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

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• HOW IS THE GAY LIFE FORTALEZA? - FORTALEZA FOM
• GAY BARRA MAR E SOL - PRAIA DO FUTURO
• THE BEST FORTALEZA GAY CLUBS & BARSGAY CLUBS & BARS FORTALEZA
• GAY AND GAY-IENDLY HOTELS FORTALEZA
• THE BT GAY BEACH FLORIDA
• JAGUARS ACH KEV MAXEN OUT AS GAY HISTORIC ANNOUNCEMENT
• GAY ACODATNS, BARS, BEACH FORTALEZA - FORTALEZA FOM
• GAY BRAZIL
• THE BT GAY BEACH FORT LRDALE
• OUT THE SUN: FLORIDA’S TOP 10 GAY BEACH

HOW IS THE GAY LIFE FORTALEZA? - FORTALEZA FOM

The beach at Meirel is cleaner than Praia Iracema but is equally gay iendly (some argue that Meirel is the more gay iendly of the two). McCoy for The New York TimHis Sexualy Don’t Defe Him, but It Can Set Him ApartEric Bach is an openly gay broadster for the Frericksburg Natnals.

Three years earlier, while he was studyg journalism at Michigan State Universy, he had publicly e out as gay an say he wrote for Outsports.At the time of the say, he braced for a backlash, but nothg materialized. He worked his way up om ternships to full-time broadstg jobs, and while anyone wh an ter nnectn uld learn he was gay, nobody asked, and he did not say so aga publicly. It was paful at the time — the worst thg that had happened to him as a gay man, he said — but has reced far enough to his memory that did not e to md an hourlong terview about his experienc as a gay broadster.

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As far as Bach knows — and as far as many of his unterparts wh other teams are aware — there are no other openly gay broadsters the sport. McCoy for The New York TimBorn to BroadstLong before he knew he was gay, Bach knew he wanted to be a sports broadster.His father was a ach, and a love of sports ran through the fay.

He didn’t take them personally, but they ma him unfortable, as did the ia of g out.“I knew the stuff wasn’t directed at me,” Bach said, “but I was thkg, ‘Oh, is this how ’s gog to be for me my entire life?’”By the start of his sophomore year at Michigan State, Bach was ready to tell his parents that he was gay, tchg his father off guard but nfirmg what his mother had prevly assumed. He did each job to the bt of his abily, and his sexualy never me up.Still, he has found that there’s a difference between beg a gay man baseball and beg pletely fortable as one.ImageKnown as the FredNats, the Class A Natnals play at Virgia Cred Unn Stadium Frericksburg, Va.Cred...Michael A.

Bach and Manager Jake Lowery had been enjoyg a meanrg chat when the young broadster sprang a self-nsc qutn.“I was sually like, ‘You know I’m gay, right?’” Bach said.

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That uncertaty mak him feel self-nsc a way he believ is mon for gay people mostly straight spac.“I feel like that’s the burn a lot of gay people live wh — tryg to be perfect for straight people,” he said.His job requir equent teractn wh the players and the achg staff — addn to his duti as play-by-play announcer, Bach also is the ma public relatns ntact for the team — and he said he hadn’t fully relaxed any of them. The environment is not hostile, but Bach never fets that he is the only openly gay person the room.ImageIn a small operatn like a Class A team, Bach teracts wh the players que regularly. Cred...Edward Mrer/Frericksburg NatnalsThat feelg is somewhat “self-flicted,” Bach said, but he believ the solutn is to brg more openly gay people to sports and create a safe environment for those who are already there but have felt necsary to hi their inti.Major League Baseball has touted self as a place of clivy.

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Billy Bean, an openly gay former player, was named the league’s first ambassador for cln 2014 and has sce been promoted to senr vice print and special assistant to Commissner Rob Maned.

In Febary, Anrson Comás, a mor leaguer the Chigo Whe Sox anizatn, me out as gay wh a post on Instagram, and the announcement was met wh public support om his club and some people around the game.Other cints suggt there is more work to be done. The Boston Red Sox lled up a mor leaguer, Matt Dermody, who had posted an anti-gay msage on Twter 2021, and Anthony Bass, a reliever for the Toronto Blue Jays, reposted a vio on social media that lled for boytts of L.G.B.T.Q.-iendly pani.Dermody and Bass were subsequently released by their teams, though their poor performance on the field was most likely a major factor those cisns.“I don’t thk some silly Rob Maned iative is gog to help anythg,” Bach said of the league’s creatg a diversy fellowship.

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But he has also cid that if he is to achieve his dream of llg major sports, he don’t want to leave part of himself behd.“Those of that are this very small mory sports have to keep on havg the nversatns, keep on workg really ick’ hard to earn your spot this space,” he said.He aspir to be a gay person at home a big-league booth.

McCoy for The New York TimA versn of this article appears prt on  , Sectn A, Page 27 of the New York edn wh the headle: A Gay Broadster Climbs the Ladr, But It’s Been Lonely. Lol NewsMIAMI – The diplomatic ti between the Uned Stat and Jamai uld soon be jeopardy.There are reports that Jamai is refg to accred the spoe of a gay Amerin diplomat.“Our culture is not really acceptg of ,” said Renae Stevens, who was visg the Jamain nsulate Miami Wednday.Attorney Wayne Goldg is an advisor to Jamai’s ernment.“The whole ia of legislatn to legalize same-sex marriag, I thk they still have a long way to go,” he said. Wright, her cisn now go to the school board, which will discs the book challenge at s Monday meetg agenda and vote on a cisn on Tallahassee mom who submted the challenge, Katie Lyons, said her dghter, then a send grar at a lol elementary school, brought home the children's book about Kg, a tennis legend who is gay — and also brought qutns to her mother about a page regardg Kg's sexual orientatn.

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“It is important that be ma clear that this book was challenged not bee the book mentns Billie Jean Kg is gay, ” Lyons told the school board at a meetg last week.

Regardls of orientatn, homosexual or heterosexual, the topic of sexual orientatn is not age-appropriate or velopmentally-appropriate for elementary stunts.

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"I object to material that discs beg gay and what means to be gay, " wrote page drawg the challenge reads: "Around this time, I realized I was gay.

Beg gay means that if you're a girl, you love and have romantic feelgs for other girls — and if you're a boy, you love and have romantic feelgs for other boys.

"Lyons matas the book is ntrary to state law, largely cg the Parental Rights Edutn Act, dubbed "Don't Say Gay" by crics, which prohibs stctn on sexual orientatn or genr inty book challenge law:Florida schools stggle to apply new book law which even Shakpeare is 'spect'Why 's beg challenged:Tallahassee mom mak se that 'I am Billie Jean Kg' book 'g' on parents' rightsWright, her July 10 remendatn, unters that the book isn’t ed as “stctn” and poted to a clarifitn the Florida Department of Edutn issued statg that "cintal referenc" books to LGBTQ people are not also said a new law, HB 1069, directed each school district to adopt procs allowg parents to lim their child’s accs to library material.

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"The excln of one of the profil jt bee of the intifitn of the ma subject as homosexual is not the tentn of any law or statute passed by the Florida Legislature, " Syett Lyons said the parental book review procs is not enough to screen qutnable materials accsible to their stunts. 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! The socially nservative state is also, paradoxilly, one of the most LGBT+ iendly and popular travel statns, so should e as no surprise that thoands of gay guys flock here every year to enjoy the area’s sun-soaked bety. Florida’s beach are also by and popular hubs of activy wh a range of watersports, outdoor pursus, and entertament sued to the terts of any gay ’s our ndown of the bt gay beach Florida.

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Sebastian Street Beach, Fort LrdaleEvery year thoands of gay travelers flock to Sebastian Street Beach to make the most of the priste whe sand, buzzg lol nightlife and large gay muny, makg one of the USA’s most popular gay beach. The beach is suated the heart of Fort Lrdale and is jt a matter of steps away om Las Olas Boulevard, a hotspot for rorts and hotels, the peak tourism months, Sebastian Street n bee very all of this massive beach is explicly gay, however, and the most popular spot for gay tourists and lols is jt between Sebastian and Castillo streets and this area is easy to fd.

The ma hub of gay nightlife and muny Fort Lrdale is Sebastian Street and on the beach, you’re never far away om Fort Lrdale’s bt gay nightlife, wh many of the cy’s most popular and stylish bars loted along this sunny boulevard. However Smather’s Beach is a stunng paradise of warm goln sand and gentle azure Wt has been an LGBT+ tourism hotspot for s bee of a flourishg lol gay muny, an open and clive attu, and a creative spir.

The cy is home to an abundance of gay bars, clubs, and f, and Samther’s Beach is loted close to many of the, cludg 801 Bourbon Bar. Hlover Beach isn’t hidn away or off the beaten track like many nudist beach, the area is fay-iendly and there are distct areas for nudists, meang that there’s somethg here for everybody’s tranquil blue waters make the beach a popular hangout for the lol gay muny. 12th Street Beach, Miami12th Street Beach is immediately regnizable by the rows of pri flags and hoards of hot guys that e to enjoy this stunng slice of sun-soaked gay muny.

OUT THE SUN: FLORIDA’S TOP 10 GAY BEACH

The beach is loted at the meetg pot of 12th Street and Ocean Drive, nveniently loted close to much of the cy’s bt gay nightlife. The central lotn of the beach means that you’ll be suated near to some of the bt beachont dg optns, cludg multiple seafood rtrants, servg the ht More: Miami Gay Lido Beach, SarasotaIf you’re lookg for actn-packed fun and a lively atmosphere, skip North Lido Beach.