When you thk about the gayt parts of the U.S., Florida don’t exactly sprg to md… But you’d be mistaken! Greater Fort Lrdale is nsired the 2nd gayt place the U.S. (after Provcetown), terms of LGBT+ persons per 1,000. Who’d have ever thought? This is mostly bee of the
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7 REASONS TO VIS FORT LRDALE, FLORIDA’S GAY CAPAL
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Known as the “LGBTQ muny’s Smhsonian, ” the South Florida nonprof is the largt gay library and archive the Uned Stat, attractg 8, 000 visors a year.
In addn to a Fort Lrdale-based circulatg library of gay lerature and perdils, featur a 2, 000-square foot gallery nearby Wilton Manors wh changg exhibs and a permanent timele of Amerin LGBTQ history. 2 percent of the populatn intifi as lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr, acrdg to Gallup polls.
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The ems were donated to the mm by Bryant’s gay publicist.
Florida’s Stonewall trac s begngs back to 1973, when 19-year-old Florida Atlantic Universy stunt Mark Silber began gatherg books and magaz to better unrstand his homosexualy.
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Organizers named “Stonewall” to honor the signifince of the 1969 Stonewall rts New York Cy the early years of the morn gay rights movement. The Stonewall Natnal Mm, Archiv, & Library (SNMAL) is one of the largt gay archiv and librari the Uned Stat, turng 50 years old this year.
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