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As the 14-month-long pandemic canceled events and festivals last year and postponed Tampa Pride three times, people gathered in Ybor City Saturday for a long overdue celebration. Tampa Pride was one of the first Pride events to take place so far this year, and the event came in the midst of a year of legislation targeting LGBTQ people, particularly transgender youth. For attendees, the even

No one could have predicted that a pandemic would force museums to shut down earlier this year. But it did, and Tampa Bay museums pivoted to keep their audiences engaged online, establishing content to feed art lovers’ souls while it was impossible to get that fix in person. Now that museums are back open, or will reopen soon, the way the pandemic affected their exhibition schedules i

The International Gay & Lesbian Travel Association today announced its global partnership with Visit St.Pete/Clearwater, the tourism marketing organization for the popular destination on Florida’s Gulf Coast. As a Global Partner, Visit St. Pete/ Clearwater strengthens its commitment to LGBTQ+-welcoming travel and IGLTA, the organizational leader in advancing LGBTQ+ travel around the world.

On Friday, Houston takes the stage at the Straz Center for the Performing Arts for It Gets Better, an evolving, traveling musical production that tells true stories of the LGBTQ experience. It features original songs and covers of Pink, Mariah Carey, Rufus Wainwright, Pentatonix, India Arie and more.

The James Museum of Western & Wildlife Art is the last venue for the national "Gay Rodeo" tour, and the exhibit shows tough diversity.

Workplace classes about navigating pronouns, gender identity and sexual orientation are getting more popular in the local customer service scene.

On November 17, nearly 500 will ride their bikes 165 miles from Miami to Key West in the annual SMART Ride.