Overheard in Tampa Bay: TBGLCC is ‘mixing’ it up
New band forming for Tampa Pride If you plan an instrument or have ever twirled a flag or a rifle, you have a chance to be part of the brand new Tampa Bay Pride Band. The new organization, led by John...
View ArticleIssue 22.04: Love for a Lifetime
Love for a lifetime: Long-term relationships really can work and we found the couples to prove it and share how it’s done, Readers share their Valentines, Melissa Manchester credits LGBTs for her...
View ArticleTampa Pride Guide 2015
The inaugural Tampa Pride happens Saturday, March 28 in YBor City, Tampa! Read up on all you need to know for the spectacular event here. The post Tampa Pride Guide 2015 appeared first on Watermark...
View ArticleOne commissioner refuses to sign Pride proclamation
Tampa – In a momentous show of support for the LGBT community, Hillsborough County Commissioners signed a proclamation recognizing March 28 as Tampa Pride day in the county. That is, all but one...
View ArticleInaya Day talks her musical journey, her favorite Pride memories and the...
She was surrounded by music growing up, mostly classical and chorale music from a young age. Now she spends most of her days laying down beats, collaborating with other DJs and writing songs for house...
View ArticleOverheard in Tampa Bay: Bears giving a helping hand
Off to The Villages It was a packed crowd at the Gulfport Casino as women from throughout Tampa Bay gathered to celebrate the retirement of Suzanne Noe. Noe, the founder of ProSuzy.com, stepped away...
View ArticleIssue 22.08: Gay Geeks!
Game On! LGBT geeks find their tribe, podcast their passions and gear up to infiltrate MegaCon 2015, Fired from a Winter Park school, lesbian teachers fight back, Tampa Pride attendance tops 35,000,...
View Article4.23.15 Editor’s Desk
Healthy competition is good. It motivates both parties to reach new goals and allows benchmarks to be celebrated together. But there seems to be an unhealthy competition brewing in Tampa Bay, and I...
View ArticlePolice Chief Jane Castor set to retire after more than 30 years with Tampa...
Tampa – At the close of business on May 8, Jane Castor will no longer be the chief of police for the Tampa Police Department. After more than three decades in law enforcement, the recent grand marshal...
View ArticleTampa Bay’s Overheard
Venice Theatre’s Hair, directed by Ben Vereen, is setting record ticket sales The rock musical Hair is setting record tickets sales for the Venice Theatre. Could this be because of a new found love of...
View ArticleOverheard in Tampa Bay: Zombie theatre, trans sensitivity training and Tampa...
freeFall is overrun by zombies With the fall approaching, we can expect a few things to be seen everywhere we turn: pumpkin-spice everything, theater and zombies! Not sure if there will be any pumpkin...
View ArticleOverheard in Tampa Bay: Avatar acrobats, a Pride cruise, Christmas in Ybor...
They’re blue, da ba dee da ba die Have you longed to see the giant, blue nature-loving Na’vi tribe tangling tails since seeing them in James Cameron’s 2009 smash hit AVATAR? If so, you are not alone....
View ArticleTampa Pride 2016 Guide
Tampa Pride is back for a second year and prepared to be bigger and better with a move to Centennial Park! The post Tampa Pride 2016 Guide appeared first on Watermark Online.
View ArticleTampa Pride looks to spark some of that magic from last year’s inaugural...
Carrie West, President of Tampa Pride, has been around for a long time, and there are many things he is proud of in his more than 30 years in the Tampa Bay area. He moved to region in the early 1980s...
View Article3.24.16 Editor’s Desk
If indeed America loves its second chances and good things come in threes – except maybe celebrity deaths, right? – then it’s fair to say that, even in this shifting sociopolitical landscape of rancor...
View ArticleA toast and a stumble through 2016, the year we will never forget
We could go on and on about our gripes with the letter “P” this year, generally circulating around two terms: “Pulse” and “Politics.” So, indeed, that’s what we’ll do. Though we may have seen some...
View ArticleTampa Bay’s Overheard: A Proud Bay
Friends in Good Places In the fight for equality, the LGBTQ community has always appreciated the backing of our straight allies. One of those allies in St. Petersburg has always been Barclay Harless. A...
View ArticleTampa Bay’s Overheard: Queer cities and pageant Queens
Queer Bay St. Petersburg and Tampa were named among the “Queerest Cities in America 2017” by The Advocate. What makes them so queer you may ask? Well lucky for you The Advocate gave the criteria they...
View ArticleTampa Bay’s Overheard: Mary’s, Monet and Marshals
That Mary sure does get around The glitz and glam are heading to Brandon with the opening of a new Hamburger Mary’s restaurant on Town Center Blvd. The new drag stop is set to announce its opening date...
View ArticleThe Proud invade GaYbor for the third annual Tampa Pride celebration
TAMPA – The Ybor City Historic District will play host again to the third annual Tampa Pride celebration Saturday, March 25. “Tampa Pride is in several parts this year,” says Carrie West, Tampa Pride’s...
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