Caught @ Hamburger Mary’s
Caught @ Steam Fridays
Caught @ The Social
From the MC Film Mail Bag
Photos of the Week
Photos of the Week
Happy GaYBOR/Ybor City Style Birthday Gulfport Chamber of Commerce
President Lori Rosso
with the piano he painted.
April Griffin & Carrie @ Nickos
Click for More Photos at Ybor City Wine Bar
   Click for More Photos at Hamburger Mary’s
 Click for more Photos @ Cristinos
Click for More Photos atJJ’s Cafe & Bar  Click for More Photos at Centro Cantina    Click for More Photos at MC Film
  Click for More Photos in GaYBOR
|
Caught @ GaYBOR/Ybor City
   |
Dishing with Mark & Carrie 6-19-14
Happy Summer Stolstice
St Pete Pride Retro… 2004
In its second year, the area Gay Pride was St Pete Pride “Carnivale” and the themed Gay event hit the streets on Grand Central Ave in St. Petersburg. The parade date is set to remember Stonewall, the New York City Gay riots that were the start of the Gay Revolution June 26th 1969!
The Pride contingents included large & small businesses, clubs and organizations that came from all over Pinellas and Hillsborough County including Tampa’s City Side, KIKIKI 3 and the MCC Tampa floats. The 10 AM parade beginning always starts with the clearing of the streets by the Dykes on Bike’s 100+ motorcyclists. The girls from the Tampa Police Dept had their Harley’s shining!
Georgie’s Alibi started a 6 am out doors breakfast with Bloody Mary’s and Mimosas and MCC King Of Peace St. Pete with a pancake breakfast benefit for all the parade attendees. Hundreds of St. Pete Pride volunteers took to their responsibilities to maintain and keep order with utmost safety first. Suncoast Resort had its float a twitter with drag queens plus getting ready for the humongous concert on Sunday night. Peppers Bar and the Oar House had a huge bus called Priscilla filled with patrons. The northern Clearwater bar Pro Shop had a trolley with some of its patrons and area gay couples group.
Not to be outdone was our MC FILM limo, HRH Princess Priscilla flanked the parking lot with stilt walking Mark and rainbow dazzling Judy B. Goode with Glen White and myself driving and waving Rainbow Flags.
We took personal pride by being the ambassadors in getting a number of over-the-bridge (Tampa) groups and bars taking an active part. There was families walking with pride to Krewe of Cavaliers joining the Pride ranks on central Avenue. Even though the St Pete City Council signed a positive St Pete Pride Proclamation recognition, the St. Pete City Mayor Rick Baker did not!
Yes, and the pictures take you back to St. Pete Pride 2004.
Our Interesting Community
Our favorite part of the GaYBOR District Coalition Meetings is to learn about what else is going on in our community. At the recent meeting PFLAG talked about “REFUGE Restrooms”. There is now a app/web site that will tell everybody (Especially the Trans Community) where gender neutral or safe restrooms are.
It is interesting when you type in Tampa. Also at the meeting we learned about Francis House up coming “Strike Out For Aids” event. George Petrick talked about filming a new LGBT film in GaYBOR. Alexis Thutrung Nguyen talked about “Assistant Care” for the LGBT Community. It was a very interesting presentation and we hope to hear more soon. http://www.assistinghands.com/gulfcoast/
See you at the next GaYBOR meeting!!!
Meet… Margaret Murray
New Executive Director of the Tampa International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival
Margaret Murray is a film curator and festival director with more than 15 years experience leading arts organizations to greater visibility and profitability.
She is currently overseeing the 25th Anniversary celebration for the Tampa International Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, where she is the Executive Director.
From 2006 to 2009, Murray served as Executive Director for One in Ten, producer of the Reel Affirmations Film Festival in Washington, DC. While there, she founded the highly successful Divas Outdoors classic film series and the Glamour, Glitter and Gold Oscars night fundraiser, now in its fifth year.
Murray is the creator of Movies that Move, an award-winning pop-up film series and has curated programs for the Salvador Dali Museum, the Museum of Fine Arts, First Night celebrations, and Women Artists Rising.
She currently serves on the boards of Studio 620 and Friends of the Jack Kerouac House. She lives in St. Petersburg, FL where she is completing her M.A. in Arts Administration.
(from www.tiglff.com)
HOW FUN!!!
Nationally Known local Celebrity Peter Pan (Randy Constan) lives here in Tampa Bay. Peter has been on all the late night talk shows many times. He is also the star headliner at many Renaissance Festivals. In his busy schedule, Peter Pan is now taking time out to teach adults the guitar.
Just imagine how fun it would be to take classes from Peter Pan!!!!
Anti LGBT Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi.
At Least Florida’s Anti Equality Attorney General Pam Bondi looks OK. Her Hot Running pic thru the streets in her underwear!. There are two other great persons that are candidates running against Bondi for the Florida Attny General top spot. Here is what they have to say about the anti-GLBT Florida same-sex marriage remarks AG Bondi made.
Florida Attorney General Candidates remarks….
George Sheldon for Attorney General
In response to your mail requesting comment, this is a release at the time of the filing of the motion to dismiss. Thanks for opportunity to comment.
>
> http://GeorgeSheldon2014.com/2014/05/release-sheldon-responds-ag-bondis-motion-dismiss-legal-challenge-gay-marriage-ban/
>
> http://GeorgeSheldon2014.com/2014/05/release-sheldon-responds-ag-bondis-motion-dismiss-legal-challenge-gay-marriage-ban/
From: Perry Thurston for Attorney General <press@thurstonforflorida.com>
Date: Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 1:51 PM
Subject: Perry Thurston comment on marriage equality lawsuit
To: mcfilmfest@gmail.com
Date: Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 1:51 PM
Subject: Perry Thurston comment on marriage equality lawsuit
To: mcfilmfest@gmail.com
“Ms. Bondi’s defense of the same-sex marriage ban is not about her respect for the will of the people. If it were, she would not have sued to keep medical marijuana off the ballot or defended the gerrymandered legislative maps after the Fair Districts amendments passed. No, it is about her personal ideology. I believe people have the right to marry who they love and that, above all else, it is the responsibility of the Attorney General’s office to protect the rights of Floridians, not deny them.”
Is Your Name Mark/Marc?
There is a new fun group on facebook calling all “The Fabulous Mark’s of Tampa Bay”
There are “Fabulous Mark’s Parties” scheduled coming soon. The only people allowed in will be Mark/Marc’s and friends of Mark! LOL
Coming Out of Joey’s Closet June 18th
<iframe width=”560″ height=”315″ src=”//www.youtube.com/embed/96FnlftDAS0” frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen></iframe>
You Can Not Make This Up.
In the early 1990’s we had this most unusual mystic neighbor. He was small built, nice, quiet but very likable guy with a smile who was very much into the Tampa Leather Community. He was living on disability, was HIV+ so we all invited him to all the dinner parties. He would show up 2 hours early and bake dinner rolls then would be the last person to leave after the dishes were done. What a perfect guest!!!
He lived in a garage apartment with his many cats and many, many computers. Here is where it starts to get strange…. Nobody was ever allowed into his aluminum covered windows apartment. He would never answer the door when we knocked.
Then one day he was wearing cat flea collars on his ankles and wrists. We offered to give him pest spray & bug bombs. He would politely say no thank you. Some of his cats were hiding and he didn’t want to harm them. When he passed away the landlord (who was a friend too) asked us all to come over to the apartment. Long before we knew what it was called… he was a compulsive hoarder. There was so much garbage, piles of magazines, newspapers & all kinds of junk in the apartment that you could not move about.
There were 3 cats found. Then in the freezer, wrapped in white plastic bags were his dead cats. Thanks to the cable reality shows we all know what this is about today. Back then it freaked everybody out.
Mark & Carrie Nephieu/Niece of the Week
Garry Cohen
Did you ever wonder what the Zombies at Howl O’ Scream looked like? We bet the next time you will let them bit you! When Garry is not working hard at hamburger Mary’s you will find him on stage. He is so Naughty but Nice!!!