Local and national acts prepare to entertain June 29
This year’s St. Pete Pride Street Festival on Sunday, June 29, will have even more entertainment on its two stages since it’s not competing with the parade, which happens the night before. The festival...
View ArticleSt. Pete Pride Festival 2014
St. Pete Pride’s Saturday night parade and Sunday street festival helped set new records as 200,000 people descended upon the city’s Grand Central District the last weekend in June. A light evening...
View ArticleSt. Pete Pride announces big plans for 2015
St. Petersburg – As with tradition, many take the opportunity of a new year to reinvent themselves, whether through resolutions, makeovers or new attitudes. St. Pete Pride is taking the dawn of 2015 to...
View ArticleWatermark readers respond to new St. Pete Pride logo
You had a LOT to say about our unveiling of the new logo for St. Pete Pride… and the vast majority of it was not good. Read a round-up of reader comments: Posted to WatermarkOnline.com “If you dropped...
View ArticleOverheard in Tampa Bay: Introducing Miss Tampa pride emeritus 2015!
Russell is Tampa Pride’s emeritus Tampa Pride is only a month away. And who better to serve as queen for the inaugural pride festival on March 28 than Esme Russell. Russell, a performer, radio...
View ArticleComic Christine O’Leary brings her beloved stand-up back to St. Pete
Wildly popular lesbian comedian Christine O’Leary just wants to make people laugh. And she’ll surely do just that when she returns to St. Petersburg on March 13 and 14. “I am codependent enough to have...
View ArticleSuncoast AIDS Theatre Project hosts “Love is the Cure” concert to raise money...
St. Petersburg – Fifteen talented musical performers will donate their time and talents to the Suncoast AIDS Theatre Project’s newest fundraiser on April 27. The show, Love is the Cure, is a showcase...
View Article4.23.15 Editor’s Desk
Healthy competition is good. It motivates both parties to reach new goals and allows benchmarks to be celebrated together. But there seems to be an unhealthy competition brewing in Tampa Bay, and I...
View ArticleNorth Florida Drummer contest held at Flamingo Resort
Six contestants competed for the title of Drummer and Drummerboy at the North Florida Drummer contest at the Flamingo Resort in St. Petersburg May 2. A cast of five judges chose one Drummer and one...
View ArticleSt. Pete Pride celebrates 13 years of the LGBT community in paradise
Thirteen years ago, a small number of community leaders gathered in a bar and decided St. Petersburg was ready to celebrate its LGBT community. Today, the city boasts the largest LGBT Pride celebration...
View ArticleSt. Pete police department to be trained in transgender sensitivity
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The St. Petersburg Police Department is launching a new transgender sensitivity training program. The training comes two months after a Tampa transgender woman’s murder —...
View ArticleGoFundMe started for Georgie’s Alibi employees
St. Petersburg, Fla. – The news of Georgie’s Alibi closing spread quickly through the community after Watermark broke the story Sept. 9. Many took to social media to share stories of the LGBT watering...
View ArticleOverheard in Tampa Bay: Marines’ Toys for Tots, Trump, IGLTA conference and...
Hot packages for charity Toys for Tots is one of the most beloved and respected holiday charities in the country and it isn’t hard to see why. The amazingly talented and beautiful Marines showcase...
View ArticleHave a Great Gay Weekend: June 10, 2016
There so many LGBT-related things to do this weekend and many support local business. And almost all of them involve drinking! Grab someone that will treat you right and paint the town red… or rainbow....
View ArticleWomen, minorities and the LGBTQ community march in St. Petersburg and Orlando...
Groups in St. Petersburg and Orlando participated in the Women’s March that took place across the nation, and world, on Jan. 21. The marches began with inspiring speeches which were followed by huge...
View ArticleWatermark’s Wedding Bells: Lucas Wehle and Rachyl Carey
“It seemed the universe was intent upon us meeting,” says Rachyl Carey of her fiancé, Lucas. They met through Instagram, where Lucas was featured on a profile called Barbells and FTMs, which stands for...
View Article4.19.18 Publisher’s Desk
I haven’t always loved my job. Who loves anything all of the time? Even a parent who loves their child might want to slap them “into the middle of next week” occasionally. So I hear. I don’t have...
View Article06.28.18 Tampa Bay Bureau Chief’s Desk
You can ask any of my friends or family, here at Watermark or otherwise, and they’ll tell you it’s no secret that I love drag. I don’t do it myself, given my penchant for facial hair and the amount of...
View Article09.20.18 Tampa Bay Bureau Chief’s Desk
Thanks to the wonders of Facebook’s “On This Day,” a feature which allows users to grin or grimace at their social media posts from yesteryear, I recently discovered I’ve been living in Florida for 11...
View ArticleThe Last Page with Nathan Bruemmer
What kind of writing do you do for Watermark? Right now I’m focusing on issues for LGBTQ+ youth, detailing their perspectives and the issues they face. What made you want to write for Watermark? The...
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