“OUTshine’s Big Night Out” Oscar watch party, Feb. For more information, call 95 or go to /events.Īctor and activist Kathy Najimy (“Sister Act,” “Hocus Pocus”) will be the guest speaker at the Stonewall National Museum and Archives Gala on Feb. Ortis Art Gallery and Exhibit Hall (a.k.a the Frank) in Pembroke Pines. The “Prism” is a exhibit of art with LGBTQ+ themes at the Frank C.
The festival is free although there are VIP passes for $100. The Gay8 festival in Miami’s Little Havana neighborhood on Calle Ocho (between 14th and 17th avenues) is Feb. For more information on the hotel, go to. Portraits packages will be available for $50 for two and $75 for four. The theme for the red carpet event is “Savage Love.” The event is free and open to the public. 15 with what they are calling a “MET Gayla Costume Party” starting at 9 p.m.
The Hotel Gaythering will celebrate its fifth anniversary on Feb. And we have Ada Vox, who was amazing on ‘American Idol,’ the first drag queen on ‘American Idol.’ And we have DJs Sushiman and Kidd Madonny … and they’re not going to just play circuit music, but a little bit of everything for everybody.” Google him and you can’t help but fall in love with him. “We have Todrick Hall, who is one of the most talented guys you’ll ever imagine. “What is really cool about this … is we have something I am so happy about,” says Martorell. at Fort Lauderdale Beach Park, 1100 Seabreeze Blvd. 24 - Pride Festival is from noon to 8 p.m. And hopefully the neighbors will see that we are doing everything we could to be respectful.” So the block party was a way to do two things - cap of the events of the day and also meter the traffic going back. “So that’s why we staggered the times that things happen. “We wanted to be respectful of the people who live there, to stagger the number of people coming in so you don’t have a rush of people coming in,” explains Martorell. at Fifth Street and Seabreeze Boulevard (in front of the Swimming Hall of Fame). “50 years ago you wouldn’t get a high school anywhere near a gay event and here we have like almost a thousand kids coming to be a part of the parade. “We have five high school marching bands,” Martorell says. The main stage and viewing area is at Las Olas Boulevard and A1A. on State Road A1A (Fort Lauderdale Beach Boulevard). This year the ocean-side festivities will include a parade, block parties, a beach bash and a festival with vendors and exhibitors. Pictured above is last year's Pride Fort Lauderdale on the beach. This beach party will be hosted by self-described “gay muscle bear” and local stand-up comedian Peter Bisuito and will have go-go dancers and DJ Herbie James from the Ramrod bar entertaining. For the uninitiated, bears in the gay world are large and hirsute men. 23 - B3: Bear Beach Bash starts at 12 noon at Sebastian Beach, Fort Lauderdale Beach Blvd. The slate of female impersonators include SoFlo stars such as Daisy Deadpetals, Adora, Tp Lords, Tiffany Fantasia and Electra. It’s just a salute to all the amazing talent in Fort Lauderdale.” The chefs include Burlock Coast’s Paula DaSilva (“Hell’s Kitchen”) and Palate Party’s Robyn Almodovar (“Chopped,” “Cutthroat Kitchen” and two seasons of “Hell's Kitchen”). “And we have the best of the drag queens - all headline names. “We did a drag brunch for the New York Wine and Food Festival with Countess Luann from the ‘Real Housewives’ and it was a big success,” recalls Schrager. at the Ritz-Carlton Fort Lauderdale, 1 N.
Kressley - who rose to reality TV fame on the original men-makeover show “Queer Eye for the Straight Guy” and now appears on “RuPaul’s Drag Race” and “Get A Room with Carson and Thom” - says he is most excited to see the catwalk looks from another reality TV show. It is such an honor and blessing to have her with us 50 years after Stonewall.” She is a transgender woman of color and there’s a documentary about her. Her jaw was broken while she was in jail. If you don’t know her story, she was at Stonewall. And Major Griffin-Gracy will also serve as one of grand marshals. And one of our grand marshals is our history-making mayor, Dean Trantalis, the first out gay mayor. How do you like that? It’s beautiful, I think, that it coincides with the 50 year anniversary of Stonewall. “There’s never been a parade of any kind that we can find in the history of Fort Lauderdale beach,” he says. This year there are pans to expand the number parties and events on the beach. 2018's Pride Fort Lauderdale on Fort Lauderdale beach.