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Peter Thornley
Peter Thornley, who once owned of one of the area’s first retail shops catering to the GLBT
community passed away Friday, Aug. 26, 2006. He was 63. At one time, Thornley’s Rainbow City
helped define the area of North Mills Avenue between Colonial Drive and Virginia Avenue as
Orlando’s GLBT district. During the store’s heyday, the Vi Mi District solidified its recognition as
the core of the city’s GLBT community and helped draw the Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Community
Center of Central Florida from Colonial Drive to two doors down from Rainbow City.
In 1998, Watermark sponsored an effort to fly the rainbow flags throughout Downtown Orlando.
Though supporters had followed proper procedures, anti-gay activists petitioned the city to not
allow the flags to be flown. During city commission hearings, the opposition appeared wearing
black armbands. Thornley responded by fashioning makeshift armbands from a roll of rainbowstriped cloth and distributed them to the flag project’s supporters. Besides owning Rainbow City,
Thornley also owned a residential real estate venture and a miniatures company, Cottage
Industry, which specialized in dollhouse accessories. He had retired from a career teaching
French at Edgewater High School and in Newport, R.I. He had travelled throughout Europe and
was a member of Mensa.
Thornley was survived by his partner, Guillermo Rodriguez of Orlando.
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Central Florida
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LGBTQ History Museum of Central Florida
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