3-8-18 Dishing with Mark & Carrie

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Reminder Tampa PRIDE Mandatory Meeting

TAMPA PRIDE MANDATORY Vendor & Festival Meeting

Wednesday March 14, 2018

6-8PM

At The Metro Conference Room

1315 E 7th Ave, Ybor City –  Second Floor

Meeting to find your Tent and Parade Locations, Number. Set up and tear down for this year and much more.

ALL SPACES WITH TENTS are

SOLD OUT!!!

Several bring your own tent spaces are available.

Miss & MR Tampa Pride 2018

Congratulation to the 2018 Winners!!!

Miss Jenavive Mateo

Mr. Kamarion Hilton

 

CapitalOne GOT PRIDE

InterFaith Service

We LOVE The Crowbar Especially Tom!!

TPD Officer Vanessa Wright and Crowbar nightclub owner Tom DeGeorge with the chicks they rescued.

Read the story here. http://wfla.com/2018/03/02/ybor-city-bar-owner-tampa-pd-officer-team-up-to-rescue-chicks-from-drain/

 

This Friday In Land O’ Lakes

 

St Patricks’ Day Parade in Ybor City

Happy Anniversary Bradley’s on 7th

Tampa Armature Works

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On a Wednesday morning we decided to try out the Tampa Armature for lunch. The location and building are fantastic! The food was good. We think everybody should go once to experience this. It did remind us very much of the food court on Harbour Island. It was beautiful. Right on the water with fantastic views. You even took the monorail over to the island. Everyone went one time. Then 10 years later it became office space. Everyone said that would never happen because there was a hotel and residential all around Harbour Island. We really do hope this doesn’t happen at the Armature.

www.armatureworks.com

You Just can Not Make This Up.

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HOMOPHOBIA

In the late 1990’s there was a fun LGBT group that started a club called “The Krewe of the Umbrella”. They decorated rainbow umbrellas and would make appearances across Tampa Bay. They were even at the Suncoast Resort on the 1st Day.  One Sunday there was a Gay Play by Max Turner at the Silver Meteor Gallery in Ybor City.  The group showed up to show support to Max & Bill and the theater.  After the play we walked down the side walk of Ybor City to a brewery. There had been a pre-arranged party scheduled there on the 2nd floor. The group had a great time and I remember the bill being over $700.00. We had so much fun that we paid and joined the bars beer mug club. Were given 2 beer mugs to take home and decorate. Then bring the mugs back, to have them on the shelves waiting for us next time. We took 2 rainbow stickers and cut the letter “M” & “C” for the mugs. Then took the mugs back to be placed on the shelf.  Several weeks later our family were in town. We told them all about the brewery and how fun it was and took them there. When we asked for our private beer mugs the server said “Oh those mugs… You know we cannot allow that Gay stuff on our shelves here!” Our family was outraged and we were embarrassed, so we all went elsewhere.

Photo of the Week 2-25-18

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Photos of the Week    


Mike @ King Corona


NY NY Pizza
Reservoir
Bradley’s on 7th
Hamburger Mary’s 
 

Hamburger Mary’s Pub House


 
Steam @ The Honey Pot

Tea Cup
 
The Ybor City Saturday Market


Ybor Wine Bar
 






 
GaYBOR-Ybor City 
 

CHEERS
 and Welcome Home 
Miss Joey Brooks!!!!
 
 

  

3-1-18 Dishing with Mark n Carrie

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THIS SUNDAY

The Mr. & Mrs. Tampa PRIDE contest Hosted and Sponsored by The Honey Pot will be this Sunday, 3-4-18 The doors open at 8PM

Countdown to Tampa PRIDE

I Heart Radio GOT PRIDE

 

Steam GOT PRIDE

Bradley’s GOT PRIDE

Looks for the Official 2018 Sponsor Flags

Tampa Pride Works with Millennial High Schoolers ‘March for Your Lives’

Tampa Pride Directors met up with leaders of the national movement ‘March for Your Lives’  organizers in an emergency meeting. Both groups are having events on March 24th. At the meeting it was discussed that Tampa Pride is aplanned annual  LGBTA celebration event in Tampa. The organization works with the City of Tampa making plans year round. Under the insurance policy and city special events application, Tampa Pride is listed as a celebration for the LGBTA Tampa Bay community.

The organizers of the March for Your Lives are planning protest rallies across the United States and the biggest rally gathering will be in Washington, DC. There will be a protest rally here in the Tampa Bay area and organizers want the rally to be downtown Tampa. The group was spawned from the Stoneman Douglas High School mass gun rage shooting tragedy.

The compromise will have 17 picture posters (representing the people killed) held by 17 people in the Tampa Pride’s Tribute to the Community event at Noon. Other groups that will be honored on March 24th include area GSA’s(Gay Straight Alliance groups at area schools), Tampa Bay Marching Band, historic Key West Sea-to Sea 100′ 8 Color Rainbow Flag section and the Suncoast Softball League for 25 years of area LGBTA sports involvement.

     www.TampaPride.org for more upcoming events

 

TAMPA PRIDE Grand Marshals GALA

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What an EXCITING kick off to Tampa PRIDE 2018. 100’s of guest gather at the Creative Loafing Space in Ybor City to congratulate the 2018 Grand Marshals.  Thank you to our sponsors Creative Loafing, Bernini, Carne’s, Tequilas, NY NY Pizza, Hamburger Mary’s, Terroir Wine Group, Coors Light and the volunteers who all made this event happen!