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Nightlife
of Pride
Ask the Locals: Joshua Beadle
“I RYAN WILLIAMS-JENT love our community,” Joshua Beadle says, “but what I love most is the setting in which
we live. We live in paradise. My hope is that our community will grow and more and
more LGBTQ people will move to Sarasota.”
They’ll find a vibrant and inclusive nightlife when they do, Beadle
says, one the Pennsylvania native has gotten to know well since
relocating eight years ago. It’s one of the reasons he created G2H2,
or Gay Group Happy Hour, a networking social gathering that meets
monthly throughout the city.
The gatherings are maintained by Beadle’s SarasotaOUT.com, an
area directory of LGBTQ-friendly businesses and events. He maintains
the website to connect members of the LGBTQ community with
one another.
“From the moment I arrived in Sarasota, I have been working
on building our community,” Beadle says. “I’ve created LGBTQfriendly
nights at local restaurants and bars, started the largest
LGBTQ monthly happy hour, hosted LGBTQ adult proms, LGBTQ
beach parties … and created SarasotaOUT.com to help elevate our
entire community.”
Beadle shares some of his favorite places to enjoy Sarasota’s
nightlife below. Check them out and be sure to head to our Business
Directory on page 30 for even more options for you to show your Pride
every night!
/SarasotaOUT.com