From the MC Film Mail Bag

 

Watch the 10th Annual Tampa Bay International Dragon Boat Races compete along the waters of the downtown Riverwalk! See who will be named Tampa’s #1 Dragon Boat Team and cheer on your favorite crew from Cotanchobee FortBrooke Park and the Marriott Waterside.

In honor of the 10th anniversary, there will be night racing on April 26 and the main event will kick off at 8:00 a.m. on Saturday, April 27. Opening Ceremonies will take place on the Marriott Waterside patio with the first race beginning in the Garrison Channel at 8:30 a.m.

This FREE event is hosted with Asia Fest’s 30th anniversary – enjoy entertainment including the 5th Annual Miss Asia Fest competition, food, and vendors from 11 a.m. – 7 p.m. in Cotanchobee Fort Brooke Park.

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 Call for Research Participants for Trans* Therapy Study

Hello! I was hoping that you would not mind distributing the call for research participants below. I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you!

My name is Stephanie Budge and I am currently working on a research project to study how therapy works for people who identify as trans*[1] or transgender. Participation in this study consists of taking part in online surveys that ask questions about identity (for example, gender labels), how therapy is going, and how you have been feeling lately. Participation in this study also involves filling out a demographic questionnaire. To qualify for the study, participants must be age 18 or over, identify as trans*, transgender, or have gone through a gender transition. In addition, participants must plan to start therapy within two months of enrolling in the study and plan to continue being in therapy for at least 16 weeks. Interested participants who do not meet these criteria (who are already involved in therapy, for example) are not eligible to participate. This study has been approved by the University of Louisville IRB.

Trans* or transgender participants will be asked to jointly participate in this study with their therapists. This process will be explained in detail to all who are interested in participating. All interested participants will be given a chance to ask questions about the study, are not obligated to participate in the study, and can discontinue participation at any point in the study with no penalty or loss of benefits to which they are entitled. All study participants and their therapists will be provided with monetary compensation for their time involved in study participation.

The information collected may or may not benefit you directly; however, you will have the opportunity to talk about your experience in therapy and how you feel it impacts your life. Some people may find this to be helpful. Additionally, the information learned in this study may be helpful to others in identifying psychotherapeutic processes and outcomes as they may relate to improving psychological training or therapy processes.

If you are interested in being a part of this study, or if you have any questions, please contact Stephanie Budge at stephanie.budge@louisville.edu or louisvilletransgenderresearch@gmail.com or by phone at (502) 852-0627.

Thank you,

Stephanie L. Budge, PhD

Assistant Professor

Educational and Counseling Psychology

University of Louisville

Photos of the Week

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Photo of the Week
Love us some Rough Riders!!

 

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Paula & her Rough Rider
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Proud of our friends/Chief of Police

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NY NY Pizza

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Keith is back in GaYBOR/Ybor

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Caught @ Ybor City Wine Bar 

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Dishing with Mark & Carrie 3-20-13

Happy Spring
 
Big Day of Easter Bonnets and Bar Hopping
The Annual GaYBOR Easter Bonnet Bar Hop sponsored by the GaYBOR District Coalition is set for Sunday, March 24th at 5:00 starting at Bradley’s on 7th. The annual benefit charity event stops at a number of bars in GaYBOR/ Ybor City with a shot given at each of the establishments. Top prizes for the Best decorated Easter Bonnets. This is one of the biggest bar crawls and super fun too! The cost for the cross city entry lanyards is $15.00 and are sold at MC FILM and Bradley’s on 7th.
 
MC FILM Avalanched with Spring Swimwear
Spring breakers, cruise vacationers, and beach goers are getting into the new lines of swimwear arriving at MC FILM. Top fashion swimwear lines include, Vulthy, Pistol Pete, GO Softwear, AUSSIE BUM, Kiismit, Whittal & Shon, Kurt Fashions and SeoBean. Besides swimwear we have a large selection of new tanktops, shorts and jocks.
Stop in to see a full array of new fashion colors and designs. Come in to get your new look for spring.
Hey, Today it is 80 degrees out! Spring is here.
 
Kryptonite Green Hillsborough River
The Downtown Hillsborough River is bright and safe but Saturday our Irishman Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn had the river turn illuminous Forest Emerald Green for the Annual St. Patrick’s Day River O’Green Celebration.
Boaters and crew teams rowed and sped through green waters instead of the aqua blue in the calm downtown waterway. A few pictures for the Special Luck of The Irish Day. Sorry, No sign of Superman!

St Patrick’s Day Float GaYBOR Style

The Preparations and implementaion to have a parade is enormous. Ybor City does have it’s fair share of parades. Most recently, last Saturday, The Annual Rough Riders St Patrick’s Day Parade. For the 5th year in a row, GaYBOR District Coalition has been invited to attend and participate in the big fun Irish event. As being a real spurt of change and ecconomics to Tampa, GaYBOR members ( 60% gay friendly & 40% gay owned businesses/ organizations from all around Florida) are  so proud to participate and show the diversity that GaYBOR/ Ybor City has. We had a blast being a part of the annual Shamrock themed Irish parade.
We are honored to have been invited by the charity giving Rough Riders but there is a segment of the country that doesn’t allow any GLBT participation in any St. Patty’s traditional event..LGBT’s are not allowed in Boston, New York, Chicago and Savannah, Ga parades. Just say’n…
Wake up America it is 2013 !!!

Tuesday Night Party @ Carne’s

WOW… talk about an impressive list of interesting & fun people!!! Every Tuesday from 4PM -6:30 is the unofficial GaYBOR Party at Carne’s https://www.facebook.com/CarneChopHouse?fref=ts . Behind the bar is everybody’s favorite bartender, Christian Lozada https://www.facebook.com/christian.lozada.5 . The specials are $2 Martinis & $9.95 Prime Rib Dinner. The best part is that you never know who will be there! This past week there was Al Fox, president of “Alliance for Responsible Cuban Policy Foundations”,  Joy & her friends from Balance Tampa Bay, Prada on a not so secret date, Ellen Marshall, famous known artist from New York & Ybor City known as Cow Painter, Teresa from Bradley’s on 7th, Dr. Seth & Dr. Eddie, Sammy, Marc and many more people. EVERYBODY is WELCOME!!! The Managers treat everyone as a celebrity. See you there Tuesday.