A sad good bye to Tim. Manny of us remember him as Bryan & Tim. In 2009 they were owners of the LGBT Club 714 in Ybor City. May you now rest in peace. LOVE Mark & Carrie
Our friend Rex Maniscalco was a famous LGBT photographer in Tampa. Rex had started several large collections of LGBT photos and videos. We all were friends with Bobbie & Kay. They were a popular Lesbian couple. Bobbie was also a photographer but started much earlier, in the 1950’s. Rex had talked Bobbie into donating some of her photos to USF Tampa. After Rex’s death we offered to help his mom clean out his home. His Mom told us to take anything we wanted. Since Rex was a bit of a hoarder there wasn’t much of anything in the home. EXCEPT…. We did manage to put together 16 boxes of photos, flyers, magazines & videos. We then donated all 16 boxes to the “USF LGBTAQ LIBRARY SPECIAL COLLECTION” Here is a special report on the collection from WTSP 10 NEWS . https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/community/lgbtq-history-tampa-bay-usf-library/67-c90bc62a-c6e2-44e3-81fd-adaace6463d3
This Saturday. June 11th. Five to 9pm. 2710 E 5th Ave Ybor. 10 Artists upstairs, Piano Steve, and some spoken word of Peace. Downstairs our lovely Art Studio Members showcasing their beautiful arts in their studio spaces. Plus our tasty drinks in the El Toro and two food trucks of deliciousness. As always excited to share the Arts with everyone and to enjoy our beautiful Ybor together. See everyone Sabado.
Tampa Bay Rowdies Pride Night June 18 @7pm.
First 500 tickets get a free Rowdies Pride Hat. Link for securing your tickets at
The Hillsborough County Official LGBTAQ+ Pride Month Proclamation, was presented to Tampa Pride. This proclamation also expressed support for the Orlando 2026 World Pride bib. After the presentation there were June Weddings for 4 couple across the street in the park. Everyone signed the Proclamation except the Chaplain again this year. Click here for more photos. http://www.mcfilm.co/category/tampa-pride/
I’m excited to Announce that on June 18th me and a few of your local Tampa Bay Favorite talents will be working closely with Bayboro Brewing as we have come together to give you BIRDCAGE a nod to the movie and to the Community the movie represents. All of this with a drag show, drinking, community, and we will be bringing you a fun night! This is a show and Bingo benefit which will help raise money for Metro Inclusive Health what better way to celebrate pride then helping out a part of our community who helps us!
Come enjoy a fun event hosted by Bayboro and their brand new stage area, hosted between 2-6. With a show throughout and a quick bingo hosted by Moi, and we can’t forget the music and beats by Local DJ Luis Martinez,Ft. Juno Vibranz, Lady Liemont, Brianna Summers, And Deion Walker aka Diana S. Ransome.
Photo by Morgan Le Shade aka Black Rose Photography
In Ybor City there is a lot of talk about the new noise ordinance. It reminds us of a time at the SunCoast Resort in St. Petersburg. We owned the Gay Pride Store “MC Film” there. Outside our store faceting the courtyard were 2 outside speakers. To the west was a large parking lot, then the street. Across the street and 300 feet was a small house. The people in this house would always complain about the music being too loud. Sometimes it was us but most of the time it was one of the 5 bars in the complex. One Sunday morning in October we were playing our music. In walked the police. We immanently apologize to the police… Sorry it was too loud. The police started to LAUGH!!!! Said it was not too loud but the people called to complain about the music we were playing it was so bad and asked to make us STOP PLAYING IT!!! It was October and we were playing and dancing to poka music!!! https://youtu.be/l8EoIcG-ZBU
