The Tampa Bay regn is often referred to as Tampa Gay. Put this LGBTQ-iendly statn at the to of your travel list.
Contents:
- VIS GAY TAMPA: FLORIDA TRAVEL GUI
- TAMPA'S GAY BARS & CLUBS: INTRODUCG THE GAYBOR DISTRICT
- 12 BT GAY BEACH IN FLORIDA YOU SHOULD VIS
- THE BEST TAMPA GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS TAMPA
VIS GAY TAMPA: FLORIDA TRAVEL GUI
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Explore the brick-led streets of GaYBOR (a LGBTQ-iendly llective of 200+ bs loted historic Ybor Cy) to the scmpt rtrant scene, Tampa Bay is Florida's most welg statn wh treasur hidn around every rner. A Historic Gayborhood2.
A Historic Gayborhood That’s right: Tampa has a dited gayborhood that’s brimmg wh ol shops, rtrants, bars, and arts and culture tablishments.
The historic Ybor Cy is a neighborhood Tampa that is fondly referred to as Gaybor Cy.
TAMPA'S GAY BARS & CLUBS: INTRODUCG THE GAYBOR DISTRICT
A aln of gay and gay-iendly bs Tampa began four years ago agast the backdrop of a popular nightclub and rtrant strip Y-Bor Cy. * gay things to do tampa *
Another much loved gay-iendly neighborhood worth checkg out is Semole Heights. Tampa’s Internatnal Gay and Lbian Film Ftival is one of the untry’s largt and longt nng events of s kd.
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.
12 BT GAY BEACH IN FLORIDA YOU SHOULD VIS
There are clive spots the sun for LGBTQ travelers throughout Florida, but the gay-iendly statns really roll out the rabow rpet. * gay things to do tampa *
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. A iend the Keys told about 'GaYbor' and we me here and were surprised.
THE BEST TAMPA GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS TAMPA
Lookg for LGBTQ-iendly neighborhoods Tampa? Our gui vers all the ma attractns Tampa Bay’s most gay-iendly areas. * gay things to do tampa *
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. There are very few tablishments on 7th avenue that are not members of GayBor.
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The Hampton Inn & Su and Hilton Garn Inn both offer disunts to bs the neighborhood, and the lser-known Ybor Rort and Spa boutique hotel is the Tampa Bay area’s only gay bathhoe. Like the rt of Ybor Cy, GaYbor is livelit at night, when the bars and rtrants fill up and the dance mic pumps through the streets, often for chary events.
(1401 East Seventh Avenue) has been around sce the ceptn of the GaYbor movement and is a favore among lol gays and lbians. Bradley’s on 7th (1510 East Seventh Avenue) has more of a sports bar vibe durg the day but be more flamboyant at night, when gay DJs arrive and create a dance party.
For wilr, high-energy gay clubs Tampa, the Honey Pot (1507 East Seventh Avenue) has three levels and is often mixed wh gay and straight patrons attracted to the mic and drk specials. Wt said ’s been fun watchg GaYbor ga attentn as a hot gay tourism spot, seeg more and more out-of-state, and sometim foreign, visors, as well as an flux of lol rints movg to the area. He’s proud of how began, wh jt a few gay bs hopg to fd a succsful f.