Tampa Pride Guide 2017
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View ArticleTampa Pride has a Grand time in GaYbor
The streets of the Ybor City Historic District were filled with people spanning every spectrum of the rainbow for the third annual Tampa Pride celebration March 25. From the street festival on 8th to...
View ArticleTampa Bay’s Overheard: The Flamingo turns 8 and Tampa Pride celebrates 3
The Bronze Age Time to wrap a lovely present and get ready to flock to the Flamingo Resort as it is celebrating its eight-year anniversary. I believe an eight-year anniversary gets either pottery or...
View ArticleTampa Pride kicks off fundraising with a Spooktacular Halloween party
Tampa Pride won’t be held until March 24 next year, but fundraising officially began with a bang and a boo on Oct. 19 at Hamburger Mary’s Brandon. The event’s board, its sponsors and the Mary’s crew...
View ArticleWatermark’s Most Remarkable People 2017: John and Nancy Desmond, Members of...
What a delight it was to have met John and Nancy Desmond at a GaYBOR District meeting in 2010. They have been a super positive force that trumps a lot of gays and lesbians in their commitment to the...
View ArticleWatermark’s Most Remarkable People of 2017
In a year filled with many setbacks and obstacles, the LGBTQ communities in Central Florida and Tampa Bay have met those challenges with amazing resilience and resisted all forms of discrimination. The...
View Article2016 was the worst year ever, and 2017 was the year we found our footing
In these very pages one year ago we proclaimed 2016 to be the worst year ever. It started off with so much promise and optimism, with the official passing of the torch as the former owner of Watermark...
View ArticleTampa Bay Overheard: PRIDE-MINDED
The fourth annual Tampa Pride is just around the corner, and the popular event has revealed this year’s theme: “Diversity Creates Community.” In addition to the announcement, they’re also calling for...
View ArticleTampa Pride announces 2018 grand marshals, grand couple and award recipients
Tampa | Tampa Pride has announced the event’s 2018 grand marshals, grand couple and community award recipients ahead of their fourth annual celebration. Former Tampa Police Department Chief Jane Castor...
View ArticleTampa Bay Overheard: Gays of our Lives
Tampa Pride has announced that actor Christopher Sean will be the celebrity grand marshal for this year’s Diversity Parade. The actor is best known for his recurring role of Gabriel Waincroft on CBS’...
View Article2018 WAVE AWARD WINNERS – TAMPA BAY
FAVORITE LOCAL POLITICIAN/ACTIVIST First: Rick Kriseman, St. Petersburg Mayor Second: Nadine Smith, Equality Florida CEO Third: Bob Buckhorn, Tampa Mayor GREATEST STRAIGHT ALLY TO THE LOCAL LGBTQ...
View Article3.22.18 Publisher’s Desk
The first person I ever came out to was a complete stranger. It was surprisingly easy. The journey to get to that moment was not easy, nor the mountains I would have to climb after; but coming out to a...
View ArticleStudents march for their lives at the fourth annual Tampa Pride
The fight for LGBTQ equality was born when men and women spoke out, stood up and demanded change for a better tomorrow. It’s why we celebrate Pride: to remember our plight and assert that we’ll never...
View ArticleTampa Bay’s Overheard: Welcome to the Fam
A new LGBTQ establishment, self-described as “Tampa’s hottest new gay club,” will soon open its doors at the former “Levi and leather” bar 2606. The two-story Cristoph’s Tampa says the new locale will...
View ArticlePHOTOS: The Florida Aquarium kicks off Tampa Pride
Tampa | The Florida Aquarium hosted a Tampa Pride kickoff party on March 23, treating attendees to penguins, performances and pride. Presented by Brier Grieves Insurance, the event featured an open bar...
View ArticlePHOTOS: Project No Labels kicks off Tampa Pride at City Side Lounge
Tampa | Project No Labels helped kick off Tampa Pride on March 23 at a transformed City Side Lounge for the group’s first Pride Legacy Awards. The awards highlight local leaders, individuals and...
View ArticlePHOTOS: Tampa Pride 2018
Tampa | The 4th annual Tampa Pride occured March 24 in all its glory on the streets of Ybor City. Leading things off in the morning was the Festival Marketplace on the campus of Hillsborough Community...
View ArticleQueerly Beloved: Let’s Not Forget, This Started with a Riot
As the Tampa Pride celebration approaches, I am readying my family and my congregation for the festivities. Like many other LGBTQ-affirming organizations in the Tampa Bay area, my church is currently...
View ArticleJane Castor officially enters Tampa’s mayoral race
Tampa | Tampa’s former Chief of Police and out local Jane Castor officially announced her candidacy for Tampa mayor on April 19. Castor, who served as one of 2018’s Tampa Pride grand marshals and has a...
View ArticleLakeland’s ButchQueen and the Bad Habits stress punk rock equality
Lakeland, Fla., may not be known for its punk rock drag queens, but the performance arts band ButchQueen and the Bad Habits aims to change that with “Bare Grits,” the group’s debut EP released May 5....
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