2013 Greater Fort Lauderdale Gay Travel Guide

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FORT LAUDERDALE

Gay Travel Guide

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elcome to our sandy sun-kissed shores. You are in for some fabulous fun surprises and you will see why Greater Fort Lauderdale is Florida’s LGBT mecca.

It’s all about size here! Last year over one million LGBT travelers visited Greater Fort Lauderdale, spending $1.2 billion, making it Florida’s number one LGBT destination and one of the top 10 LGBT destinations in the United States.

Greater Fort Lauderdale offers more than just 3,000 hours of sunshine and tempting “eye-candy” on its beautiful beaches. There is substance here, and lots of it. The LGBT community is rooted in history with the Stonewall Library & Archives, the largest independent circulating library of LGBT media. Fort Lauderdale is the world headquarters of IGLTA (International Gay and Lesbian Travel Association), and home to the Sunshine Cathedral, the largest Metropolitan Community Church in the country.

Boasting more than 200 gay-owned and operated business, Fort Lauderdale continues to grow in popularity as the gay mecca of Florida. With an array of gay hotels and upscale, trendy mainstream hotels LGBT travelers can choose a bed that best fits their style and mood.

The charming ‘Gayborhood’ of Wilton Manors is home to Greater Fort Lauderdale’s largest LGBT community and draw for visitors and residents.

With warmest wishes for a sensational stay, Sunny regards,

Richard Gray

Managing Director LGBT For more information about LGBT Greater Fort Lauderdale, visit www.sunny.org/LGBT

Greetings…

The Greater Fort Lauderdale Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce – GFLGLCC and the Rainbow Hospitality Alliance welcome you to Sunny Fort Lauderdale!

We offer the widest range of gay and gay friendly hotels, guesthouses, inns and resorts that meets the needs of LGBTQ travelers from around the world. No one else can offer more gay businesses, including accommodations than Greater Fort Lauderdale!

Gay.com has named us America’s “Favorite Gay Resort Town.” We offer 23 miles of sandy beaches and tropical blue-wave beaches. You’ll also fine miles of navigable inland waterways, the Everglades, gaming, designer outlet shopping, world class cuisine, exclusive shops, vibrant nightlife, a spectacular cultural and social calendar, and much more!

Thanks to visitors like you, Greater Fort Lauderdale is the leading destination for the gay and lesbian traveler. So, sit back, relax and enjoy all of what we have to offer. For more detailed information, please check our website, SouthFloridaFun.com.

If your travel is flexible, why not consider visiting us during one of the many upcoming events in 2013. Here are some of them; Spring Fling, 27 April (prideunitedofbroward.org), Beach Bear Weekend, 8-13 May (beachbearweekend.com), Stonewall Summer Pride, 22-23 June (prideunitedofbroward.org), Fort Lauderdale Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, 10-13 October (flglff.com), and Wicked Wilton Halloween Street Festival, 31 October (wickedwilton.com.)

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President / CEO GFLGLCC - GoGayFortLauderdale.com Cover photo by ©Steven Shires Photography

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SW 24th St

Grand Canal

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Griffin Rd

Hollywood Greyhound Track

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Ravenswood Rd

Dania Beach Liberty Suites

N 21st Ave

g lades Expressway

SW 48th St SW 3 0 th

Taft St

Hollywood

Pembroke Rd

Topeekeegee Yugnee Park

Orangebrook Golf Course

N Park Ave

Ave

Stirling Rd

Blvd

Emeral Hills Country Club

Sheridan St

Taft St

Hollywood

Hillcrest Country Club Pembroke Rd

Memorial Regional Hospital

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SW 40th

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Hyatt Place Embassy Suites Port Everglades

John U Lloyd State Park

Dania Beach

Atlantic Ocean Columbia FunMap, Inc. 221 Rutgers Street, Maplewood, NJ 07040

SE 17th St

S Ocean Dr

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Dania Beach Blvd

West Lake Park

Sheridan St

Eco Golf Course

Holland Park

Hollywood Blvd

Diplomat Country Club

Dania Jai-Alai

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NW 56th Ave

NW 40th Ave

Swap Shop

NW 31st Ave

NW 9th Ave

Wilton Manors

NW 7th Ave

NE 3rd Ave

NE 4th Ave

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Sebastian Street Beach

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Fort Lauderdale Beach

NE 6th Ave

Oakland Park

NE 6th Ave

N Dixie Hwy

N Dixie Hwy

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NE 15th Ave

N Fe dera

Push Fitness NE 18th Ave

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Bayview Dr

Hugh Taylor Birch State Rec Area

Dudes Bar N Oc e a n B l v d

NE 62nd St

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Wilton Dr

NE 26th St

NE 16th Ave N Vic toria P k Rd ar

Chill Wine Lounge Schubert Resort

E Sunrise Blvd

E Las Olas Blvd

NE 3rd Ct

Native Visions Gallery

NE 13th St

N

Federal Hwy

UPSSE 3Store rd Ave Rainbow Realty, Inc.

N Andrews Ave

N Andrews Ave

E Oakland Park Blvd

S Andrews Ave

E Prospect Rd

E Broward Blvd

South Florida Symphony

h Ave

Fort Lauderdale Executive Arport

W Cypress Creek Rd

pect Rd

Club Fort Lauderdale

Fort Lauderdale

W Commercial Blvd

W Pros

Davie Blvd

NE 6th St

Mary’s Resort

Lauderdale Lakes

Oak Tree Country Club

Memorial Garden

Blvd

SW 27th Ave

S e a br ee

W Oakland Park Blvd

W Sunrise Blvd

W Broward

Davie Blvd

SW 31st Ave

W Mcnab Rd

Plantation General Hospital

SW 40th Ave

Rock Island Rd

Sabal Palm Golf Club

Peters Rd

Fort Lauderdale Country Club

Turnpike Fl or ida’s

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Il Lugano Hotel Lauderdale-By-The-Sea N O cea n Dr

Wilton Canal NE 30 th

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Weichert Realtors Steve McAleer

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NE 28th Dr

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NE 27th Dr

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NE 30th Ct

NE 30th St

NE 1

NE 27th St

NE 26th Dr

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Sunburst Canal

Lake Elizabeth

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NE 18th St

NE 16th St

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NE 14th St

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21st St

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Lake Melva NE 15th St

NE 14th Ct

Seminole Lake

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20th Ave

N Fed

14th Ave

NE 16th Ave NE 16th Ave NE 17th Ave

NE 22

13th Ave

Bio Care Pharmacy

NE 15th Ter

20th Ave

Dapur Asian Tapas & Lounge

Body Manors Real Living

NE 26th St

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17th Ter

NE 18th Ave

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NE 26th St

Poinsett

NE 17th St

17th Ave

N Dixie Hwy

25th St

Ave

Poinsettia Lake

NE 16th Ter

NE 24th St

Colohatchee Park

NE 18th St

NE 16th St

NE 15th St

NE 14th St

NE 13th St

NE 16th Ave

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NE 15th

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N Federal Hwy

Lola’s HealthyNE 10th Ter Pet Café

NE 11th Ave

Dixie Hwy

NE 15th Ave

NE 17th Ave

NE 26th St

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D ton i ng

NE 17th Ct

NE 18th St

NE 10th Ave

14th Ave NE 15th Ave

NE 9th Ave

Shades of the Past

NE 9th Ave

16th Pl

16th St

NE 15th St

14th Pl

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NE 16th Ct

13th Ct

Casa Zen Guesthouse NE 8th Ave Hw

NE 25th St

21 st

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19th St

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Remax/Jimmy NE 5th Ave Infinity Lounge Cunningham To The Moon Marketplace Manor Inn City County NE 6th Ave NE 6th Ave Credit Union Village Pub Chic Optic NE 8th Ave Ed Lugo Resort

Formula Ink Tattoo

N

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NE 2nd Ave

Wilton Dr

Pride Factory

1st Ave NE 2nd Ave

NE 3rd Ave

NE 4th Ave

NE 1st Ave

NE 21st Ct

NE 21st St

17th Ct

NW 16th St

NW 15th St

NW 14th St

NE 3rd Ave

26th Dr

Lazy Lake

19th Ct

N Andrews Ave

NE 26th Ave

NE 9th Ct

N Birch Rd

Intracoastal Dr

NE 6th Ct

Belmar St

Auramar St

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Windamar St Viramar St

Riomar St Dr

Bayshore Dr

Atlantic Blvd

Breakers Ave

Orton Ave

Antioch Ave

Terramar St Bayshore Dr

Middle River Dr

Breakers Ave

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Vistamar St

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N Birch Rd Vistamar St

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Galleria Mall

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To: Gateway Shopping Center

Su nrise Ln

E Sunrise Blvd

E Sunrise Blvd

Royal Palms

Villa Venice East End Brasserie Atlantic Resort & Spa Spa Atlantic Alcazar Resort Elysium Resort Worthington Resort The Grand Resort & Spa Cheston House Steak 954 W Hotel Fort Lauderdale Bliss Spa La Casa Del Mar

Fort Lauderdale Mid Beach Area

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Columbia FunMap, Inc. 221 Rutgers Street, Maplewood, NJ 07040 Fort Lauderdale Aquatics

SE 4th St

Atlantic Blvd

Banyan St

Blvd

las Blvd

Seabreeze

E Las O

Almond Ave

Rd

Poinsettia St

S Birch

Las Olas

To: Downtown Fort Lauderdale

Coconut Cove Guesthouse

Atlantic Ocean

Courtyard Marriott

For all the latest Fort Lauderdale LGBT travel and tourism information and a digital version of this guide, be sure to visit

SouthFloridaFun.com

A Day More Tours Inc.

Call Of Africa’s Native Visions Galleries

954-417-7900 ADayMoreTours.com

954-767-8737

Alcazar Worthington Resort

Casa Zen Guesthouse

954-563-6819 TheWorthington.com

954-652-1487 Casa-Zen.com

Atlantic Resort & Spa

Cheston House Gay Mens Resort

954-567-8020 AtlanticHotelFL.com

954-566-7950 ChestonHouse.com

B Ocean Hotel

Chic Optique

954-564-1000 BHotelsandResorts.com/b-ocean-fort-lauderdale

954- 567-3937 ChicOptique.net

Best Western Plus Oakland Park

Chill Wine Lounge

954-565-4601 BWOaklandParkInn.com

954-514-7399 ChillWineLounge.com

Bio-Care Pharmacy

City County Credit Union

954-566-6151 Bio-CarePharmacy.com

954-745-2400 CityCountyCU.org

Bliss Spa

Club Fort Lauderdale

954-414-8230 WFortLauderdaleHotel.com/bliss-spa

954-525-3344 TheClubs.com

NativeVisions.com

Coconut Cove Guesthouse

Elysium Resort

954-523-3226 CoconutCoveGuestHouse.com

954-564-9601 ElysiumResort.net

Courtyard by Marriott Fort Lauderdale Beach

Embassy Suites - Fort Lauderdale

954-635-4107 Marriott.com/fllco

Cruise Designs Travel 954-566-3377 CruiseDesignsTravel.com

Dapur Asian Tapas and Ultra Lounge 954-306-2663 DapurKitchen.com

Dudes Bar On Fort Lauderdale Beach 954-568-7777 DudesClub.com

East End Brasserie 954-567-8020 AtlanticHotelFL.com

Ed Lugo Resort 954-275-8299 EdLugoResort.com

954-527-2700 EmbassySuites1.Hilton.com/en_US/es/hotel/ FLLSOES-Embassy-Suites-Fort-Lauderdale-thStreet-Florida/index.do

FAB2GO Transportation 954-606-6322 Fab2Go.com

Formula Ink Tattoo 954-530-7041 FormulaInkTattoo.com

Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention & Visitors Bureau 954-914-3771 Sunny.org/LGBT

Greater Fort Lauderdale Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce 754-300-1456 GoGayFortLauderdale.com

Hyatt Place 17th Street Convention Center 954-763-7670 FTLauderdaleConventionCenter.Place.Hyatt.com

IGLTA (International Gay & Lesbian Travel Association)

Lola’s Healthy Pet Cafe

954-630-1637 IGLTA.org

954-530-7216

il Lugano Hotel * Residences

Luna Photography & Fine Art

954-564-4400 ilLugano.com

305-338-1335 KarinaLuna.PhotoShelter.com

Infinity Lounge

Manor Inn Bed & Breakfast

206-778-1577 InfinityLoungeFL.com

954-566-8223 WiltonManorsInn.com

Inn Leather Guesthouse

Mary’s Resort

954-467-1444 InnLeather.com

954-523-3500 MarysResort.com

La Casa Del Mar Hotel

Pet Sitters and More LLC

954-467-2037 LaCasaDelMar.com

954-894-1234 PetSittersandMore.com

Lambda Luxury Yachts

Pride Factory

954-271-0003 LambdaYachts.com

954.463.6600 PrideFactory.com

Liberty Suites Guesthouse

Push Fitness

954-927-0090 LibertySuites.com

954-530-4304 PushFitnessFTL.com

www.LolasHealthyPetCafe.com

Rainbow Realty Inc.

Steak 954

954-728-2424 SunnyHomesForSale.com

954-414-8333 Steak954.com

Real Living Infinity International

Steve McAleer PA - Weichert Realtors Best Beach

954-653-5000 RLInfinity.com

954-205-5333 BuyInFortLauderdale.com

Remax Preferred Jimmy Cunningham

Stonewall National Museum & Archives

954-303-7380 OurPreferred.com

954-606-6322 Fab2Go.com

Schubert Resort

The Cabanas Guesthouse & Spa

954-763-7434 SchubertResort.com

954-564-7764 TheCabanasGuesthouse.com

Shades of the Past Antiques

The Grand Resort and Spa

954-829-3726 ShadesofthePastAntiques.com

954-630-3000 GrandResort.net

South Florida Symphony Orchestra Inc.

The Pride Center at Equality Park

954-522-8445 SouthFloridaSymphony.org

954-463-9005 PrideCenterFlorida.org

Spa Atlantic

The Royal Palms Resort & Spa

954-567-8085 AtlanticHotelFL.com

954-564-6444 RoyalPalms.com

The UPS Store Las Olas 954-463-0444 FloridaUPS.com

Timothy J. Singer Realtor & Associates 954-463-1373 TimSinger.com

To The Moon Marketplace 954-564-2987 ToTheMoonMarketplace.com

Villa Venice Men’s Resort 954-564-7855 VillaVenice.com

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Village Pub Wilton Manors 754-200-5244 VillagePubWM.com

W Hotel Fort Lauderdale 954-414-8203 WHotels.com/FortLauderdale

Water Taxi 954-467-6677 WaterTaxi.com

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