Thgs to Do Miami: LGBTQ and Gay Events and Parti 2022 | Miami New Tim

Contents:

• WILTON MANORS: SOUTH FLORIDA’S MOST FAMO GAYBORHOOD
• GREAT GAY BARS AND RTRANTS TO VIS SOUTH FLORIDA
• SOUTH FLORIDA GAY NEWS STAFF LOOK BACK AT LEGACY, HOPE FOR REBIRTH
• GAY MEN'S CHOS OF SOUTH FLORIDAGAY MEN'S CHOS OF SOUTH FLORIDAGAY MEN'S CHOS OF SOUTH FLORIDAGAY MEN'S CHOS OF SOUTH FLORIDAINSPIRG DIENC, OPENG MDS, CHANGG HEARTS, AFFIRMG OUR MON HUMANYCONCERTSAUDNGAY MEN'S CHOS OF SOUTH FLORIDA
• MIAMI GAY DISTRICT: SOUTH BEACH
• TEAM OF NOW-FUNCT PUBLITN: SOUTH FLORIDA GAY NEWS ‘MAY BE GONE. BUT WE ARE NOT. STAY TUNED’
• MOVG TO GAY FLORIDA? THG TO KNOW BEFORE RELOTG HERE AS AN LGBT PERSON!
• ‘SOUTH FLORIDA GAY NEWS’ CLOS WEEKS AFTER ATH OF FOUNR NORM KENT
• GAY AND LESBIAN COMMUNITY CENTER OF SOUTH FLORIDA

WILTON MANORS: SOUTH FLORIDA’S MOST FAMO GAYBORHOOD

Wilton Manors, South Florida’s famo gayborhood, b a small-town atmosphere wh all the ameni of urban life. Wilton Manors gayborhood Florida has a lot to offer: walkabily, waterways, and wildlife – as the kd that liv the wild, and the kd that is wild.

It’s also “the epicenter of the gay muny South Florida, ” says rint Jason Gonzalez.

GREAT GAY BARS AND RTRANTS TO VIS SOUTH FLORIDA

Acrdg to the 2010 Cens, Wilton Manors is the untry’s “Send Gayt Cy” – at least terms of upl. It began about the time DeRosa first moved there, about the time Geie’s Alibi, the first major gay bar, opened a board-up bank branch up the block om where To The Moon now stands.

There’s The Pk Submare, Gaysha New World Shi Bar, and Out of the Closet, a nonprof, send-hand goods shop beneftg medil re for patients wh HIV/AIDS. The acceptg ambience has led South Florida Gay News to name Wilton Manors “Bt Cy”– twice.

SOUTH FLORIDA GAY NEWS STAFF LOOK BACK AT LEGACY, HOPE FOR REBIRTH

“South Florida’s most famo gayborhood b a small-town atmosphere wh all the ameni of urban life, ” wrote the send time, 2013. “It’s difficult to go anywhere Wilton Manors and not assume everyone is gay. I kd of have to check myself every once a while and say, ‘Qu assumg everyone is gay, Jason, ’” says Gonzalez.

“There are plac that gays don’t feel fortable, ” says Rick Wootten, a clerk at Out of the Closet. But there’s more to Wilton Manors gayborhood Florida than food and shops.

This gay-iendly der boasts an extensive selectn of illy named dish such as the ka’monawannalaya fish dip and the Ivana Hooker burger topped wh bl chee and ban, pl bowls, salads, wraps, sandwich, and more.

GAY MEN'S CHOS OF SOUTH FLORIDAGAY MEN'S CHOS OF SOUTH FLORIDAGAY MEN'S CHOS OF SOUTH FLORIDAGAY MEN'S CHOS OF SOUTH FLORIDAINSPIRG DIENC, OPENG MDS, CHANGG HEARTS, AFFIRMG OUR MON HUMANYCONCERTSAUDNGAY MEN'S CHOS OF SOUTH FLORIDA

Self-scribed as Ameri’s most “popular gay sports bar, ” guts n tch the game on one of the many flatscreen TVs si the space while dg on fort food, sippg on ld beverag, or playg bar gam like darts. Partake a daily happy hour, channel your ner Freddie Mercury or Gloria Gaynor on s Monday and Tuday karaoke nights, put your knowledge to the tt on Tuday trivia nights, and get that workout wh dance rd to the wee hours of the night ever Sunday. This gay-iendly hotel featur a popular bar wh daily events that are open to the public.

South Florida Gay News released s last issue on May 25, 2023.

When LGBTQ activist and South Florida Gay News founr Norm Kent succumbed to pancreatic ncer April, his team knew they wanted to keep his legacy — and the newspaper — alive. Wyse and Parsley published their last issue on May 25 and cid to shut down South Florida Gay News (SFGN). "There are so many stori out there that need to be vered, and this year, this legislative ssn pecially, ’s jt been an onslght, one after the other, " Parsley says, potg to a rerd number of bills targetg LGBTQ people Florida, cludg the "Don’t Say Gay" expansn bill and legislatn rtrictg e of state funds for trans healthre.

MIAMI GAY DISTRICT: SOUTH BEACH

Before SFGN, Kent found another lol LGBTQ news outlet 1999, Exprs Gay News.

For stance, Tony Lima, former executive director of one of South Florida’s most proment LGBTQ advocy groups, SAVE LGBT, was oted om his posn 2019 after his actns rponse to a hate crime that jured two gay men at Miami Beach Pri the year prr. However, the state attorney and vio footage suggted otherwise, acrdg to the SFGN article, "SAVE Gala Stunner: Acced Gay Bashers Celebrated. Police officials claimed Verdugo was fired bee he had not disclosed that he acted a 15-mute gay porn scene three years before he beme an officer.

Who we areMissn and VisnMissn and VisnThe Gay Men's Chos of South Florida (GMCSF) brgs live mic and entertament to the muny through large-sle, ma-stage ncerts high-profile venu, muny-based engagements, and volunteer projects. Wh more than 170 sgg members, GMCSF is the most proment gay men's chos the southeastern Uned Stat and the untry's top 10 largt nonprof LGBTQ+ chos. It is not surprisg that the cy is a meetg pot of jet setters and the ternatnal gay muny.

TEAM OF NOW-FUNCT PUBLITN: SOUTH FLORIDA GAY NEWS ‘MAY BE GONE. BUT WE ARE NOT. STAY TUNED’

South Beach, often referred to as SoBe, is the ma gay area of Miami and is separated om the rt of the cy, on an island. Along wh a host of gay-iendly venu, Ocean Drive is also graced wh unhibed astal views and art buildgs typil to Florida. Where Ocean Drive cross wh 12th Street, you’ll fd a popular stretch of gay beach, which is rated wh rabow flags.

This is a great place to lap up some vam D and meet other gay travelers. If you’re lookg for other gay beach Miami, head to Hlover Beach, which is loted to the north of the cy, by Bal Harbour. Hlover Beach is Miami’s only legal clothg-optnal beach, and is popular wh a gay crowd.

For more on gay beach Florida, check out our blog post.

MOVG TO GAY FLORIDA? THG TO KNOW BEFORE RELOTG HERE AS AN LGBT PERSON!

In terms of gay entertament optns Miami, the optns are endls. This is one of the bt plac to go gay clubbg South Beach, and offers seven different bars along wh plenty of dancg.

Before South Beach beme the LGBTQ hotspot Miami, much gay life uld be found Conut Grove. Although not as popular as once was, Conut Grove still attracts a gay crowd, and November the area is host to the popular Whe Party. Not far om Conut Grove, you will also fd Club Aqua which is one of the bt gay snas Miami.

Lol NewsOUTSFL to serve LGBTQ+ muny startg JuneMIAMI – After more than a of service to the lbian, gay, bisexual, transgenr, and queer muny, the South Florida Gay News has e to an a short statement, SFGN publisher Jason Parsley, Jt Wyse, and the SFGN team announced on Thursday that was no longer “feasible” to ntue nng the publitn. Deane School of Law at Hofstra Universy 1975 and was a proponent of legalizg marijuana the 1980s and 90s, The Miami Herald and The Sun Sentel reported on his work as an advote for vulnerable homels teenagers — some of whom had been disowned by their fai for beg, who ntued makg headl for his advocy work, was also a lumnist for Playbill magaze and he had a rad show on WFTL AM before gog to niche publishg about four years of lnchg Exprs Gay News, Kent sold to Wdow Media, which ran as South Florida Bla and later went out of 2009, The Miami Herald reported that a new LGBT newspaper was gog to lnch January 2010. 7 Milln Ribbons of Support — And Countg02 Augt 2023LolCommuny Ralli Around Gay Bashg Victim01 Augt 2023Miami-DaBrandon Wolf: The Florida I Moved to is Not the Florida of Today31 July 2023FeatureLattOutSFL Weekly LGBTQ+ News Update and Communy Support | WATCH09 Augt 2023Viosby Queer News TonightIn the vibrant heart of South Florida, LGBTQ+ news and muny support have found a powerful voice through the "OUTSFL Weekly LGBTQ+ News Update and Communy Support" iative.

‘SOUTH FLORIDA GAY NEWS’ CLOS WEEKS AFTER ATH OF FOUNR NORM KENT

High School League Policy on Trans Athlet to Rema Unchanged27 July 2023by Staff Reports, The Washgton BlaOut Natn: Voters Have the Chance to Overturn Anti-gay Law; Bs Owner Discrimat Agast Trans People26 July 2023by Mary RasuraDC Approv LGBTQ-clive Social Studi Standards24 July 2023by John McDonaldOut Natn: Tennsee is Allowed to Enforce Ban on Trans Healthre; AG Su to Impose Assigned Sex on State IDs19 July 2023by Mary Rasura. To help queer folx who are nsirg movg to Gay Florida, we have put together this gui om experts on the ground, nsirg the pros and ns of life here, discsg LGBT rights Florida and whether Florida embrac our muny. We also take a look at the most gay-iendly ci Florida, and LGBT muny anizatns Florida that you should be aware of!

Dpe the headl, much of Florida n be nsired a very gay-iendly state. You n fd lively gay enclav wh rabow-pated siwalks, LGBTQ+owned bs and fai where all inti are wele!

The Florida Legislative Invtigatn Commtee ma an effort to drive out LGBTQ stunts om schools the 1950s and 1960s by nmng gay teachers and stroyg their reers.

GAY AND LESBIAN COMMUNITY CENTER OF SOUTH FLORIDA

More recently, Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law says public school teachers may not stct on sexual orientatn or genr inty gras krgarten through third gra, which has fuelled anti-LGBTQ hate. To rce the strs of your relotn, we remend engagg a gay realtor Florida early the procs to help you fd your new perfect home there the most gay-iendly areas. Highlights Of Movg To Gay FloridaLGBTQ+ Rights In The USADo Florida Embrace The LGBTQ Communy?