image, ma Parliament Hoe all the more popular wh s gay patrons. The documentary expos more than jt the good tim that were had at Parliament Hoe, such as how the club helped to nnect the gay muny Orlando the ‘80s, and how tegral the tablishment was to keepg that muny together durg the AIDS crisis, hurrin, and chang ownership.
GAY ORLANDO STEPS OUT
A portn of his memorial, published the gay monthly newspaper of the time, Triangle, read as follows:. “Mike was one of the greatt supporters of gay and lbian life that Orlando has ever had.
THE VOICE OF CHICAGO'S GAY, LESBIAN, BI, TRANS AND QUEER COMMUNITY SINCE 1985
They purchased the property om the tate of Michael Hodge while was perched on the brk of closg, wh aspiratns of addg a neighborg timhare velopment and the natn’s first gay retirement muny, neher of which me to un. When police raid gay bars the 1950s and 1960s, they forced dividual patrons to a unified ristance.
While queer people still fd themselv battlg agast polil opportunists and homophobic polici, bars and clubs play ls of a role the stggle.