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Owned by Mike Hodge and Bill Miller before they purchased the Parliament House in 1975, the Diamond Head was considered the first "real" gay bar in Orlando because it featured a bar, food service, and show bar on the entire second floor of a building…

Located near Orange Avenue and Colonial Drive, Carl Hegler's Tropitan Cocktail Lounge was advertised as "A Wee Bit Different" and was rumored to be a popular hangout spot for gay men in the late fifties.

This multi-level lesbian bar was located in Lockhart and owned by Sue Hannah. It was destroyed by a fire.

Key Largo opened in the former location of Margo's, a redneck country and western bar on Highway 441 in Lockhart. At the time, it was…

Located at 4910 Edgewater Drive. Faces was Orlando's 1st lesbian bar owned by Sue Hannah and Angie Spruille in the building that was formerly called Odds & Ends.

Later to become R-Bar and Honeypot lounge.

A restaurant and live entertainment venue where Blue Star partnered with David Webley of Kres Chophouse to open for a short period across the street from Hamburger Mary's at Church Street Station.

This unique venue owned by local entertainer Blue Star was located at 511 Virginia Drive and known of its LGBTQ burlesque style shows and events. It was demolished to make room for The Yard.

Owned by Parliament House partners Bill Miller and Michael Hodge. This former meat packing and transportation hub was home of many LGBTQ bars, clubs, and a bath house. City Bath Club, New Image Fitness Center, City Lights, Loading Dock, Orlando…

Owned by Michael  Hodge and Bob Graves, this single room structure, formerly a biker bar called Blackbeards, was turned into a gay men's country western and leather themed bar.

Kevin Naylor and Darryl Sheppard told Watermark that they wanted to preserve the historic building (which is on Orange Blossom Trail, near Parliament House), so they'll be doing necessary restorations but keeping the familiar frame. They're also…

Co-owned by John Paonessa and Mike Carpenter. The downtown location at 110 W. Church Street closed in 2024.

Pulse was a gay bar, dance club, and nightclub in Orlando, Florida, founded in 2004 by Barbara Poma and Ron Legler. On June 12, 2016, the club was the scene of the second-worst mass shooting by a single gunman in U.S. history, and the deadliest…

Bill Miller and Mike Hodge took control of the almost bankrupt Parliament House Motor Inn at 410 N. Orange Blossom Trail. The motel, originally established in 1962, had fallen on hard times after the opening of Walt Disney World, as the tourism…

Later known as Cactus Club, Club Swank (Straight), Studz, Paradise, and then St Matthew's Tavern.

1300 N. Mills Ave

Owned by Jim Nuss, then Richard Behr it was the home of this leaky roofed men's club.

Cafe on Mills Avenue near The Center. Co-Owner was Lil Barcaski.