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Bradley's on 7th
Now open less than 3 weeks and Bradley’s on 7th is already the talk of GaYBOR. Everyday there are new exciting being add to the line up. Open every day at 4PM Brad has brought back “Drink CHIPS” to Happy Hour!
There is now a Western Night, Bear Night, Amateur Strip, Talent Night with Drag Shows every Friday & Saturday. Check out all the exciting details at www.Bradleyson7th.com or better yet become a fan on facebook at http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/pages/Bradleys-on-7th/184745144897377
Photo of the Week
Girls Gone Wild
…hum isn’t that every week in GaYBOR?
Obituary Robbie Figuerado
LGBT News
Kansas Gay Sex Ban Remains on Books
Members of Kansas’ Gay Community aren’t happy as lawmakers in Topeka have decided to leave on the books laws banning homosexuality. The laws banning gay sex have been ruled unconstitutional by the U.S. Supreme Court, but the law remains in place in Kansas. And an effort to repeal it was killed this week in Topeka, leaving gay and lesbian Kansans outraged. “Good people make bad decisions, and I believe this was a very bad decision,” said Jackie Carter with Metropolitan Community Church. Carter is a leader of the gay and lesbian community in Wichita and the pastor of the Metropolitan Community Church. She says she’s saddened by a move this week in Topeka to leave a law on the books in Kansas that bans gay sex. She says it leaves thousands of gay Kansans under the impression they are unwelcome in the Sunflower State.
Straight NY Teen Killed By Attackers Yelling Anti-Gay Slurs
An 18-year-old high school graduate was beaten and stomped to death at a party in Queens this weekend by four party crashers who were allegedly yelling anti-gay slurs. However, friends testify that victim Anthony Collao had a girlfriend and was not gay. The party was thrown by two gay men, but the four assailants reportedly did not discriminate when it came to picking fights. Suspects Alex Velez, 16, Nolis Ogando, Christopher Lozada and Luis Tabales, all 17, reportedly refused to pay the $7 cover charge to the Woodhaven birthday party on Saturday, and quickly began picking fights, busting windows and scrawling anti-gay slurs on the walls. “They called us homos and all kinds of stuff,” said one man celebrating his 20th birthday. Coallo reportedly fled in his car with a friend, but the suspects followed him and beat him up. Velez reportedly used a pipe, and Collao was on life support until yesterday.
Maryland Gay Marriage Bill Dies with No Final Vote
The speaker of Maryland’s House vowed that Democrats would try again next year to pass legislation legalizing gay marriage, but the intense lobbying by faith groups against the measure in recent weeks shows that it won’t be easy, even in a state known for its liberal politics. A loose coalition of Democratic legislators failed to cobble together enough votes to overcome opposition from Republicans and religious groups, including the Catholic church and many black congregations, to make Maryland the sixth state to legalize gay marriage. Lawmakers had planned to vote on the bill in the House, but it was withdrawn instead Friday and effectively killed for the year. (AP)
10 Countries Now Allow Same-Sex Marriage
A leading rights group says 10 countries have legalized same-sex marriage in the past decade. But Human Rights Watch said in a survey released Monday that bias continues against people who want to marry people of the same gender in those 10 countries and many others. Boris O. Dittrich of the group’s gay rights program says that the growing number of countries legalizing same-sex marriage demonstrates progress in sexual equality around the world. The first same-sex marriages took place in the Netherlands on April 1, 2001. The countries that followed were Belgium, Spain, Canada, South Africa, Norway, Sweden, Portugal, Iceland and Argentina. www.BigGayNews.com
Megachurch Wants Choir to Sign Anti-Gay Covenant
Several choir members at Orange County’s Crystal Cathedral say they’re upset over a document they’ve been asked to sign that takes a strong stand against homosexuality. The “Crystal Cathedral Worship Choir and Worship Team Covenant” recently handed out to members states that they should commit to being Christians by following the Bible in every way, the Orange County Register reported Tuesday. www.BigGayNews.com
US Senate Hearing for Gay Judicial Nominee
U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer, “shocked” no openly gay men served as federal judges, says gay candidate J. Paul Oetken possesses legal excellence and moderate views. Schumer, D-N.Y., who recommended Oetken to U.S. President Barack Obama to fill a vacated U.S. district judge post, presides over a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Oetken’s nomination Wednesday. If confirmed, Oetken — a former law clerk to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Harry A. Blackmun who also worked in the U.S. Justice Department and in the White House counsel’s office during the Clinton administration — could become the first openly gay male to sit on the federal bench.
From The MC Film Mail Bag….
Mark Ferguson Organizer of a Circuit Party for Japan
Calling all DJ’s!!! My heart is broken in half over the loss of my Japanese friends whose lives were lost due to the Tsunami, and earthquake. I can’t stand by and do nothing, when there is still more suffering going on. Japan needs our help now!!! So I want to organize (from/in GaYBOR) an a whole weekend global dance party event with DJ’s spinning back to back around the world to help raise funds for Japan. If interested hit me up. http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=702383780
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Hey everyone……Sorry this is the 2nd time this week that I’ve sent this link, but we just added an APPAREL ART DESIGN STUDIO and QUOTE LINK…..
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TEAMWORK IMPRINTED SPORTSWEAR
2403 S. Dale Mabry Hwy
Tampa, Florida 33629
ph. 813.258.0331
fx. 813.258.3431
22 Years In Business….Est 1988 CHECK US OUT ON FACEBOOK Check out this new
APPAREL ART DESIGN STUDIO @
www.imprintablefashion.com/teamworkimp
design you’re own art, save to file, then we’ll do the rest
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Greeting to you! It gives us great pleasure to announce our latest press release.
What an exciting year if has been for all of us at Charlop, home of Gay Safe Haven, Green Directories USA and the Gay Safe Haven Hour. March 29th marks our first year anniversary of GaySafeHaven.com and we are extremely happy to forward to you our latest press release (attached). This is the announcement many have been waiting for the re-branding of our popular website GaySafeHaven.com to Rainbow411.com.
The growth and reception we have experienced within this directory has been tremendous, within the first nine months of the launch of the Gay Safe Haven website we voted number two in popularity as one of the most popular GLBT websites!
We contribute our success to you as well as, we are consistently marketing to the GLBT community. By becoming media sponsors of many events such as St. Pete Pride, Orlando “Coming Out With Pride”, Tampa “Pride on 7th” and many other events has engaged us in front of over 175,000 individuals. With the new addition last year of our popular internet radio show “The Gay Safe Haven Hour”, has also provided us additional popularity therefore directing traffic to our website. The Gay Safe Haven Hour is listened to live on the popular internet radio website LifeImprovementRadio.com listened to locally and across the world. With all of these resources available to the GLBT community, we are able to provide you consistent exposure in many advertising mediums.
In closing, we wanted to take thank you for your business and support. As you know, we take pride in our products and partnerships along with the community we serve and are continually searching for new innovative ways to connect you with our targeted audience. We look forward to opening all doors for your businesses and events now and in the future.
Sincerely,
Gregory M. Henchar and Victor M. Lopez
Charlop
Your Directory Niche
941-567-4377
www.Charlop.com
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www.GaySafeHaven.com
www.GreenDirectoriesUSA.com
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Hi Carrie,
Thank you for your support today. We really appreciate you offering to put our event on your website. I have attached the flyer for you.
As a reminder, Take Back the Night is an interactive event that creates awareness, empowers survivors and educates the community about sexual violence. For more information, visit www.svtftampabay.com.
Take Back the Night
April 16, 2011 from 5PM-8PM
Hyde Park Village
742 S. Village circle
Tampa, FL 33606
If you can think of any other establishments in the area that you think may benefit from this event, please let me know, and I will be sure to bring them some flyers about the event and some information about the Crisis Center of Tampa Bay.
Thank you again for your assistance.
Jason Turk
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the most accomplished character actors in Hollywood, as he receives GIFF’s career achievement award. It will be a night to remember! 
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You want it? We got it! Sister Events happening monthly!
Saturday, April 2nd, Join Nv.Sister Shelita as she hosts a super-fun sing-a-long for Francis House at City Side Lounge! (www.clubcityside.com) Enjoy Sisterly audience partic—ipation, not to mention a 50/50 raffle, drink specials, jello shots and more! Hosts Stormin’ Normi & Scott will keep the crooning a’comin, and if karaoke is not your thing you can still participate in the raffle from the comfort of the main bar, where the best in local videos is always on tap! Either way, City Side and the Sisters will make sure to take care of you… Visit flsisters.org, tampasisters.org, or francishouse.org FMI. The fun starts at 8pm, and we can’t wait to see you there!
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April 8- 10, 2011: Dade City , Sawmill Campground and Resort
The time for The Tampa Bay Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence’s annual Wig Drive is upon us! Don’t miss out on this fabulous weekend of FUNdraising. We will be running amok at the Sawmill Camping Resort in Dade City Florida and raising money and WIGS for folks with cancer. Friday: The Tampa Bay Sisters will be hosting Bingo and our Hot Dog Confessional Booth. Stop by, have a wiener and share a good time with our members as we commune with condiments! Next, this year is sure to be a blast with a special guest performances and a meet and greet by none other than Pandora Boxx Saturday night! Not to mention performances by a host of other fantastic performers, a silent auction, a weekend long 50/50 chance drawing and of course antics by your favorite Sisters. And finally it’s a GOSPEL BRUNCH with the Sisters and Sawmill’s own charity case, the Divas Sunday Morning! It’s guaranteed to be a fantastic time for a good cause so make your reservations now! by calling (352) 583-0664 or visiting flsawmill.com today! We can’t wait to enjoy a spring weekend out in nature and helping out those in need!
Elder Sister Agatha Frisky
Founding Member, SPI TBO
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Visual and Performing Arts Series School of Visual and Performing Arts Hillsborough Community College Ybor City Presented in Association with HCC Student Activities
For Immediate Release March 22 , 2011
A TRIBUTE TO BILL EVANS THIS SUNDAY AS PART OF THE JAZZ YBOR SERIES !
Contact: Keith Arsenault
SUNDAY, MARCH 27th, at 3pm, MAINSTAGE THEATRE, PERFORMING ARTS BUILDING, HCC YBOR. with the Tampa Jazz Club presents a Tribute to Bill Evans Sunday March 27, 3 pm Featuring: Marty Morell, drums ; Per Danielsson, piano & Richard Drexler, bass A highly inventive player Marty has also worked with Al Cohn, Zoot Sims, Henry “Red” Allen , Gary McFarland, Steve Kuhn and Gabor Szabo. Joining Marty for this tribute to the late Bill Evans are: Per Danielsson (piano), who has performed with Louis Bellson, Clark Terry, Eric Alexander, Bobby Shew, and Chuck Owen’s innovative big band, The Jazz Surge. Richard Drexler (bass) who has worked with Jeff Berlin Trio, Woody Herman Orchestra, Kenny Drew Jr and trombonist John Allred. The Mainstage Theatre is in the Performing Arts Building of the Ybor City campus of Hillsborough Community College. It is located at the corner of E Palm Ave and N 14th Street (Avenida Republica de Cuba) The concert time is 3:00 pm $25/ $20 club members*, $10 students with current ID (*Note: club membership rates are for current or renewing members) Tickets available at door (cash or check only), or in advance at www.tampajazzclub.com NOTE : All HCC Students, Faculty and Staff are admitted Free of Charge with valid ID. The Box Office opens approximately one hour prior to performance. |
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Gay Man Beaten to Death in New Jersey
Dishing with Mark & Carrie 3-16-11
Dishing with Mark & Carrie
3-16-11
A lesson for the LGBT Community
Inspired by Former Tampa Mayor, Dick Greco.
Here at MC Film we have a very special relationship with Former Tampa Mayor Dick Greco. The MC Film store in Ybor City was Dick’s grandparents, King Greco Hardware Store. Dick grew up in this store and from time to time will stop by to visit. As Dick was running for Tampa Mayor 2011, we got to know a different side of him. In debates people would criticize him over his city projects. Some of these projects included; The Raymond James Football Stadium, The St. Pete Times Forum, The TECO Trolley Car System, Centro Ybor, Marriott Convention Center Hotel, Channelside…. In debates Dick would say ” It’s strange…. these projects are some of the Most Loved & Most Hated in Tampa. Yet all these projects are important building blocks for the good of all of Tampa.” Dick would go on to say “…do you really think we could have the Republican National Convention coming here if all we had to offer were small motels and the Mons Venus for entertainment?” NO!! We have major hotels, a trolley car & bus systems for transportation & entertainment districts in Ybor City & Channelside! These tourism dollars are for the betterment of ALL of TAMPA. Without these building blocks we would never get the major conventions & tourists. The support of these projects by all the people of Tampa is important to the economics & wellness for all of us.” ( Dick, I hope I paraphrased your speech properly) .
This got us thinking….. In the Tampa Bay LGBT Community these same principals apply. Many of our community building blocks are also “The Most Loved & Most Hated.” The GaYBOR District Coalition, St. Pete Pride, Pride on 7th, The Tampa International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, GaYBOR Days, Sawmill Resort, TBBG, LGBT Business, non-profits, the LGBT Media & more. Yet all these groups, business, organizations are important building blocks for the good of all of LGBT Tampa Bay. The thriving Downtown District of GaYBOR District in historic Ybor City, with the help of all the other community building blocks, have been drawing in National Drag Pageants, National & International Media including Logo, Discovery Channel, Scy Fy Network, Bravo & other Networks. Together with the Prides, Film Festival & many local events the LGBT tourism has exploded in Tampa Bay. So as we as a community approach the Pride & festival season, we should all remember what Dick Greco said. “The support of these projects by all the people of Tampa is important to the economics & wellness for all of us.” It’s is time for us all to come together & support the Building Blocks of LGBT Tampa Bay.
See Dick Greco at a GaYBOR Meeting.
GaYBOR Makes LGBT History in Tampa as the
Hats off to our brothers & sisters in the Tampa Bay Straight community! Right here in Ybor City were one of the very few open LGBT Groups in the St. Patrick’s Parade across the USA!!!. This parade is organized by the The Rough Riders – 1st USV Cavalry. Several members of the Rough Rider personally visited our float to welcomes us in the parade. One of the funny moments of the night was when a lady walked up to our float & said ” You know our float looks way more Gay than yours!” We all laughed & said “No, your float looks like Christmas explode on it!” What a Great time everybody had together!!!
Celebrity Sighting in GaYBOR at Hamburger Mary's
Carson Kressley the star of “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy” was spotted at Hamburger Mary’s 3-10-11. The Judy B. Goode Show had just finished and the Mary’s Got Talent was just starting as the news spread thru Mary’s! Carson was in town and had just finished a fundraiser for Macy’s. Accompanying Carson was our friend Miss So Fonda (out of drag). You just never know what celebrity will turn up in GaYBOR!!!
Viva La GaYBOR!!!!