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Miami is a vibrant and diverse city located on the southeastern coast of Florida. It is known for its beautiful beaches, crystal-clear waters, and year-round warm weather. But, there is so much more to Miami than just its sandy shores.
One of the top destinations for LGBTQ+ travelers, Miami is home to a thriving gay community and a plethora of LGBTQ+-friendly businesses and events. The city has a long history of supporting and celebrating the LGBTQ+ community, and it shows in its inclusive atmosphere.
One of the best ways to experience all that Miami has to offer is to visit during one of the city’s many LGBTQ+ events. The Miami Beach Gay Pride Parade is a popular event in April, attracting tens of thousands of visitors each year. The Miami Beach Gay Pride Festival, which takes place in the same week, is another must-see event. Other popular LGBTQ+ events in the city and nearby include the White Party, Winter Party, and Pride Fort Lauderdale.
In addition to its many LGBTQ+ events, Miami is home to a number of gay-friendly neighborhoods and businesses. The city’s most well-known gay neighborhood is Miami Beach’s South Beach, which is home to a number of gay bars, clubs, and hotels. Other popular neighborhoods for the LGBTQ+ community include Wilton Manors and the city’s Design District.
No matter what you’re looking for, Miami has a lot to offer as a gay holiday destination. Whether you’re seeking a relaxing beach vacation or a wild night out on the town, you’ll find it in this diverse and welcoming city.
Meet the Publisher
Alan Beck is the visionary behind FunMaps, a vibrant online destination dedicated to LGBTQ+ travelers and adventurers. With a passion for exploring the world and uncovering hidden gems, Alan created FunMaps to provide inclusive, informative, and inspiring travel content.
As an avid traveler and storyteller, Alan curates engaging guides, expert travel tips, and firsthand experiences to help the LGBTQ+ community navigate the world with confidence. Whether it’s uncovering the best queer-friendly destinations, sharing must-visit hotspots, or offering exclusive travel deals, Alan’s mission is to make every journey unforgettable.
Join Alan and the FunMaps community in celebrating diversity, adventure, and the joy of travel—because the world is meant to be explored by everyone!
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LeatherWerks
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Stompers Boots
Stompers Boots, a proud member of the LeatherWerks Family, is your premier online destination for all things boots. From top quality new styles to carefully curated preloved consignments, we have everything you need to step up your footwear game. We are known for exceptional customer service backed by expert knowledge and support. Have a question? Just ask and we will help. Shop online anytime or schedule a personalized fitting and find the perfect pair that feels just right.
Stompers Gloves
Stompers Gloves offers a large selection of high-quality leather styles for men and women. As part of the LeatherWerks Family, our online shop serves customers in all areas with gloves designed for driving, uniform wear, and everyday wear. Each pair combines craftsmanship, fit, and function to deliver lasting quality and durability. Our knowledgeable customer service team is here to help with any questions you may have.
Events Calendars
Explore events happening around the city of Miami, Florida
Sunday, June 1 Miami Beach Pride Concert
Join us Tonight & Tomorrow on 12th & Ocean Drive at 8:30 PM for two fabulous nights of live music, dazzling performances, and innovative projection art lighting up The Tides building! Saturday 5/31: Featuring: DJ La Trice, Siobhan Cronin (Violinist), Gerard Ortega (Tenor) & Ward Zulu’s Vogue Extravaganza Sunday 6/1: Featuring: DJ Eliad Cohen, Otto Santana (Percussionist), and Cronin & Ortega FREE & OPEN TO ALL - Cash bar provided by Palace. Come for the art, stay for the vibes, and celebrate your Pride under the stars!
JUNE 8 Adrienne Arsht Center presents a FREE Pride Month event: CommuniTEA Dance
The ninth annual LGBTQIA+ celebration offers a day filled with community spirit and live entertainment. Guests are invited to explore our signature Pride Marketplace filled with local organizations, creatives and small businesses, while enjoying delicious bites and happy hour drinks.🥳 Drag artists Ariesela, Sagittae and Domink Trixx kick off the festivities with fierce performances.🔥Headlined by VINCINT, “an icon in the making,” (Billboard), you’ll go higher as you dance to their self-love anthems and outstanding vocal performance. Back by popular demand, FayWhat?! emcees and DJ Musicat bookend a day of electrifying beats under the rainbow. Secure your FREE RSVP today and join us for a vibrant day of unity, joy and unapologetic self-expression!
JUNE 11
Celebrate the start of Pride Month with an evening of art, community engagement and LGBTQIA visibility in the heart of Miami Beach. Hosted outdoors at Euclid Oval, the Pride Month Kick Off takes place Wednesday, June 11. Visitors can explore a historical exhibit honoring the resilience and milestones of the LGBTQIA community, and view Pride-themed vehicles and features a special appearance by queer artist, Facundo Yebne, known for his Unity Beak and Hope Duck sculptures on Lincoln Road. Free and open to the public, the event invites residents and visitors to come together in celebration of identity, expression and shared community values.
JUNE 22 Miami Beach Pride & OUTSHINE presents Pride Movie Night showing: LAYLA
RESCHEDULED DATE ANNOUNCED: JUNE 22 at 8:30pm Join Outshine and Miami Beach Pride for a movie night under the stars at Rooftop Cinema Club. Come see LAYLA, a heartwarming story about a drag queen who longs for love. Their act at a Pride event attracts a marketing executive and the ensuing romance forces the performer to confront their identity. Click below and use code: MIAMIPRIDE10 for a discount of your tickets.
KEEP PRIDE ALIVE
Miami Beach Pride is a non-profit charity dedicated to the LGBTQ+ community of South Florida. The fact is, we cannot survive on corporate sponsorships alone. We need your help to keep our festival FREE and our programs running. Please consider donating any amount by clicking below.
WorldPride Washington 2025 Guide
Over the three-week festival, WorldPride DC 2025 will showcase an incredible lineup of events. From parades to parties, click on the link for all the must-see highlights of the WorldPride schedule.
WorldPride Washington 2025 Guide
Over the three-week festival, WorldPride DC 2025 will showcase an incredible lineup of events. From parades to parties, click on the link for all the must-see highlights of the WorldPride schedule.
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Miami Pride Bar Crawl 2025
Celebrate Pride in style at the biggest Pride Bar Crawl! Join us on June 21, 2025, as we honor love, equality, and diversity while hopping between the cities most vibrant bars and venues. Don’t miss the ultimate Pride Event of the year — grab your friends, wear your most fabulous outfits, and secure your tickets now for a night filled with joy, laughter, and unforgettable memories!
Time is Running Out: $100 Booking Deposit ends August 31st! Book Your OMW 2025 Official Host Hotel Room Now!
Time is Running Out: $100 Booking Deposit ends August 31st! Book Your OMW 2025 Official Host Hotel Room Now!
Accomodations
Explore luxurious accommodations around the city of Miami, Florida
Stiles Hotel
Enjoy unparalleled comfort and luxury in The Stiles Hotels 57 recently renovated rooms and suites. Inside our South Beach resort, Art Deco meets the beach to create an inviting aesthetic. Each room is painted a soft natural color with bright white accents and adorned with wood décor, marble surfaces, and linen seating for maximum ocean vibes.
Vagabond Hotel
Vibrant. Creative. Fun. A newly renovated cosmopolitan mix of all things hassle-free, The Vagabond Hotel Miami is set to reestablish its glamorous past as a fabled Rat Pack hangout. Part style icon, part boutique hotel, and in a class all its own, The Vagabond is back and better than ever!
Fantasy Island Inn
The Fantasy Island Inn is the perfect destination for a tranquil experience. You will feel as though you just walked into an extraordinary oasis. Our newly constructed, spacious suites are private, comfortable, and secure. The property features a private heated pool and shared common space to enjoy snacks and beverages.
Dream Hotel
We casually declined their invite to be like everyone else and became The Best' instead. Dream South Beach Miami was designed to offer more than just a connection to the authentic ambiance and vibrant energy of South Beach (although we achieved that along the way.)
Sheraton Miami Airport Hotel
Soar into comfort and convenience at our Miami Airport hotel.Go beyond a traditional stay at Sheraton Miami Airport Hotel & Executive Meeting Center. Your trip begins virtually the moment your plane touches the ground when you take advantage of our free shuttle service to and from Miami International Airport. Once you've arrived at our hotel, you'll find a wealth of beloved attractions just moments from our doorstep, such as American Airlines Arena and Marlins Park.
Gaythering
No red velvet ropes. No guest lists. No smoking. With Happy Hour every day and nightly events like TRiViA NiGHT on Wednesdays,KARAOKE NiGHT on Mondays & BiNGO NiGHTon Thursdays, you'll find yourself surrounded by locals and hotel guests from across the globe at Gaythering Bar. We cater to gay men, but all are welcome here!
Hilton Cabana
Art Deco-style hotel on Collins Avenue at 63rd Street Convenient to South Beach, Lincoln Road, Ocean Drive, Aventura Mall, and downtown. Direct beach access and two oceanfront swimming pools. Salinity restaurant, Allison Bar with ocean view, beach/poolside service
Attractions
OUTshine Film Festival
The Miami Gay & Lesbian Film Festival started in 1998; the Fort Lauderdale Gay & Lesbian Film Festival in 2008. Both were brought together under one brand to become The MiFo LGBT Film Festival in 2015, with a seasonal event serving each city.
Jungle Island
An eco-adventure theme park like no otherJungle Island, Miamis premier entertainment destination, combines the beauty of Miamis tropical landscape with a jungle full of extraordinary animals from around the globe. Building upon its rich 75-year history, todays Jungle Island is a contemporary theme park, featuring extremely rare twin orangutans and over 300 vibrant birds, including the worlds only trained Cassowary.
Coral Castle
We invite you to tour our sculpture garden in stone, built by one man, Edward Leedskalnin. From 1923 to 1951, Ed single-handedly and secretly carved over 1,100 tons of coral rock, and his unknown process has created one of the world's most mysterious accomplishments.
Miami Botanical Garden
We are Miami Beach's back yard. We are an intimate 3 acre Garden with a very big mission! We call ourselves an urban oasis in the middle of the glitz and neon of South Beach, a place where locals and visitors can come and enjoy the numerous cultural and artistic programs for all ages offered year round. Our garden is a unique, subtropical oasis of beauty and tranquility within an urban setting'a community resource that refreshes, inspires and engages our
Zoo Miami
Our lush, tropical, open-air exhibits replicate our animals' natural habitats and allow guests to enjoy beautiful and endangered wildlife at a safe, yet remarkably close range.Zoo Miami (also known as The Miami-Dade Zoological Park and Gardens) is the largest and oldest zoological garden in Florida and the only sub-tropical zoo in the continental United States.
Vizcaya Museum & Gardens
Vizcaya has been described as'the finest private house ever built in America'It is'a jewel among Miamis skyscrapers and subdivisions,' and some Noahs Ark of decorative arts,' its exteriors offering the'manic tranquility of the great European folly gardens.
Bars and Clubs
BASEMENT BOWL & SKATE
Basement Miami is a cutting edge'micro-club' and 21st century homage to Ian Schragers legendary Studio 54. Here, guests can enjoy beats laid down by world-class DJs and a lighting and sound system that you will never forget.
Club Space
Famous DJs spin tunes until early morning in this trendy, happening club with a rooftop terrace. LOVE EACH OTHER! - Club Space Miami, today the name is synonymous with dance music in the United States.
Azucar NightClub
Azucar is as sweet as its name suggests. This is the premier gay Latin nightclub in Miami, offering a welcome break from the glitz and sleaze of South Beach and an intro to the Little Havana area. Its dragtastic with plenty of fun,fabulosonights.
Blackbird Ordinary
MIXED - This stylish cocktail specialist boasts a dance floor & hosts DJs & bands until late. "Stylish high volume cocktail bar in a historic building next to Brickell City Center and Downtown Miami with a dance floor and two rooms hosting DJs & select live music until late. This night club is a chill lounge setting, with an upscale, yet unpretentious vibe.
Nathan's Bar
Narrow, easygoing gay lounge decorated with a glowing bar & disco balls, plus compact seating.
Twist South Beach
TWIST is the infamous South Beach gay club, known throughout the world for its great music, friendly staff, and always being packed with hot tourists and locals alike. TWIST is actually seven bars in one with each bar having its own unique atmosphere and décor. You can literally "bar hop" without ever leaving this two story club. Its reputation as a "must do" when in Miami is well deserved.