Book HERE.ħ & 9pm – Drag Show Night Club – AquaPlexĨ pm – 12 am – “Mixer in The Rear” – Enjoy food, a silhouette dance screen, a full bar*, and a live DJ Poke In The Rear – AquaPlex. A very casual and friendly atmosphere allows you to be with that special someone or meet new friends. You are welcome to bring any adult beverage you would like to enjoy! (BYOB!) We will have delicious organic snacks, water, coolers with ice, and fun music. Set sail on the Blu Q Catamaran for a scenic harbor tour and FAB sunset. Tix Can be purchased HERE.Ĩ:30pm – The Fabulous Spectrelles (Piano Bar)ĩ & 11 pm – Drag Show Bourbon Bar (801 Duval Street.Ħ:30 pm – Sunset Sails Open to All Adults (21+) LGBTQ +BYOB. Buckle in, glitter up, and spend A Fabulous Evening with Lillian Baxter. Now she’s coming back to the Conch Republic to give a whole lot of love right back. Show tunes? You bet! Gay anthems? Why not! Fabulous costumes? As long as they’re within budget! Lillian Baxter is so loved by the gay community that seven of them married her. Join Hollywood’s favorite has-been, Lillian Baxter, as she brings her one-woman Pride Parade to Key West! She’ll sing the songs and tell the tales that celebrate life on the road less traveled. $20.00 entry – donation to the Key West Business Guild.ħ pm – A Fabulous Evening with Lillian Baxter, created and performed by John Vessels and Jay Schwandt Theater.
Break out the rainbows and get the pride festivities started! Drink specials all day and night!ġ2 pm – KWBG Pride Kick-off Luncheon Beachside “Blur the Lines” ($30.00 per person)ĥ pm – Key West Pride Kick-off Party House – All Welcome (until 8 pm) FREE Stoli Cocktails, champagne, and Hors-d’ oeuvres. We list over one hundred Prides across the US and these are not just the usual coastal cities.11 am- 4 am Key West Pride Pregame Bourbon Bar. Whether it’s a men only hotel in Key West or a trendy guest house in San Fran you’ll have every type of accommodation.
But the great coastal cities that we have all heard of - San Francisco, New York, Miami, Los Angeles - all in their unique way offer the European gay traveller a stunning scene and memorable holiday. It took the US Supreme Court rather than Congress to legalise same sex marriage US-wide.
Often it has been the courts who have taken a lead rather than politicians. While there was always a gay underground, it was only in the late sixties that gay rights started to be promoted seriously following the 1969 Stonewall Riots in New York and the election of Harvey Milk in San Francisco as America’s first out gay city politician.Įven if a few states still ban homosexuality in theory, almost everywhere across this huge country you will find gay oases and expressions of Pride – yes even in the more conservative states.
In a handful of states anti-gay sex laws remain though are rarely enforced. The Land of the Free has some of the largest and best gay friendly destinations in the world even though the laws on homosexuality are mixed across the country.