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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. 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