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Caught @ Christoph’s Bear Soup Party
Caught @ The Ybor City Chamber of Commerce Mixer
Caught @ Bradley’s on 7th
Caught @ Tequila’s SUNday FUNday with Joey Brooks & Tea Cup
Caught @ Steam Fridays @ The Honey Pot
Photos of the Week 1-6-19
Photos of the Week 
DIVA Spotting in Ybor City
Tampa Mayor Candidate Jane Castro @ TAMPA PRIDE Skate
 Cory Z Homecoming
@ The Honey Pot
  Karen & Friends @ The Reservoir
 HOT WAX
 NY NY PIZZA
 Carne’s
 Pet Pirate Costume Contest
@ Tequila’s
  Bradley’s on 7th
   Steam @ The Honey Pot
   Tea Cup
  Tequila’s Ybor City
  Ybor Wine Bar
      GaYBOR-Ybor City
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Dishing with Mark and Carrie, A Call to ACTION 1-17-19
A CALL TO ACTION
Closed By DESIGNED HATE
Hamburger Mary’s in historic Ybor City closed by selective non truths from some agency you rely to be truthful. The Hillsborough County Health Dept sent out False allegations to media outlets against the hamburger chain this past November siting a Hepatitis A outbreak because of an employee.
The owners/ management team/ employees all had to go and get Hepatitis vaccine shots.
NOW it is a Time of Action for our community. The Hillsborough County Commissioners at the Thursday, January 24th Meeting in the Commissioners Meeting. They have asked Doctor Holt to appear and explain his side.
The open meeting is at 9am. Registering to speak starts at 8:30
SEE YOU ALL THERE
THIS SUNDAY
Come support Tampa Pride 2019 at a really fun event this Sunday at The Honey Pot!! If you have never been to an event like this I highly recommend checking it out. If you have been before then you already know!! See you Sunday!!
JUST IN
The Early discounts for TAMPA PRIDE have been extended to January 30
SUNday FUNday
This week Crystal Chambers will be making a Special Appearance with Amanda D. Rod and Host Miss Joey Brooks!!!! This will be a SOLD OUT PERFORMANCE. Make your reservations TODAY call 813 2241 9555 Drink Special and ALL YOU CAN EAT $9.95 STEAK and CHICKEN FAJITAS
GRAND OPENING
https://www.facebook.com/events/299395097586492/
NEW LGBT PARTY
Wednesday, February 13, 2019
PRIDE SKATE Benefit for TAMPA PRIDE
CLICK HERE for More Photos
http://www.mcfilm.co/category/dishing-with-mark-carrie/
https://www.facebook.com/PRIDE-SKATE-Tampa-684527801647734/
Affordable Gary – Ybor City
Become Mark & Carrie neighbors. Call Bryan today at 860-875-9931. Ask him about his home and possible Cigar Factory lofts coming soon.
One House Down, by Gianna Russo
The candid poems in Gianna Russo’s One House Down are grounded in experiences of ambivalence and oneness, not unlike those we sometimes find in true love. Russo ruminates on the past and scrutinizes the present in her hometown of Tampa with honest affection, concern, anger and delight. She asks an essential question: How can we treasure a place whose history and values have sometimes supported injustice? And if those wrongs are still evident today—then what? With family roots in Tampa that go back over a century, Russo skillfully pursues an answer in these inventive, surprising poems.
Due out in October 2019. https://madvillepublishing.com/fall-2019-spring-2020/
TAMPA PRIDE
Favorite Facebook Group
Here is a favorite Facebook group that many of our friends have joined. If you love old homes you will love this group.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1706748102970911/
The Children Gasparilla Parade This Saturday
AUCTION – CIRCUS, SIDESHOW, CARNIVAL MEMORABILIA
CLICK HERE for Details & to Register
Obituary
Max Pierre, Tampa saxophonist
Famous Tampa _ Ybor City Performer died January 5, 2019 , age 60
Click HERE to read the story in Creative Loafing
You Just Can Not Make This Up!!!
One day a young group of 20ish South Tampa girls came to the balcony at Mary’s. Of course no one knew what to drink and were being a hand full. The last girl asked for a Corona beer. We were out and this is something that we really should have had. I told her that I would run and get it for her. Now as many of you know the balcony was over the side walk on 7th Ave. To get more beer I had to climb 8 steps, walk across the dining room, then thru the kitchen, thru the elevator shaft. The across the kitchen next door to the very north end on 8th Ave. 1 full block away. Turn around and do it all around again, back to 7th Ave. This is a 2 block run with stairs!!!! I gave her the beer and she took one sip tossed her hair and said “It’s not cold enough, what else can you make?” I pulled a napkin and handed it to her and said “here there is something in your hair.” She ran out with a fake scream. LOL
From The MC Film Mail Bag
January 15, 2019: For Immediate Release
Teen Coming-of-Age Story Next in LGBTQ Film Series
Contact: Gulfport Public Library; (727) 893-1074
GULFPORT, FLORIDA: The LGBTQ Resource Center at Gulfport Public Library is proud to continue its monthly LGBTQ Film Series on Thursday, February 14 with an exciting film in which a boy finds acceptance and support among fellow trans and LGBTQ in the spirit-lifting weekly gatherings known as “Saturday Church.” The Film Series is a free gathering to watch a film in the company of friends and neighbors on the second Thursday of each month.
Each film begins at 7pm in the Friends Room at Gulfport Public Library (5501 28th Avenue South). Seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis.
Licensing restrictions prohibit explicitly naming film titles in general press releases. But feel free to call the Library at (727) 893-1074 for the film title and other information about the film series. Or find titles and more information online: www.mygulfport.us/lgbtq-resources.
About the February 14 film: In this 2017 release, Ulysses is a shy and effeminate boy who finds himself coping with new responsibilities as man of the house after the death of his father. Living alongside his mother, younger brother, and conservative aunt, Ulysses is also struggling with questions about his gender identity. He finds an escape by creating a vivid world of fantasy filled with dance and music. Ulysses’ journey takes a turn for the better when he discovers a vibrant transgender community, who take him to “Saturday Church,” a program for LGBTQ youth. A winner of numerous LGBTQ film festival awards from across the country, and accolades for young actor Luka Kain portraying Ulysses. (Not Rated)
Save the date, Thursday March 14, for the next film in the series. After Cameron Post (Chloë Grace Moretz) is caught with another girl in the back seat of a car on prom night, she is quickly shipped off to a conversion therapy center that treats teens “struggling with same-sex attraction.” At the facility, Cameron is subjected to outlandish discipline, dubious “de-gaying” methods, and earnest Christian rock songs, but this unusual setting also provides her with an unlikely gay community. For the first time, Cameron connects with peers, and she’s able to find her place among fellow outcasts. Directed by Desiree Akhavan. “Loaded with terrific performances all around.” (Toronto Star) Winner of the 2018 Sundance Grand Jury Prize for Dramatic Films. (Not Rated)
Watch for announcements of other films as they are added to the series on the second Thursday of each month.
The LGBTQ Resource Center is a project of the non-profit Circle of Friends of the Gulfport Public Library. The Resource Center provides collections, services and events throughout the year to the local LGBTQ community, its friends and family. Find out more about the Resource Center, the Circle of Friends and the Library on the web at www.mygulfport.us/gpl or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/GulfportLibraryFL. Or contact the LGBTQ Resource Center by email to LGBTQGulfport@gmail.com.
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