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Contents:

• 10 REASONS EVERY GAY 20-SOMETHG SHOULD GO TO KEY WT BEFORE THEY’RE 30
• EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS KEY WT
• NEW ORLEANS HOE - GAY MEN ADULT RORT
• TRAVEL THURSDAY: EXPLORE THE WATER SPORTS, GAY SPAC, AND LOL ATMOSPHERE OF KEY WT

10 REASONS EVERY GAY 20-SOMETHG SHOULD GO TO KEY WT BEFORE THEY’RE 30

Alexanr’s LGBTQA+ Guthoe is proudly gay –owned and operated. Loted jt a ltle unr a e walk om Bourbon Street and the gay area, this morn farmhoe is impecbly well-groomed and efficiently signed. 18, 2005Correctn AppendFOR s, the remote Florida town of Key Wt has been a refuge for gay tourists, a kd of Southern bookend to Provcetown, Mass.

-- a place where drag shows, all-male gut ho (plete wh munal hot tubs) and a spir of unbridled hedonism attracted everyone om closeted Midwt acuntants to Tennsee recently, soarg real tate pric and the populary of events like Fantasy Ft -- an annual bacchanal of of paras, masquera balls and celebry look-alike ntts that began as an AIDS fundraiser 1979 and has sce evolved to a dnken open-air party that would be right at home on aterny row -- have begun to attract a more heterogeno crowd, one that n at tim make Key Wt look like any other tourist town gettg ready for Sprg n feel the change at the Lighthoe Court, a popular -- some would say notor -- gay-only Whehead Street guthoe that recently went "all wele, " the lol phemism for acceptg heterosexual guts as well as gays. And 's obv clear across Old Town at the Heron Hoe Court, formerly known as the Flr Key and long one of the premier gay-only gutho on the island. "I'd say Key Wt is ls gay iendly than was 10 years ago, " said Gregory Gearhart, a hairdrser om Fort Lrdale who viss three tim a year.

Gearhart was stg at the Atlantic Shor pool bar, an inic gay hangout that plans to close next year. "Actually, I wouldn't say 's gay uniendly. "Of urse, Key Wt retas a gay sensibily.

EXPLORE GAY ROOMS & RENTALS KEY WT

There are gay tourist charters to the Dry Tortugas and gay sunset cis to the Florida Stras. "Key Wt was the first Amerin cy to openly rec gay tourists, and current ads are specifilly aimed at gay travelers. A gay and lbian trolley tour rolls down gay guthoe row on Flemg Street, passg the Equator, Conut Grove, Oasis and the Coral Tree Inn.

NEW ORLEANS HOE - GAY MEN ADULT RORT

The Island Hoe on Flemg not only remas gay-only, also featur a clothg-optnal Duval, the La Te Da baret ntu to offer drag queen reviews. At the Bourbon Street Pub, a man a tight pk tank-top still looks right at for many longtime gay visors to this 5.

TRAVEL THURSDAY: EXPLORE THE WATER SPORTS, GAY SPAC, AND LOL ATMOSPHERE OF KEY WT

9-square-e island, loted about 150 southwt of Miami, there is a growg sense that Key Wt is no longer the gay statn once was.

Some of is a generatnal shift, as younger gay travelers n take their choice of gay-iendly statns like South Beach, Palm Sprgs, Puerto Vallarta and even -- unlikely as seems -- the shifts are a reflectn of more signifint chang Key Wt self.

Once a low-st retreat for those who wanted to get away om all -- both gay and straight -- is now one of the most expensive real tate markets the untry. In the pool, men fluorcent bikis stood submerged almost to their nostrils, motnls like Everglas alligators stalkg a survey of gay tourists nducted by the Key Wt Bs Guild, several rponnts specifilly mentned the Atlantic Shor as their favore thg about Key Wt.

"It wasn't a slight agast the gay muny at all. "At Pearl's Rabow, a former cigar factory that is the island's only women-only guthoe, Lorae Quigley remaed optimistic about the island's gay-iendly inty. "I wouldn't say there's a trend to elimate gay gutho, " she said.

There was talk of movg to Wilton Manors, a growg gay enclave outsi Fort Lrdale. "Key Wt is not gog to be the gay Mec that was, " Charlie Barry, 42, said.

It's not gog to be a gay Key Wt. Correctn: November 25, 2005, Friday An article last Friday about the cle of gay-only ns Key Wt misstated the orig of the annual Fantasy Ft there.

Tropil Heat is brgg a new wave of gay parti and events to Key Wt, Florida, this Augt. While the island has tons of LGBTQ events, Tropil Heat is the most popular men’s-only event for gay visors and lols alike. You may have raged Vegas or taken a big be of the Big Apple NYC, but Key Wt offers gay travelers an utterly unique vatn spot that blends fun the sun wh the “One Human Fay” ethos that's ma a mt-vis for the LGBT muny.

The acclaimed all-male, clothg-optnal rort is an idyllic getaway for any gay man. No trip to Key Wt would be plete whout a ri aboard the Blu Q, Key Wt's longt-nng all-gay charter. As the first Amerin cy to openly rec gay tourists, Key Wt still provis many gay activi Key Wt!

Along wh our historil mms, theatr and water sports, Key Wt also offers a whole host of activi that are specifilly gay iendly. Gay Key Wt Visors Gui. The Gay Key Wt Visors Center is a fantastic rource!

They offer a map and directory of gay iendly Key Wt bs, disunt upons and general rmatn. The Gay Key Wt Visors Center was found by the Key Wt Bs Guild, a nonprof anizatn voted to promotg Key Wt to LGBTA travelers. On their webse, you n fd plac to stay, vis and learn about the “Heart of Duval” of Gay Key Wt.

Learn about gay iendly bars, rtrants, shops and more! The Place to Fd Gay Activi Key Wt and More! Key Wt, the southernmost pot the Uned Stat, has long been known as a gay getaway and is even nsired by many to be the origal gay vatn spot.

However, as gayborhoods have faced encroachg gentrifitn and some members of the LGBT muny have left gay bars and barrs favor of geo-social datg apps, some have wonred whether gay hotspots like Key Wt are still worth visg. A quick look at all that's gay and great Key Wt prov that this historic gay statn is still relevant, and fact, even more so than ever for young gay men.

Wh that md, we cid to put together our top 10 reasons every gay 20-somethg should vis Key Wt before they're thirty.