Drip. Drip. Drip.
Rain slipped through the ceiling of the old Pride Center, splashing into buckets arranged around the room. Cheap lamps from Poverello cast a weak glow over folding chairs and a table of snacks. The place, as CEO Robert Boo once put it, “smelled like a urinal.”
Velvet Lenore didn’t come to Compass Community Center looking for a program. She came in because she saw rainbow flags outside and needed a place to catch her breath.
From the street, Convivio Bookworks is easy to miss. The building is plain white, its windows darkened, with only modest signage out front announcing the name and a simple promise: “open today.” Nothing about the exterior hints at what waits inside.
Wilton Manors, a once-sleepy island city that evolved into a worldwide mecca for LGBTQ nightlife, business and tourism, now also wants to be known for its arts and culture.
Few milestones carry the weight and sparkle of a Silver Jubilee.
On our unexpected and appreciated anniversary trip to Nassau, my husband and I found ourselves with more than just a place to stay.
It's never easy to narrow down the many extraordinary individuals in our Out & Proud community — but each year, we rise to the challenge.
Carla Thomas is a scholar of medieval literature, a fierce advocate for queer education, and the current director of Florida Atlantic University’s Center for Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies.
Jasmen Rogers is a force for equity, visibility, and transformation.
When Rae Jenae moved to Miami from New York in 2017, she was looking for lesbian-centered events and came up empty. So, she created her own. What began as an Instagram directory quickly turned into a nightlife empire. Her first event at Sidebar in 2018 drew more than 700 people, and she’s been curating queer nightlife ever since.
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