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Gay Fort Lauderdale
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Gay Fort
Lauderdale
Over 7 million people a year come to America's Riviera , Fort
Lauderdale. For years, Fort Lauderdale has been known as a
popular gay and lesbian destination. In addition to being gay
friendly, Ft. Lauderdale has over 100 gay owned businesses, including,
hotels, inns, bars, night clubs, restaurants, shops, plus
the second largest Metropolitan Community Congregation in
the U.S.A. Over 30 of these businesses cater specifically to the
gay & lesbian market.
OUT & ABOUT: FORT
LAUDERDALE
PUBLISHED FEBRUARY 1, 2001
Highlights of the best of Fort Lauderdale for gay and
lesbian visitors
By OUT & ABOUT Online
For gay travelers, Ft. Lauderdale is more popular than ever.
Long in the shadow of Key West and more recently Miami, Ft.
Lauderdale is on the verge of becoming a gay-vacation mecca. It
is home to a sizable gay population, gay-friendly local
government, growing number of businesses catering to gay
tourists and good mix of tourist attractions. If you're l ooking
for the "A-list" gay high life, such as drug-frenzied
dancing, celebrity-haunt hotels and
bronzed, muscle-bulging boys, you won't find it here, and you
won't be happy staying here and driving back and forth to play
in Miami, where you will find the high life. Ft. Lauderdale is a
kinder, gentler, and less-intimidating kind of gay destination,
more popular with older gays, suburban gays and Midwestern gays.
The nightlife here has a local, friendly feel, and is spread
throughout the area. Victoria Park is the traditional gay
residential neighborhood, home to older, more established gays
and lesbians. Many younger gays have flocked to Wilton Manors in
recent years, lured by inexpensive rent and home prices. What
the city lacks in "gay cultural immersion" it makes up
for with a huge range of mainstream attractions and diversions,
almost universally gay-friendly.
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