Out the Sun: Florida’s Top 10 Gay Beach | VISIT FLORIDA

Contents:

• THE BT GAY-FRIENDLY BEACH ST. PETE/CLEARWATER
• OUT THE SUN: FLORIDA’S TOP 10 GAY BEACH
• OUT THE SUN: FLORIDA'S TOP 10 GAY BEACH
•  FLORIDA LBIAN AND GAY BARS, RTRANTS, LODGG, PRI EVENT, BS MAPS
• EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS TREASURE ISLAND
• SUNSET GAY BEACH
• HE’S THE TREASURE ISLAND MAYOR, HE’S GAY AND FALLY HIS ‘THENTIC SELF’

THE BT GAY-FRIENDLY BEACH ST. PETE/CLEARWATER

Pete/Clearwater has been risg populary as a gay travel statn the last few years, and ’s clear why. It’s been nicknamed “the gay beach” for s mostly LGBTQ beachgoers. From gay Florida party statns such as Miami, Key Wt and Fort Lrdale to mellow, seclud spots St.

Pete Beach and Sarasota, here are some of bt gay beach Florida. The most popular gay beach Miami is mostly a hangout for men, but you’ll also fd lbians and straights soakg up the sun wh lols.

It’s across the street om the Palace Rtrant & Bar, a gay hangout that has been welg sunbathers for the past 25 years.

OUT THE SUN: FLORIDA’S TOP 10 GAY BEACH

Bt time to vis: In March, when the Wter Party, the biggt gay beach party North Ameri, tak place. At 2½ long, Smathers is big pared to other beach on this ty island of Key Wt, one of the natn’s top statns for gay travelers. Info: Gay Key Wt Visor Center.

The most popular gay beach  Fort Lrdale is across the street om the Rz-Carlton and wh blocks of some of the cy’s gay rorts and gutho.

One of the wt ast’s premiere gay beach, bohemian Sunset Beach is on the southern tip of St.

OUT THE SUN: FLORIDA'S TOP 10 GAY BEACH

Bt tim to vis: In October for the Tampa Bay Internatnal Gay and Lbian Film Ftival, or June for St.

Info: Tampa Bay Internatnal Gay and Lbian Films Ftival, St. Bt tim to vis: In October for the Tampa Bay Internatnal Gay and Lbian Film Ftival, ; June for St. Smathers Beach Key Wt, one of the natn’s top statns for gay travelers.

Pete Beach, the breathtakg, stic North Beach area of this unty park has a northern expanse near the end of the island where gays and lbians ngregate.

 FLORIDA LBIAN AND GAY BARS, RTRANTS, LODGG, PRI EVENT, BS MAPS

The quiet northern reach of this whe sand key is popular wh gay sunbathers Sarasota. There’s an unofficial gay meet-up at Guana’s first beach accs pot, reached by a boardwalk that wds down a 40-foot-tall dune system to a priste stretch of seclud sand. Pensala Beach cy near the Alabama borr may not seem like the most gay-iendly spot, but ’s been a beach getaway for LGBTQ folks om the South for a long time, particularly for Gay Memorial Day Weekend, which started rmally the 1980s and has grown to a huge gatherg, drawg thoands to late-night circu parti wh well-known profsnal DJs and rmal tent parti on the beach.

Bt time to vis: May for the Pensala Gay Memorial Day Weekend.

About 20 mut north of South Beach, Hlover Park Beach is one of the bt-known clothg-optnal beach Florida and ’s gay-iendly.

EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS TREASURE ISLAND

Only the north part of the 1½-e priste, whe stretch of sand at this gay beach the Miami area is legated for urban nu sunbathers. Stonewall Beach, a swath of sand near the Pompano Beach pier, was unoffilly named by lol gay rints on the 51st anniversary of the Stonewall Rts, a seri of spontaneo monstratns followg police raids New York's Greewich Village 1969. Pete Beach and Sarasota, here are some of Sunshe State's bt gay-iendly beach.

The most popular gay beach Miami, 's mostly a hangout for men, but you'll also fd lbians and straights soakg up the sun wh lols. It's across the street om the Palace Rtrant & Bar, a gay hangout that has been welg sunbathers for the past 25 years. At 12th Street and Ocean time to vis: In March, when the Wter Party, the biggt gay beach party North Ameri, tak place.

Smathers Beach, Key WtAt 2½ long, Smathers is big pared to other beach on this ty island, one of the natn's top statns for gay travelers.

SUNSET GAY BEACH

Sebastian Street Beach, Fort LrdaleThe most popular gay beach Fort Lrdale, 's across the street om the Rz-Carlton and wh blocks of some of the cy's gay rorts and gutho. At Sebastian Street and North Fort Lrdale Beach Drive (A1A) tim to go: In March for PriFt Week; May for Beach Bear Weekend; October, when the Fort Lrdale Gay & Lbian Film Ftival tak place, or June for Stonewall Summer Pri.

Petersburg's Sunset BeachOne of the wt ast's premiere gay beach, bohemian Sunset Beach is on the southern tip of St. Gulf Blvd., Treasure time to go: In October for the Internatnal Gay and Lbian Film Ftival or June for St.

North Lido Beach, SarasotaThe quiet northern reach of this whe sand key is popular wh gay sunbathers. There's an unofficial gay meet-up at Guana's first beach accs pot, reached by a boardwalk that wds down a 40-foot-tall dune system to a priste stretch of seclud sand.

HE’S THE TREASURE ISLAND MAYOR, HE’S GAY AND FALLY HIS ‘THENTIC SELF’

Pensala BeachThis Panhandle cy near the Alabama borr may not seem like the most gay-iendly spot, but 's been a beach getaway for LGBT folks om the South for a long time, particularly for Gay Memorial Day Weekend, which started rmally the 1980s and has grown to a huge gatherg, drawg thoands to late-night circu parti wh well-known profsnal DJs and rmal tent parti on the beach. The iendlit beach is on County Road 399, two past the Gulf Islands Natnal Seashore to go: May for the Pensala Gay Memorial Day Weekend. About 20 mut north of South Beach, 's the only legal clothg-optnal beach Florida and 's gay-iendly.

Hlover is also very popular wh gay naturists om around the globe, says Seth Paronick, a member of the board of ernors of the B.

Enjoy Hlover by day and the gay nightlife Fort Lrdale. From private rooms and apartments to LGBTQ-iendly hotels, you have the optn to stay the heart of gay districts as well as other neighborhoods the plac you vis. A loft Soho, a shared room Barcelona or the Castro, a gay-iendly hotel Le Marais or Chelsea, experience misterb&b all gay travel statns!